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  Perspectives Column


Donald Westmore
Donald Westmore, Executive Director, ACCJ, 1998 - 2006

The "Perspectives" column by former ACCJ Executive Director Donald Westmore appeared in the ACCJ Journal each month from January 2004 until his departure, with a feature article in the June 2006 issue. Mr. Westmore discusses economic, political and social issues, developments and contexts of interest that affect business conditions in Japan. His perspective is informed by more than forty years in Japan and Asia as a diplomat, businessman, writer and lecturer, including eight years with the ACCJ.

2006-06: Long March Back to the Future (Feature article)

2006-05: Thinking Really Big

2006-04: What's in a Language?

2006-03: So Little Time . . .

2006-02: That Shrinking Feelilng

2006-01: Happy Dog Year

2005-12: What A Year! But What's Next?

2005-11: Koizumi Proves His Point

2005-10: The Consensus Myth

2005-09: A Close Call

2005-08: Trade Deficit? What Trade Deficit?

2005-07: Dragon Rising: Part II

2005-06: Dragon Rising: Part 1

2005-05: Japan's Healthcare Debate

2005-04: The Hidden Playing Field

2005-03: China, the ACCJ and APCAC

2005-02: Free press, Japanese style

2005-01: Step by step, brick by brick

2004-12: Lobbying and Democracy

2004-11: Ah, politics!

2004-10: Privatizing Japan

2004-09: Participating in History

2004-08: A Viewpoint Too Far

2004-07: M.A.D. Economic Relations

2004-06: Return of the Luddites

2004-05: Lost in Translation

2004-04: The Year of the Monkey

2004-03: On change

2004-02: Whose company is this, anyhow?

2004-01: The World comes to Japan