Archive for ‘ June, 2009 ’
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Shogi Title Match continues
Shogi Meijin-sen finished with Yoshiharu Habu defending his title in the seventh and the last game on June 23. Though I do not know how t…
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To British Columbia…
I managed to leave hot and humid Tokyo(so I hear) just in time for beautiful British Columbia. Last 10 days has been very busy as I was …
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Positive Feedback for the course..
I received a very positive feedback from students regarding the Competitiveness course. It was such great encouragement for me that I wan…
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Shareholders’ meeting in season
I had a full day today, starting with the annual shareholders' meeting of the Mitsui OSK Lines where I serve as non-executive director. …
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East Asia Forum in Seoul
Three days in Seoul for the East Asia Forum were very interesting and stimulating experience. I moderated three sessions--one private mee…
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From Seoul, Korea
I came to Seoul on Wednesday to attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia. (You can see photos etc. on their website.) This is a two-…
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Seminar…
I gave a talk at two different seminars in the past two days AND attended three different seminars given by three people in different fiel…
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Gap in perception
Recently, I have had several experiences of realizing the gap between my self perception and the perception others have of me. The first …
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Started Twitter…
I started Twitter several days ago. I had vague idea of what it is, but not quite sure. (I am always tempted to try something new. It is…
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Charity Concert “Dream”
On Sunday, June 7, I was invited to the charity concert "Dream" in memory of Kenichiro Tokunaga, cellist, who passed away in 1996. It was …