CEPEX

The Center For Professional Exchange

CEPEX launched a new seminar series on U.S. workforce development in October 2018 called “Japanese Innovation and Experiences Implementing New Technology in the U.S./From ‘Product Out’ to ‘Market In’”. This initiative has been supported by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) under their U.S.-Japan grassroots program which promotes collaboration with private sector, government authorities […]

Japanese Innovation and Experiences Implementing New Technology in the U.S. From “Product Out” to “Market In“ The manufacturing industry has been transitioning from labor-intensive to advanced manufacturing systems with automation, robotics, machine learning, and AI with IOT. This shift has created new business opportunities such as CASE and MaaS, but also created a growing skills […]

Japanese Innovation and Experiences Implementing New Technology in the U.S. From “Product Out” to “Market In“ The manufacturing industry has been transitioning from labor-intensive to advanced manufacturing systems with automation, robotics, machine learning, and AI with IOT. This shift has created new business opportunities such as CASE and MaaS, but also created a growing skills […]

  Japanese Innovation and Experiences Beyond “Shared Mobility” in Supply Chain “Reverse Logistics Innovation” The global shared mobility market was valued at US$ 105 billion in 2017. In the US market alone, merchandise returns were valued at US$360 billion in 2017. The return rate is rising, from 9% to up to 30% due to e-commerce. […]

Interview with IDYL intern Yodai Tanaka: How was your time interning at Sojitz? Although this internship is really different from what I wanted, I still learned about how to write summaries. I think that my English has improved professionally. When I first started, it would take me around a week to write a summary but […]

My name is Aimee Kustar, I am currently a Sophomore at The George Washington University studying International Business and Japanese. My family is from Slovakia so growing up I learned both English and Slovak. I found a passion for learning about other cultures and languages since I was really young. In high school I had […]

Japanese Innovation and Experiences Implementing New Technology in the U.S., From “Product Out” to “Market In” ~日米草の根交流プログラム:80年代からの対米進出日系企業の経験から:2020年代のIoTを活用する中・小規模生産現場での斬新な人材育成、労働力開発の紹介~ The Center for Professional Exchange (CEPEX), together with the Consulate-General of Japan in Nashville and University of Arkansas, invites you to join for a seminar on how to address workforce development issues and the 21st century workplace under […]

In 2018 CEPEX launched a new seminar series on workforce development in the U.S. This initiative has been supported by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) under the U.S.-Japan grassroots program which promotes collaboration with private sector, government authorities and educational institutions, on how to address workforce development issues and the 21st century workplace. […]

The CEPEX Hokkaido Branch includes a volunteer team of Nitobe College Students at Hokkaido University. Pictured below is CEPEX Hokkaido Representative Ms. Yukari Kasahara, with Ms. Taki Shimada, Ms. Yuuha Okubo and Taiga Takahashi. The CEPEX Hokkaido branch is actively engaged in regional promotion and internationalization issues through creating policy proposals of “Hokkaido Model”, which seeks […]

My name is Yodai Tanaka, I am a senior at Hokkaido University in Japan. I am majoring in Law and Political Science with a concentration in International Law and American Politics. I was born and raised in Hokkaido Japan, but studied abroad twice in the U.S.  From August 2011 to August 2012, I was a […]