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The Program on Alternative Investments of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute of Columbia University cosponsored the symposium "Lessons From the Japanese Bubble For the U.S." on November 19, 2008. Two hundred and sixty people attended to hear from three distinguished speakers on how the United States can learn from Japan's bubble experience and avoid its own "lost decade."

Kenneth Scheffler '09 explores sustainable financial services for the poor in this Bottom Line article.

PSI Coach Ora Shtull discusses nonverbal communication in a public speaking workshop as part of Women Rule!, a leadership training event in New York City that is featured in the November 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.

Alicia Ogawa, Director of the Program on Alternative Investments and Associate Director, Advising of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business will speak at the panel discussion entitled,  "Japan's financial and economic problems of the 1990s and the current crisis in the United States: A Comparison" in room 11-75 Cantor Board Room at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on Tuesday, November 25, 2008. This event is organized by the Center for Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies and the Undergraduate International Business Association at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Ben Dattner creates a user manual - for himself - to enhance communication with his staff. Please click on the related link for the full article on BusinessWeek.com.

Michihisa Shinagawa Discusses Sumitomo Corporation's Strategy in the Americas with Columbia MBAs.

On Friday evening, November 7, approximately 50 members of the Japanese Business Association (JBA) at Columbia Business School gathered at the official residence of Ambassador Motoatsu Sakurai, consul general of Japan in New York City.

Mr. Steve Sturm, the group vice president of Americas strategic research and planning and corporate communications for Toyota Motor North America, came to Columbia Business School on Thursday, November 6 to discuss the global automobile company's "Green Strategy." The event was organized by the student led Japanese Business Association and Green Business Club, with the support and cosponsorship of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business.