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Japan’s island mentality vs. the global reality

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Japan’s island mentality vs. the global reality Junko Yoshida 6/29/2012 8:43 AM EDT PARIS -- Recent reports from Japan on new CEOs at Japan’s two consumer electronics behemoths – Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. – should make you feel both hopeful and weary at the same time. Well, at least that’s how I feel. Sony’s Kazuo Hirai and Panasonic’s Kazuhiro Tsuga are both in their 50’s -- relatively young according to the Japanese corporate norm. They’re both U.S.-educated; and they are refreshingly outspoken compared to traditional Japanese executives who, faced with a tough question, tend to suck their teeth and mutter something like: “Well… that’s under study.” Before ascending to the head of their companies earlier this year, both executives most recently led their respective TV business units, both of which are historically considered as the “core” business of the CE giants. ...

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