This wonderful video is based on a retreat we held in the Fall of 2007 titled Invigorating Communities, Designing for Inclusion. The video was created by BAYCAT Studio, where Innovators Network member Villy Wang serves as the President and CEO. Enjoy!
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GDP BLUES REDUX
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 100 yen shop, Azabu Juban, consumer demand, daniel rosenblum, David Resler, exports, gdp, Japan, nomura, tokyo on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some days before leaving for Tokyo, I fretted about the state of the global economy, and Japan’s economy in particular.
In my January 30 post, GDP Blues, I mentioned David Resler, Managing Director & Chief Economist at Nomura Securities International, Inc., predicting that Japan’s 4th quarter GDP for 2008 could drop 9 pct or more.
That number, announced [...]
Yugo Nakamura – A Wizard, a True Star
Posted in creativity, design, internet, tagged daniel rosenblum, design, GOOD Magazine, IDEO, Japan Society, sustainability, tha ltd, U.S.-Japan Innovators Network, web desighner, Yugo Nakamura on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yugo Nakamura – A Wizard, a True Star
It’s the first day of our exploration of design and sustainability in Tokyo with Max Schorr and Casey Caplowe of GOOD Magazine and Valerie Casey of IDEO.
Wending our way through Shibuya, we arrive at tha ltd, the studio of maverick web designer Yugo Nakamura. You enter through [...]
Assessing the State of Civil Society
Posted in U.S.-Japan Innovators Network, global, tagged Civicus, Civil Society, daniel rosenblum, engagement, innovators, Katsuji Imata, organization, UNDP on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Katsuji Imata, Deputy Secretary of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, was in town speaking at the UNDP today.
CIVICUS has created the Civil Society Index (CSI) project, a “participatory needs assessment and action planning tool” designed to strengthen civil society worldwide.
According to Katsuji, the top three challenges facing civil society today are:
1. Accountability [...]
GDP Blues
Posted in U.S.-Japan, Uncategorized, tagged daniel rosenblum, economics, gdp, Japan, Japan Society, nomura, recession, tokyo, U.S., womens bond club on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Watching Wall Street implode from Japan last September, it was easy to hope that after a couple of bailouts life would quickly return to normal.
Clearly, that’s not the case. As I prepare to return to Tokyo next week, I wonder how the people and the city are holding up under the strain of a seemingly intractable global recession.
At Japan Society last night we hosted a [...]
Enlightenment in a Tokyo Taxi and a Shoeshine Booth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged daniel rosenblum, Japan, leisure, meaning, new otani hotel, retirement, salaryman, search for meaning, shoeshine, taxi, tokyo, work on September 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes attitudes towards work – especially work considered by some Americans to be “menial” - can offer insights into Japanese society. Recently I was chatting with a Tokyo taxi driver when I asked him how long he’d been a cabbie.
“Five years,” he answered.
“And before that?”
“I was a regular salary man.”
“Why did you decide to become a taxi driver?” I [...]
Japan’s Four Cs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged daniel rosenblum, design, Felissimo, Japan, Japan C, New York on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I checked out Japan C at Felissimo Design House. Some days earlier, my colleague, Japan Society Director of Education Rob Fish, was interviewed on NY1 about the culture of cute while visiting Japan C. Japan C, Felissimo says, represents “all that Japan is today: Cool, Cute, Clever and Creative”. And it’s true. In the [...]
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