Shigenobu Nagamori, the founder of Nidec is interviewed in the Nikkei Business series on how to “wake up Japan” about his latest acquisition – not a company this time, but a university – Kyoto Gakuen. He feels that Japan has …
Read MoreThe founder and President of Nidec Corp, Shigenobu Nagamori has been high profile in the Japanese media (again). As well as a long interview in Diamond magazine about why all 57 of his acquisitions (many in Europe) have been a …
Read MoreShigenobu Nagamori, the billionaire founder of the world’s biggest manufacturer of micro-motors for hard disks and optical drives, Nidec, has acquired more than 40 companies in Japan and overseas. He comments in a Nikkei Business article that “you cannot …
Read MoreIn the seven years since the Brexit referendum, the benefits of Japanese long term planning for resilience have become clear. Although employment by Japanese companies in the UK has fallen since 2018/9, this is largely in the automotive …
Read MoreComparing the top ranked Japanese companies for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Toyo Keizai’s 2022 rankings* with the 2007 rankings shows how the Japanese corporate landscape has changed. The three telecoms companies – NTT, NTT DoCoMo and KDDI – …
Read MoreNippon Paint Holding’s November 2021 acquisition of French company Cromology initially caused me some confusion. The acquisition was done via Nippon Paint’s consolidated subsidiary, the Australia based DuluxGroup and their newly established UK based company DGL International UK Ltd. To …
Read MoreIt’s been 4 years since we last looked at the top 30 Japanese employers in France. Much of what was true four years’ ago is true today. The top 30 partly reflects France’s traditional strengths, at least in Japanese …
Read MoreWe’ve just compiled our first ever Top 30 for Japanese employers in Italy (see below for updated 2022 version). We’ve thought for a while that Tōyō Keizai underreported the number of employees in Italy, and that it probably ranked fourth …
Read MoreWe’ve been publishing our top 30 Japanese companies in Europe intermittently for 5 years now. We regularly receive enquiries for recommendations on which Japanese companies to approach as potential employers. We’re not a recruitment consultancy so we don’t have any …
Read MoreIt’s well known in Japan that entry to good universities is fiercely competitive, and then students mess around for four years, sleeping in lectures, putting more effort into club activities than study. As a consequence, the large employers who recruit …
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