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Big in Japan: Levent Arabaci on Implementing Culture Change at a Large Japanese Company

Levent Arabaci, Hitachi’s global EVP for HR, gave a highly informative talk on the transformation of Japanese business icon Hitachi and the radical restructuring of the HR system needed to…

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Creating the Next Biomedical Powerhouse in Japan with Nobel Prize Winner Shinya Yamanaka

The Japan Society and US-Asia Technology Management Center of Stanford proudly hosted Nobel prize winner Shinya Yamanaka and an expert panel on October 12 for a lively discussion of trends…

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Filling Asia’s Infrastructure Gap: Financing the Region’s Growth

Larry Greenwood (lgreenwood@usajapan.org) is president of the Japan Society of Northern California, senior advisor at Bower Group Asia and non-resident senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.…

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"Award of Honor" Gala

For more than 100 years, the Japan Society of Northern California has fostered collaboration and understanding between the United States and Japan by providing Northern Californians with a range of language, cultural and business programming and opportunities for fellowship.

Innovation Awards

The Society’s vision is to energize the creativity, imagination and actions of individuals, businesses and academics – in both the U.S. and Japan – through creating distinctive dialogues and programs that broadly publicize and encourage “best in class” Japan – U.S. innovation and entrepreneurship.

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