Dear friends,

We hope you have had an enjoyable summer.
We would like to invite you to the EIJS Academy seminar

to be held on October 12th. To kick of the new series,

Professor Kunihiko Yogo will talk on the topic "Outlook for the Japanese Economy - from the experience of reconstructing Japanese firms."

Please find as below details of the seminar. Please sign up at eijsjap@gmail.com for the attention of Miki Futagawa
(Ms.)
We look forward to receiving your registration.

Sincerely yours,
Miki Futagawa
EIJS Tokyo Office
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Invitation to EIJS Academy Seminars 2011-2012 The 1st Seminar on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Topic: “Outlook for the Japanese Economy
- from the experience of reconstructing Japanese
firms”

Speaker: Mr. Kunihiko Yogo
Professor, Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business

We would like to invite you to the lecture by Mr. Yogo who has served as co-CEO of Hikari Tsushin, Managing Director of IRCJ (Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan) and Chairman and CEO of Kanebo Cosmetics. He has reconstructed the companies with his strong background of telecommunication knowledge and organizational reform strategies.
How can a company be reconstructed? We will hear his experience of reconstructing Japanese firms and his thoughts on the outlook for the Japanese economy under the current difficult situation.
Mr. Yogo is graduated from University of Tokyo in Mechanical Engineering and entered Science and Technology Agency at Prime Minister's Office in 1983. He worked for the Atomic Energy Bureau and the International Trade Policy Bureau of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
After obtaining MBA from the Amos Tuck school of Business at Dartmouth College in the US, he joined McKinsey and Company and has participated in policy making, organizational reform and business alliances projects for the IT and high-tech industries. In 2006, he became President and CEO of ARUZE Corporation. He has been teaching at Kenichi Ohmae Graudate School of Business since 2008.

Date: Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Time: 6.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. Drink & Snack (served before lecture)
7.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Lecture and Discussion
Place: Auditorium, Embassy of Sweden
10-3-400 Roppongi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
106-0032
Five-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line Roppongi 1-chome Station
Five-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Kamiya-cho Station
Fee: JPY3,000 per person, payable at the door
Free for those who are from sponsoring companies (*)
Free for students, please bring your student ID
Language: English

(*) EIJS Academy 2010-2011 Sponsoring companies Gadelius K.K., Nippon Ericsson K.K., Nihon Tetra Pak K.K., Sandvik K.K., Höganäs Japan K.K. and in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden

Please sign up by October 7th (Fri.) via e-mail to eijsjap@gmail.com or fax to
(03-5562-9090) for the attention of Ms. Futagawa (EIJS Tokyo Office).
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Miki Futagawa
European Institute of Japanese Studies
Tokyo Office
c/o Embassy of Sweden