• Conversations with People and Topics of Focus

  Abitus thinks ahead, Globalized Human Resources

  

  In this issue, Conversations with People and Topics of Focus features Toyoaki Miwa, a long-time friend of Mariko Ohsato and President of Abitus, Inc. The importance of globalized human resources is becoming increasingly greater in Japan, as seen through the appearance of companies here that use English as their official in-house language. Abitus, an industry leader that started a course in Japan for U.S. Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification 17 years ago, can be considered a Japanese pioneer in global human resources development.

  Why did Mr. Miwa decide to offer a course for an American certification in Japan? What is the objective of the company’s latest business—a Japanese language school? What are the qualities going forward that will be required of globalized human resources? This interview takes us in to an area not often seen—a look behind the scenes at Abitus’ success.

  

• Conversations with People and Topics of Focus

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  • Abitus thinks ahead, Globalized Human Resources (Summer Greeting 2012)
  • The Internal Communication Strategies of Multinational Japanese Companies (Summer Greeting 2011)
  • Foreign-language Website Production/Website Translation (Spring Greeting 2011)
  • Global/Multilingual Website Solutions (Winter Greeting 2010)
  • Market Development through Global Websites (Summer Greeting 2010)

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  Tidbits on the Chinese Language
  No.5: Kanji Logograms Created in Japan

  As its name denotes, Kanji (Chinese characters) originated in China and spread to other regions like the Korean Peninsula and Japan where they underwent local changes and development. In this issue, we’ll take a look at the Kanji that were created in Japan.

  

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  • Tidbits on the Chinese Language - No.5: Kanji Logograms Created in Japan (Summer Greeting 2012)
  • Tidbits on the Chinese Language - No.4: The Difference between Japanese and Chinese Characters (Winter Greeting 2011)
  • Tidbits on the Chinese Language - No.3: The Difference between Written and Spoken Chinese (Summer Greeting 2011)
  • Tidbits on the Chinese Language - No.2: Two Styles of Chinese Characters (Spring Greeting 2011)
  • Tidbits on the Chinese Language - No.1: The Diversity of the Chinese Language (Winter Greeting 2010)

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  Draw it in 2 minutes!

  This time, for this popular funNOTE feature, we asked everyone to draw a well-known Australian animal. It seems that there were some staff members who made a somewhat odd looking animal look even more peculiar. Enjoy!

  

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  • Draw it in 2 minutes! (Summer Greeting 2012)
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  • Fun with Japanese calligraphy! – Four-character phrases – (Summer Greeting 2011)
  • Draw It after 45 Seconds – Let's All Do Some Doodling – (Spring Greeting 2011)
  • The Country I want to Visit Next (Winter Greeting 2010)
  • Wishing Upon a Star! – The wishes we made for the Tanabata Star Festival. – (Summer Greeting 2010)

• Message from Mariko Ohsato

  

  Friendly Competition with New Comrades

  2012 Summer Greetings from Mariko Ohsato, President, Arc Communications

  

• Message from Mariko Ohsato

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  • Friendly Competition with New Comrades (Summer Greeting 2012)
  • Top 10 News Items for 2011 – Official and Unofficial Versions (Winter Greeting 2011)
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  • What Kind of A Country Is Kazakhstan? (Spring Greeting 2011)
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