For JANE KITAGAWA's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Ambition and experience lead to ideal circumstances
For Mark Dearlove, Barclays Japan country manager, to be living in Japan when the banking group is celebrating 50 years...
ESG-centered values drive management, strategies
Dave Muenz hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where pollution from the local steel mills was once so severe that his steelworker...
Partnership echoes ‘build global, live local’ mantra
Boasting a fast-track career trajectory with U.S. e-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc., General Manager Tom White of Uber (Rides), Japan...
Tourism-heavy period encourages flexible hiring
Living in the city of Tokyo could be described as a dream come true for Robert Walters Japan and Korea...
Passion nurtures growth and innovative floristry
Dawn breaks over Tokyo. The streets surrounding Ota Shijo market are still dark and the air is quiet, but inside...
Pioneering flexibility and empowerment in retail
Cartier Japan President and CEO Veronica Prat van Thiel and her team are testing the boundaries of the retail experience....
Exceptional skills, passion needed to sell luxury goods
A 2017 report released by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. on luxury consumers identified two major interrelated trends for the year....
Gender equality critical for Japanese economic success
“I’ve never been one of those people who’s had a passion for Japan since childhood, like some people in Europe,”...