News

GLOCOM Platform Activity

GLOCOM Platform (http://www.glocom.org) is intended to provide a virtual "place" where opinion leaders can express their views in English and exchange their opinions with their counterparts overseas. We are currently posting the following:

Jiro USHIO "How to Utilize Japan's Resources for Tourism"
(http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essays/20050411_ushio_how/index.html)

Kae Nomura "Comment on Kuniko Inoguchi's Article 'How Japan Can Help Build a World Without War'"
(http://www.glocom.org/debates/20050404_nomura_comment/index.html)

News Review "Political Hara-Kiri: The Danger of Keeping Japan in Its Place"
(http://www.glocom.org/media_reviews/n_review/20050407_news_review288/index.html)

[2005.04.12]

GLOCOM Lecture - Voices from Slash guys

Mr. Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, one of the founders of the extremely popular Slashdot (http://slashdot.org/), and Mr. Oliver M. Bolzer, the editor in chief at the Japanese counterpart Slashdot Japan (http://slashdot.jp/), will give us a talk on Slashdot at GLOCOM on May 18, 2005 (18:00-21:00 JST). In case if you would like to attend, please contact Masayuki Hatta (mhatta@glocom.ac.jp) for detail.

[2005.05.09]

GLOCOM Platform Activity

GLOCOM Platform (http://www.glocom.org) is intended to provide a virtual "place" where opinion leaders can express their views in English and exchange their opinions with their counterparts overseas. We are currently posting the following:

Takamitsu SAWA "The Price of a Clean Project"
(http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essays/20050404_sawa_price/index.html)

Kae Nomura "Comment on Kuniko Inoguchi's Article 'How Japan Can Help Build a World Without War'"
(http://www.glocom.org/debates/20050404_nomura_comment/index.html)

News Review "Japan to Set Up Radar on Disputed Islands"
(http://www.glocom.org/media_reviews/n_review/20050329_news_review287/index.html)

[2005.04.05]

GLOCOM Platform Activity

GLOCOM Platform (http://www.glocom.org) is intended to provide a virtual "place" where opinion leaders can express their views in English and exchange their opinions with their counterparts overseas. We are currently posting the following:

Takaaki WAKASUGI "Who is the Owner of a Company? Maximization of Shareholder Value is the Goal"
(http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essays/20050328_wakasugi_who/index.html)

James Goodby & Donald Gross "From Six Party Talks to a Regional Security Mechanism"
(http://www.glocom.org/debates/20050325_goodby_from/index.html)

News Review "Beef Row Looms on Rice Japan Trip"
(http://www.glocom.org/media_reviews/n_review/20050322_news_review286/index.html)

[2005.03.28]

GLOCOM Platform Activity

GLOCOM Platform (http://www.glocom.org) is intended to provide a virtual "place" where opinion leaders can express their views in English and exchange their opinions with their counterparts overseas. We are currently posting the following:

Koichiro HAYASHI "Digital Technology and Copyright : Need to Redesign the Present Analog-based Law System"
(http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essays/20050228_hayashi_digital/index.html)

Ralph A. Cossa "China's Anti-Secession Law: Much Ado About Something?"
(http://www.glocom.org/debates/20050304_cossa_china/index.html)

News Review "Japan to Restrict N Korean Ships"
(http://www.glocom.org/media_reviews/n_review/20050301_news_review282/index.html)

[2005.03.07]

FM Wai Wai start to suport multiple language information through the radio in the stricken area of the earthquake and the typhoon in Niigata.

GLOCOM cooperates that provide program sources on the web.

Links:

http://www.tcc117.org/fmyy/tokamachi/index.html

http://www.tcc117.org/fmyy/nagaoka/index.html

http://www.glocom.jp/support/data/

[2004.11.05]

GLOCOM Platform Activity

GLOCOM Platform (http://www.glocom.org) is intended to provide a virtual "place" where opinion leaders can express their views in English and exchange their opinions with their counterparts overseas. We are currently posting the following:

Kuniko INOGUCHI "How Japan Can Help Build a World Without War"
(http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essays/20050207_inoguchik_how/index.html)

Takamitsu SAWA "Bet on the Sustainable Option"
(http://www.glocom.org/debates/20050209_sawa_bet/index.html)

News Review "Tension, No Trouble at Japan-N.Korea Soccer Match"
(http://www.glocom.org/media_reviews/n_review/20050210_news_review279/index.html)

[2005.02.10]

GLOCOM Platform Activity

GLOCOM Platform (http://www.glocom.org) is intended to provide a virtual "place" where opinion leaders can express their views in English and exchange their opinions with their counterparts overseas. We are currently posting the following:

Toshihiko KINOSHITA "Economic Integration in East Asia and Japan's Role: Abridged Version"
(http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essays/20050131_kinoshita_economic/index.html)

Eric Teo Chu Cheow "After the Tsunami Disaster: Human Security is Key"
(http://www.glocom.org/debates/20050124_cheow_after/index.html)

News Review "Japan May Let Women Reign"
(http://www.glocom.org/media_reviews/n_review/20050127_news_review276/index.html)

[2005.02.01]

GLOCOM Platform Activity

GLOCOM Platform (http://www.glocom.org) is intended to provide a virtual "place" where opinion leaders can express their views in English and exchange their opinions with their counterparts overseas. We are currently posting the following:

Toyoo GYOHTEN "The Japanese Economy: 2005 and Beyond"
(http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essays/20050117_gyohten_japanese/index.html)

Brad Glosserman "Tsunami Tragedy: Japan Seizes the Moment"
(http://www.glocom.org/debates/20050114_gloss_tsunami/index.html)

News Review "Russia Views Final Peace Deal with Japan as Long-term Prospect"
(http://www.glocom.org/media_reviews/n_review/20050114_news_review274/index.html)

[2005.01.18]

GLOCOM Platform Activity

GLOCOM Platform (http://www.glocom.org) is intended to provide a virtual "place" where opinion leaders can express their views in English and exchange their opinions with their counterparts overseas. We are currently posting the following:

Ippei YAMAZAWA "Our Experience and Lessons in the Chuetsu Earthquake"
(http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essays/20041220_yamazawa_our/index.html)

Gregory Clark "Price of Exclusivity Too High"
(http://www.glocom.org/debates/20041221_clark_price/index.html)

News Review "Poll Shows Japanese Frosty Toward Chinese"
(http://www.glocom.org/media_reviews/n_review/20041220_news_review271/index.html)

[2004.12.24]

GLOCOM Platform Activity

GLOCOM Platform (http://www.glocom.org) is intended to provide a virtual "place" where opinion leaders can express their views in English and exchange their opinions with their counterparts overseas. We are currently posting the following:

Toyoo GYOHTEN "Convergence or Divergence"
(http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essays/20041018_gyohten_convergence/index.html)

Yuki Tatsumi "Japan's first step toward a national security strategy: Assessing the Araki Commission report"
(http://www.glocom.org/debates/20041025_tatsumi_japan/index.html)

News Review "Bush Signs N Korea Aid Laws"
(http://www.glocom.org/media_reviews/n_review/20041019_news_review257/index.html)

[2004.10.20]

GLOCOM Platform presents a video interview series

Teppo Turkki (Visiting Scholar, Waseda University) "I.T. Across Cultures"
http://www.glocom.org/interviews/s_inter/index6.html#1021turkki

[2004.11.25]

GLOCOM Platform presents a video interview series

Andrew Horvat (Japan Representative of the Asia Foundation) "A Constitutional Court for Japan?"
http://www.glocom.org/interviews/s_inter/index6.html#0924horvat

[2004.10.15]

GLOCOM Platform presents a video interview series

Andrew Horvat (Japan Representative of the Asia Foundation) "A Constitutional Court for Japan?"
http://www.glocom.org/interviews/s_inter/index6.html#0924horvat

[2004.10.15]

GLOCOM Platform Activity

GLOCOM Platform (http://www.glocom.org) is intended to provide a virtual "place" where opinion leaders can express their views in English and exchange their opinions with their counterparts overseas. We are currently posting the following:

Toyoo GYOHTEN "Japan's Soft Power Reconsidered"
(http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essays/20040830_gyohten_japan/index.html)

Masamichi HANABUSA "Keep Relations with U.S. in Perspective"
(http://www.glocom.org/debates/20040825_hanabusa_keep/index.html)

News Review "N Koreans Storm Japanese School"
(http://www.glocom.org/media_reviews/n_review/20040902_news_review245/index.html)

[2004.09.03]

GLOCOM Platform presents a video interview series

Dr. Larry Kubota (CEO, Black Current Productions) "Making Movies in Japan"
http://www.glocom.org/interviews/s_inter/index6.html#0825kubota

[2004.10.05]

GLOCOM Platform presents a video interview series

Dr. Rene Duignan (Lecturer, Aoyama Gakuin University) "What's Behind the Numbers?"
http://www.glocom.org/interviews/s_inter/index6.html#0804duignan

[2004.09.07]

GLOCOM Platform presents a video interview series

Yoshisuke Iinuma (Director, Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan) "Japanese Pension Plan Politics"

http://www.glocom.org/interviews/s_inter/index5.html#0624Iinuma

[2004.07.05]

GLOCOM Platform presents a video interview series

Ippei Yamazawa (President, International University of Japan) "Japan and East Asian Economic Integration"
http://www.glocom.org/interviews/s_inter/index5.html#0521yamazawa

[2004.05.28]

GLOCOM Platform Activity

GLOCOM Platform (http://www.glocom.org) is intended to provide a virtual "place" where opinion leaders can express their views in English and exchange their opinions with their counterparts overseas. We are currently posting the following:

J. Sean Curtin "Tale of two allies, Koizumi and Blair"
(http://www.glocom.org/debates/20040514_curtin_tale/index.html)

News Review "Japan's Ozawa Quits as Leader of DPJ After Four Days"
(http://www.glocom.org/media_reviews/n_review/20040518_news_review216/index.html)

[2004.05.18]

GLOCOM Platform presents a video interview series

Michio Katsumata (Senior Staff Writer, The Nikkei Shinbun) "The Joy of Ghost Writing"
http://www.glocom.org/interviews/s_inter/index5.html#0326katsumata

[2004.04.01]

International Symposium on ICT Accessibility in Asia-Pacific Region (ISIA)

Center for Global Communications in International University of Japan (GLOCOM) and Foundation for C&C Promotion will hold the first International Symposium on ICT Accessibility in Asia-Pacific Region. The main topic of the Symposium is accessibility of info-communications services/software/equipment by all people including elderly and people with disabilities.

Summary of GLOCOM FORUM 2003 and Video of Prof. Lessig's Speech

GLOCOM Platform provides a summary of GLOCOM FORUM 2003 and the video of the keynote speech by Prof. Lawrence Lessig (Chairman of Creative Commons) on "Free Culture," which took place at Arcadia Ichigaya, Tokyo, on December 2, 2003.

International Symposium on ICT Accessibility in Asia-Pacific Region (ISIA)

Center for Global Communications in International University of Japan (GLOCOM) and Foundation for C&C Promotion will hold the first International Symposium on ICT Accessibility in Asia-Pacific Region. The main topic of the Symposium is accessibility of info-communications services/software/equipment by all people including elderly and people with disabilities.

Smart Mobs translation complete

A small team translated Howard Rheingold's latest book "Smart Mobs"
<http://www.smartmobs.com/index.html>. It is now published in Japanese by NTT Publishing, Yen 3,600.

ICT Accessibility in Japan

The Accessibility Study Group <http://www.glocom.ac.jp/project/accessibility/> has opened a new website summarized about Japanese present condition of Information Communications Technology (ICT) accessibility. Now, they are investigating the information about the ICT accessibility of the Asia-Pacific countries.

An Evolutionary View of Modernization: The Last Modern Perspective

In his latest paper, "An Evolutionary View of Modernization: The Last Modern Perspective", Shumpei Kumon summarizes his views on today's social changes. He emphasizes what he defines the Last Modern approach in contrast to the Post Modern approach.