I have posted in January a series of 6 reports (Jan.2nd, 3rd, 5th, 12th, 20th, and 23rd ) about the news of Korea having won the international competition in bidding for the nuclear power plants in Abu Dhabi.
In Japan, social infrastructure of cities such as energy, water, railway, electric power generation-distribution systems were constructed primarily by public service enterprises. The cost (or a large franciton of) was covered mainly by our tax money.
Were you aware that this is precisely the ‘Soft Power’(Ref.1) that Japan can take pride in?
In the world today where many countries are rapidly developing, social infrastructure is huge business opportunities. Loans, donations, i.e. public ODA, are good as they are but there is also an alternative for Japan to grow together by building ‘Win-Win’ relationships with those countries through investment in their social infrastructure systems.
In the August 2nd issue of ‘Globe’, the Asahi shinbun featured a special report on the nuclear plants in the Middle East. Please take a look and think about their points.
Discussions on this seem to be accelerating in Japan recently and I feel that my reports on Abu Dhabi offer a lot of information and insights that you will find useful. There are in some places of these postings where my expressions are moderate than I really meant, though …. Anyway, the point I wanted to make clear was the critical importance of developing human resource and building its networks for business in this global age. Strategic thinking and actions are utterly needed to achieve this goal.
This is one of the major themes that I discuss in this website again and again.