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...were hallmarks of Japan Inc. during the booming 1980s. Not only are company-sponsored drinkathons back, so too are subsidized dorms for single employees as well as corporate outings and visits to the founder's ancestral grave. "We realized that workplace communication was becoming nonexistent," explains human-resources manager Shinji Matsuyama, whose company, Alps Electric, brought together 3,000 workers for its first company-wide undokai, or mini-Olympics, in 14 years. According to Matsuyama, the shared experience of playing dodge ball and skipping rope "helped unite people under a common goal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Inc. Is Drinking Again | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

...1980s. Not only are company-sponsored drinking marathons back, so too are subsidized dorms for single employees as well as corporate outings such as hot-spring retreats and annual visits to the company founder's ancestral grave. "We realized that workplace communication was becoming nonexistent," explains human-resources manager Shinji Matsuyama, whose company, Alps Electric, spent several million dollars last year to bring together about 3,000 workers for its first company-wide undokai, or mini-Olympics, in 14 years. According to Matsuyama, the shared experience of playing dodge ball and skipping rope "helped unite people under a common goal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Relax, the Company's Buying | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

...Asian Imports An increasingly popular strategy for winning new fans and selling merchandise is to hire a favorite son with his own loyal following. Japanese imports like Hidoshi Nakata (Bologna) and Shinji Ono (Feyenoord) have helped their European clubs hawk souvenirs and attract Asian tourists. Through the end of last year, midfielder Junichi Inamoto (left) has helped English team Fulham earn $3.7 million in merchandise sales and television rights in Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Piece Of The Action | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...suffered the consequences--of being a pioneer. And it has paid off: when NTT DoCoMo's president, Keiji Tachikawa, 64, steps down, Tsuda is expected to succeed him. "Tsuda has a good sense of balance between technology and marketing, and he has the confidence of his co-workers," says Shinji Moriyuki, senior telecom analyst at Daiwa Research Institute in Tokyo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIRO TSUDA, NTT DOCOM: He Made Japan Cell-Phone Crazy | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...opponents. "My job is to do the dirty work," he says. Co-defender Tsuneyasu Miyamoto is so hyperkinetic it's a wonder he hasn't broken more than his nose, which was injured during a practice game and now requires the protection of a leather mask. On offense, Shinji Ono supplies the fancy footwork and sets up the pair of fair-haired attackers?Inamoto and the slightly disheveled beach bum of the two, Takayuki Suzuki...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rising Sons | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

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