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Ashes to Gold: How the 1964 Olympics Transformed Japan and Lessons for 2020
News icon Dan Rather headlined an all-star panel on December 8 at the de Young Museum of Fine Arts in San Francisco to talk about the remarkable story of the…
A Look at Women in the Workforce in Japan and the U.S.
By Melissa La Bouff Asia Society of Northern California, the Consulate-General of Japan in SanFrancisco, and Japan Society of Northern California presented a panel on workplace gender equality in Japan…
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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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.
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