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December 28, 2023
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“AOTS E-Newsletter” is published by the Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships (AOTS).
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1. Management Training in Japan (Subsidized program): Application Closed for FY2023 Courses.
2. Hiroshima Global Academy’s school information webinar.
3. Insight: Thoughts on the Management Philosophy of Various Japanese Companies.
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1. Management Training in Japan (Subsidized program): Application Closed for FY2023 Courses
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Thank you for the many applications for the AOTS Management Training Programs!
We would like to announce that all applications for FY2023 courses are closed.
Please stay tuned as we plan to offer more courses in the next fiscal year.
The AOTS Japan office will be closed from 12/29/2023 to 1/3/2024 for the New Year holidays.
Please note that we will respond to inquiries received during this period when the office is open.
Inquiry: AOTS Overseas Cooperation Group
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: +81-(0)3-3888-8256
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2. Hiroshima Global Academy’s school information webinar on January 27, 2024
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We are Hiroshima Global Academy (HiGA).
HiGA is located on an island off the coast of Hiroshima, Japan.
We are an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School offering the Diploma Programme (DP) to students from Grades 11 to 12.
Additionally, we provide a full-board dormitory system and a high quality education at an affordable price.
We will hold a school information webinar from 1:00pm to 2:00pm on Saturday, January 27, 2024, JST.
Please attend the webinar if you wish to know more about HiGA!
Click here for more details about the school information webinar.
https://www.facebook.com/event
Click here to watch a PR video about HiGA.
https://youtu.be/X-l4GTyXj1E
[Inquiry]
[email protected]
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3. Insight: Thoughts on the Management Philosophy of Various Japanese Companies
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Thoughts on the Management Philosophy of Various Japanese Companies – December 2023
When Wakabayashi saw that there was a kusabi (wedge) driven into the joint of a shrine’s torii gate, he was convinced that if the mechanism of the kusabi could be applied to the connection between bolts and nuts, it would be possible to achieve “integrated technology based on kusabi.”
However, turning this idea into a specific product was no simple matter.
There was a considerable amount of trial and error involved, but in the end, he was able to make the kusabi mechanism a reality by using two nuts created using a special process.
He called this product the “Hardlock Nut.”
*Reference: The Hardlock Nut’s wedging mechanism
https://hardlock-nut.com/techn
Having gone through this struggle, Wakabayashi wanted to make the Hardlock Nut available as soon as possible and make customers happy.
But this also didn’t go as he expected.
His business partner in manufacturing the existing products was strongly opposed to Wakabayashi’s idea of stopping a business that was already highly profitable and switching to a brand-new Hardlock Nut business, even if it could offer people exceptionally safe products.
“Never mind about a few complaints. Let’s sell the existing products that are selling well wherever we can,” he insisted.
The biggest difference between Wakabayashi and his partner was their opposing attitudes toward business.
In contrast to the partner, who was strongly motivated by the pursuit of profit, Wakabayashi believed that “profit is the end result, not what you should think about first.”
The pair were unable to reconcile their differences.
Wakabayashi then made a decision: he transferred the existing business, which he had founded and in which he had also invested his own money, to his partner for free and started up the Hardlock Nut business from scratch.
In keeping with his firm belief in the “spirit of altruism,” he put “making people happy through his inventions” ahead of profit and loss.
To be continued in the next edition.
Stay tuned for the next AOTS E-Newsletter.
Rikio Suma, Author
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