東日本大震災ー未曽有の国家的危機から立ち上がる [東日本大震災]
東日本大震災ー未曽有の国家的危機から立ち上がる
英文記事はこちら
The Japan That Will Rise From The Ashes
http://www.forbes.com/2011/04/01/japan-earthquake-tsunami-economy-recovery-leadership-managing-future.html?feed=rss_business
世界有数の経済紙であるForbesが取り上げた記事を紹介します。
この記事を書いたのはJean-Pierre Lehmann、 Dominique Turpinの２人ですが、２人ともスイスに拠点のあるIMD(International Institute for Management Development)という世界的に有名なビジネス・スクール関係者である。
この二人か゛The Japan That Will Rise From The Ashes「廃墟から立ち上がる日本」というタイトルで書いた記事です。
IMD関係者らしく経済的な視点から日本を鋭く分析し、東日本大震災で国家的危機に陥ってる日本がこれから復興に向けて進むべき道を示しています。
この記事を私なりにまとめてみました。
「１９８０年代、日本は目ざましい経済発展を遂げ、どんどん世界市場へと進出していき、日本の製品は海外から称賛を得るようになった。それと共に日本の文化も海外へと広まっていき、世界各地で日本という国から何かを学び取ろうという動きが出てきた。
そして日本は、外国の文化、例えばフランス料理などを積極的に日本の食文化に取り入れることもした。
このように、１９８０年代の世界の中心は日本となっていったのである。
ところが、１９９０年代初めにバブル経済が破たんし、日本の経済成長は下降線をたどるようになる。この時日本は様々な方面で重大な変革を迫られていた。例えば、人口高齢化問題、情報技術革命、中国の経済的台頭、国際化などである。
日本はこれらの変革に十分対応できないまま今日まで至ってきた。国際化に関しては様々な面でその対応の遅れが目立つが、その中でも、英語の習得という面では、他の国々から見てもかなり遅れをとっている。
物造りの面では世界では優秀な日本だが、今や世界はインターネットの時代。
マイクロソフト、グーグル、アップルなどのようなインターネット関連の起業会社は日本ではいまだに出てきていない。
日本はこの数１０年間で経済的な不況に陥ったのみならず、日本の心も不況に陥ってしまったようだ、
１９８０年代では、日本という国が世界で話題に上ることが多かったのに、ここ数年ではそうした世界の話題に上ることは極めて少なくなってきており、深刻な不況の段階に入ってしまったようだ。
しかし、今回の東日本大震災という未曽有の大災害に直面しても、日本人は世界に勇気、威厳、忍耐を見せてくれた。日本人の冷静な行動、秩序正しく行動することに外国から称賛の声が上がっている。
今、世界は非常な悲しみを持って、そして称賛の気持ちで日本を見守っている。
日本人の持っている偉大な回復力、戦後の荒廃から見事に立ち上がってきたあの不死鳥のような力をもう一度発揮して、大災害に遭っても威厳と勇気をもって災害の危機を乗り越え、再び世界の表舞台に戻ってくることを世界は待ち望んでいる。」
The Japan That Will Rise From The Ashes
Jean-Pierre Lehmann and Dominique Turpin 04.01.11, 3:50 PM ET
As we mourn all the deaths and suffering from Japan's earthquake and tsunami, and especially think of our numerous IMD alumni and friends who may have been affected, we also see that the tragedy provides an opportunity--even a responsibility--to draw broad lessons and look forward.
Both of us know Japan well, having lived, studied, taught and worked extensively there. We have maintained close contact with Japan and its leading companies for many years. During the 1980s we shared a fascination with the country, and we were not alone. Japan was truly awesome then, especially the world of enterprise. Japanese companies were dauntingly innovative. But it wasn't just the world of industry. This was also a time when the Japanese came to master many culinary arts, including the French. As Frenchmen, we had to admit that some of the best French cuisine in the world (including France!) was to be found in the recipes of Japanese chefs in the restaurants of Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sendai and many other Japanese cities. The last edition of the Michelin gastronomic guide doles out a whopping 266 stars to Tokyo restaurants, more than to Paris and London combined. Fashion, architecture and classical music were among other areas where the general Japanese atmosphere of creativity prevailed.
During that period Japan's global soft power spread. Japanese studies centers opened up in universities across the West; many of Japan's Asian neighbors publicly expressed their desire to learn from the country; sushi restaurants spread around the planet; manga defined a new artistic genre; Japanese overseas travelers multiplied; Tokyo became the world's biggest stock market; Japan became the largest donor of foreign aid; and many Japanese brands became synonymous with quality and innovation. In 1989, when IMD first published its ranking on competitiveness, Japan was firmly in the No. 1 position; the U.S. was third.
Then Japan took a radical and unexpected turn. The asset bubble burst in the early 1990s, and both the Nikkei index and property prices plunged precipitously. However, it was more than just that. As we argued in a joint publication in 2002, Japan seemed to have failed to understand, let alone anticipate, the profound transformations brought on by several key driving forces of the turn of the century: demographics, the information technology revolution, the rise of China and globalization.
In spite of physical and cultural proximity, atavistic attitudes toward China prevented the Japanese from responding appropriately to rising Chinese competition. As for globalization, Japan, with one of the fastest aging populations in the world, hasn't been able to seize external growth opportunities, and many Japanese companies are stuck in their domestic market. The Japanese have been unready in many ways, including in the basic but fundamental imperative of mastering the English language. In a 2009 comparative survey by Educational Testing Service, Japanese test-takers scored below those from North Korea and Myanmar!
Also, while Japanese companies retained their leads in many hard electronic products, the playing field rapidly shifted to the Internet, and attempts by Japanese entrepreneurs to create new businesses à la Steve Jobs were quickly crushed by the large traditional Japanese companies. Today there is no Japanese equivalent of Microsoft, Google or Apple.
For the last couple of decades, not only has the economy been sluggish, but so has the spirit. Japan was the talk of the world in the 1980s; in recent years it has been conspicuously absent from global discourse. The country seems to have entered a phase of deep depression. Japanese speak increasingly of their country's garapagosuka, meaning Galapagos-ization, in reference to those isolated islands hundreds of miles from Ecuador. Japan's own anomie has led to global indifference and criticism.
Yet the terrible tragedy of earthquake and tsunami has shown the Japanese in many ways at their finest. In the face of devastation they have displayed courage, dignity and perseverance. Many foreign commentators have remarked on the amazing stoicism of the people and on the order they have managed to retain amid the carnage. In how many countries in the world could you imagine that?
As the world watches Japan with anguish and admiration, we are all reminded of the Japanese people's great resilience and how much they have to offer. The dead will need to be buried and mourned, those who suffer will need to be consoled, and the damage will need to be repaired. But we hope that Japan's incredible past phoenix-like capacity to rise from the ashes will manifest itself again, and that having shown themselves so dignified and courageous in the face of great tragedy, the Japanese will leave the Galapagos and rejoin the global mainland, from which it stands to benefit, but also to which it can bring so much.
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March 11, 2011, may come to mark the start of a new phase in Japanese history, when the Japanese began to regain the self-confidence and intellectual openness toward the outside world for which for so many decades they were well known and respected. In this new phase Japan will catch the next globalization train and prove a forceful power in meeting tomorrow's global challenges.
Jean-Pierre Lehmann is professor of international political economy and founding director of the Evian Group at IMD, an international business school based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Dominique Turpin is the Nestlé professor and president of IMD. They both wrote their Ph.D. theses on Japan-related themes and have published widely on the country.
英文記事はこちら
The Japan That Will Rise From The Ashes
http://www.forbes.com/2011/04/01/japan-earthquake-tsunami-economy-recovery-leadership-managing-future.html?feed=rss_business
世界有数の経済紙であるForbesが取り上げた記事を紹介します。
この記事を書いたのはJean-Pierre Lehmann、 Dominique Turpinの２人ですが、２人ともスイスに拠点のあるIMD(International Institute for Management Development)という世界的に有名なビジネス・スクール関係者である。
この二人か゛The Japan That Will Rise From The Ashes「廃墟から立ち上がる日本」というタイトルで書いた記事です。
IMD関係者らしく経済的な視点から日本を鋭く分析し、東日本大震災で国家的危機に陥ってる日本がこれから復興に向けて進むべき道を示しています。
この記事を私なりにまとめてみました。
「１９８０年代、日本は目ざましい経済発展を遂げ、どんどん世界市場へと進出していき、日本の製品は海外から称賛を得るようになった。それと共に日本の文化も海外へと広まっていき、世界各地で日本という国から何かを学び取ろうという動きが出てきた。
そして日本は、外国の文化、例えばフランス料理などを積極的に日本の食文化に取り入れることもした。
このように、１９８０年代の世界の中心は日本となっていったのである。
ところが、１９９０年代初めにバブル経済が破たんし、日本の経済成長は下降線をたどるようになる。この時日本は様々な方面で重大な変革を迫られていた。例えば、人口高齢化問題、情報技術革命、中国の経済的台頭、国際化などである。
日本はこれらの変革に十分対応できないまま今日まで至ってきた。国際化に関しては様々な面でその対応の遅れが目立つが、その中でも、英語の習得という面では、他の国々から見てもかなり遅れをとっている。
物造りの面では世界では優秀な日本だが、今や世界はインターネットの時代。
マイクロソフト、グーグル、アップルなどのようなインターネット関連の起業会社は日本ではいまだに出てきていない。
日本はこの数１０年間で経済的な不況に陥ったのみならず、日本の心も不況に陥ってしまったようだ、
１９８０年代では、日本という国が世界で話題に上ることが多かったのに、ここ数年ではそうした世界の話題に上ることは極めて少なくなってきており、深刻な不況の段階に入ってしまったようだ。
しかし、今回の東日本大震災という未曽有の大災害に直面しても、日本人は世界に勇気、威厳、忍耐を見せてくれた。日本人の冷静な行動、秩序正しく行動することに外国から称賛の声が上がっている。
今、世界は非常な悲しみを持って、そして称賛の気持ちで日本を見守っている。
日本人の持っている偉大な回復力、戦後の荒廃から見事に立ち上がってきたあの不死鳥のような力をもう一度発揮して、大災害に遭っても威厳と勇気をもって災害の危機を乗り越え、再び世界の表舞台に戻ってくることを世界は待ち望んでいる。」
The Japan That Will Rise From The Ashes
Jean-Pierre Lehmann and Dominique Turpin 04.01.11, 3:50 PM ET
As we mourn all the deaths and suffering from Japan's earthquake and tsunami, and especially think of our numerous IMD alumni and friends who may have been affected, we also see that the tragedy provides an opportunity--even a responsibility--to draw broad lessons and look forward.
Both of us know Japan well, having lived, studied, taught and worked extensively there. We have maintained close contact with Japan and its leading companies for many years. During the 1980s we shared a fascination with the country, and we were not alone. Japan was truly awesome then, especially the world of enterprise. Japanese companies were dauntingly innovative. But it wasn't just the world of industry. This was also a time when the Japanese came to master many culinary arts, including the French. As Frenchmen, we had to admit that some of the best French cuisine in the world (including France!) was to be found in the recipes of Japanese chefs in the restaurants of Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sendai and many other Japanese cities. The last edition of the Michelin gastronomic guide doles out a whopping 266 stars to Tokyo restaurants, more than to Paris and London combined. Fashion, architecture and classical music were among other areas where the general Japanese atmosphere of creativity prevailed.
During that period Japan's global soft power spread. Japanese studies centers opened up in universities across the West; many of Japan's Asian neighbors publicly expressed their desire to learn from the country; sushi restaurants spread around the planet; manga defined a new artistic genre; Japanese overseas travelers multiplied; Tokyo became the world's biggest stock market; Japan became the largest donor of foreign aid; and many Japanese brands became synonymous with quality and innovation. In 1989, when IMD first published its ranking on competitiveness, Japan was firmly in the No. 1 position; the U.S. was third.
Then Japan took a radical and unexpected turn. The asset bubble burst in the early 1990s, and both the Nikkei index and property prices plunged precipitously. However, it was more than just that. As we argued in a joint publication in 2002, Japan seemed to have failed to understand, let alone anticipate, the profound transformations brought on by several key driving forces of the turn of the century: demographics, the information technology revolution, the rise of China and globalization.
In spite of physical and cultural proximity, atavistic attitudes toward China prevented the Japanese from responding appropriately to rising Chinese competition. As for globalization, Japan, with one of the fastest aging populations in the world, hasn't been able to seize external growth opportunities, and many Japanese companies are stuck in their domestic market. The Japanese have been unready in many ways, including in the basic but fundamental imperative of mastering the English language. In a 2009 comparative survey by Educational Testing Service, Japanese test-takers scored below those from North Korea and Myanmar!
Also, while Japanese companies retained their leads in many hard electronic products, the playing field rapidly shifted to the Internet, and attempts by Japanese entrepreneurs to create new businesses à la Steve Jobs were quickly crushed by the large traditional Japanese companies. Today there is no Japanese equivalent of Microsoft, Google or Apple.
For the last couple of decades, not only has the economy been sluggish, but so has the spirit. Japan was the talk of the world in the 1980s; in recent years it has been conspicuously absent from global discourse. The country seems to have entered a phase of deep depression. Japanese speak increasingly of their country's garapagosuka, meaning Galapagos-ization, in reference to those isolated islands hundreds of miles from Ecuador. Japan's own anomie has led to global indifference and criticism.
Yet the terrible tragedy of earthquake and tsunami has shown the Japanese in many ways at their finest. In the face of devastation they have displayed courage, dignity and perseverance. Many foreign commentators have remarked on the amazing stoicism of the people and on the order they have managed to retain amid the carnage. In how many countries in the world could you imagine that?
As the world watches Japan with anguish and admiration, we are all reminded of the Japanese people's great resilience and how much they have to offer. The dead will need to be buried and mourned, those who suffer will need to be consoled, and the damage will need to be repaired. But we hope that Japan's incredible past phoenix-like capacity to rise from the ashes will manifest itself again, and that having shown themselves so dignified and courageous in the face of great tragedy, the Japanese will leave the Galapagos and rejoin the global mainland, from which it stands to benefit, but also to which it can bring so much.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
March 11, 2011, may come to mark the start of a new phase in Japanese history, when the Japanese began to regain the self-confidence and intellectual openness toward the outside world for which for so many decades they were well known and respected. In this new phase Japan will catch the next globalization train and prove a forceful power in meeting tomorrow's global challenges.
Jean-Pierre Lehmann is professor of international political economy and founding director of the Evian Group at IMD, an international business school based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Dominique Turpin is the Nestlé professor and president of IMD. They both wrote their Ph.D. theses on Japan-related themes and have published widely on the country.
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