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April 19 — Wages in Japan: what to do as inflation hits a three-decade high Event synopsis coming soon.
May — A closer look at Generation Z: how will tomorrow’s leaders do business? Generation Z make up one-third of the world’s population and their income will reach more than one-fourth of the world income by 2031. Understanding the generation’s preference and motivations is critical for companies to hire young talents as employees and to develop marketing strategies targeting them as consumers.
June — The Metaverse: the next digital revolution or irrelevant to business? Some companies are investing heavily in “metaversal” projects, but the tangible applications are nowhere to be seen; perhaps because they are indistinguishable from automation, a more intuitive concept. How do these two things differ? What are companies doing in the metaverse and how is it working? Should companies start investing now or had they better wait and see?
July — Supply chain reshuffling in the 2020s: the ‘friend-shoring’ experiment As China’s self-imposed zero-covid restraint drags on, global players are shifting part of their logistics operations to other countries. “Trusted allies” of the US have been called to strengthen trade relations to shore up global supply chains, hampered by covid-19 and worsened by Russia’s war in Ukraine. How will such alliances reverberate in Japan? What lies in the balance for crucial commodities (e.g. semiconductors) and how will politicians respond?
August — Tokyo as a regional headquarters: making it work Numerous bosses of multinational (and Japanese) companies have to oversee regional offices in North, Central and South-East Asia from Japan. The cultural and political (e.g. JP-Korea) differences between countries can sometimes complicate communications or result in efficiency losses. Join us at this event where we bring together executives with vast regional experience to share their insights.
September — Regional Strategic Forecast Our twice-early look at the economic, political & business outlook for the year ahead.
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