Mariko Mikami

　　　

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Career

Born to Japanese parents in 1972, Ms. Mariko Mikami is an independent authour and a journalist based in Tokyo. She graduated from Keio University with a degree in information science (sociology course) and graduated from University of Cambridge CISL executive course in Sustainability business management (CPD). She aunched her own business at the start of her career, .
Rather than covering general interest subjects, she focuses on decision-making strata readers and audiences, and strives to provide a framework picture for solution finding, not stands on scoop following mass communication style.
She researches socio-economic system differences between Japan and other countries, while simultaneously covering industrial sectors, organizational makeup and the gap between reality and theory, both in Japan and abroad..

<Books and Articles>
Ms. Mikami is an independent journalist and a member of the Japan Writer’s Association. She has written articles for Japanese and American financial magazines and journals, some of them are listed below:
___"Landmine Removal in Thailand and Cambodia" (Sekai. Selected by the Foreign Press Ceneter as a representative Japanese essay )
____"Heir to the Throne" ( For Time Inc. Quoted in the World Bank Policy Research working paper titled ~Japan’s Changing Industrial Landscape".

She wrote serial columns in national newspapers such as Yomiuri, Asahi, Nikkan kogyo,etc, and Economic magazines like Toyo Keizai and Weekly Economist..

A skillful author in her field of socio-economic system transformation in globalization, and its solutions, she wrote following books which have won her numerous accolades:

___"The Megabank Accounts: The differences among Japan, US and Europe" (Kadokawa Shoten 2003). It took 16th place in Weekly Toyokeizai's ranking of the 100 best Japanese economic books in 2003. She was the youngest author to make this list.
___"The Middle Management in Japanese Companies; Aging workforces and a Parasitic Generation" (NTT Publishing, 2005. Reference book in Toyota Management Institute), Rrated by Chunichi and Tokyo Newspaper as one of the top 5 books of 2005,
___"Human Resource after a Merger. Comparison between the US and Japan (Shoeisha, 2002)
___"3.11 and I" (Fujiwara Shoten, 2012 Compiled with other authours)
___"Shimpei Goto in Step with Times" (Fujiwara Shoten, 2014. Compiled with other authours)

<TV>
Ms. Mikami has served as an anchorperson for NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and other commercial broadcasting bureaus. She focused mainly on the revitalization and industrial development of local economies in Japan. (2005 to 2014. She got an award of distinguished service award in broadcasting from NHK Nagoya)
She recently appeared on NHK World’s special international programs as a commentator/anchorperson, to discuss Japan’s innovative approach to technology, and the differences between Japanese and Western corporate culture.

She is the founding member and main anchorperson of an economic TV program that began in Sendai in 2008. Sendai is the largest city in northern Japan, and this was the first time that a local broadcasting station in Japan began an independent economic program. The sad events of 11th March 2011 were a turning point in her life. Through the program, she has been involved in recovery strategy to revitalize Sendai, which was one of the hardest hit areas in the tsunami disaster. She met and interviewed residents in the disaster area and SME companies in the region, even daring to visit places within 20kilometers away from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
She accompanied French demographer/historian Emmanuel Todd to the devastated coastal areas, traveling about 350km, and interviewing numerous disaster victims.
She has appeared in overseas TV programs (Saudi Arabia’s national TV station, Tunisia’s national radio station, etc.) to discussed the local residents' cultural identity and approach towards restoration in the wake of the disaster.

<Lectures>
Ms. Mikami served as an associate professor and delivered lectures at the University ofShinshu's Graduate School of Business Administration in Nagano Prefecture on the topic of “development of regional economies and industrial development”.

To meet the cross sectional needs from several graduate schools, business communities and governments, she currently holds one-shot lectures and intensive courses in other MBA courses, policy management courses, and goverment organizations..
She has spoken at Kyoto university, Keio university, Cairo university (Egypt),The Association of Corporate Executives Japan, global companies, and so on.

<Official position in the Japanese government>
Ms. Mikami serves as a committee member and advisor for the Japanese government,

--The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, ( Advisory member of Industrial Structure Council, Small and Medium Enterprise Policy Making Counsil, committee judge of the Monodzukuri All Japan Award)
--The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Committee member and advisory panel of study group in Local economy business development and community revitalization)
--Several municipal governments

<Languages>
Japanese and English

<Speech subjects>
-Japan's growth model after WWII --Education, finance, technology, and human resource strategy
-Business models for local economies with a shrinking population.
-Knowledge service function in industrial structure reformation (Discussion on the case of NRW in Germany
-Next generation industry and innovation target
-Women's career development under Japanese longest lifetime (Discussion on the varietion in management and employment pattern
-Growth strategy derived from identity analysis
-Japanese corporate culture and people's attitude in crisis
-Multiple technology education system and bottom-up approach innovation in Japan

<Discussion and Symposium>
-The 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Rerated project by Cabinet Office
-The Power of Inclusion Viewing Diversity Through Different Lenes, Gold symposium
-Impact Leadership US and Japan, Gold symposium
-IBM Leaders Forum 2013 Sustainable Growth
-International Robot Summit 2015 Main symposium

<Publicity>
Marquis　Who's　Who　in the World ( USA, 2016, 33rd Edition 　MARQUIS Who's Who, Oct 2015)
The peninsula, Call to preserve national identity, cultural heritage amid globalization 21 Oct 2014P.4
Qatar Tribune 'Culture Qatar's' platform for national identity, 21 Oct, 2014 P.4
Gulf times, Qatar's first national identity seminar discusses key issues, 21 Oct,2014
Al Raya main, P.27 Qatar, 21 October2014
NHK WORLD J-Innovators Special 2014 New Ventures in the Textile Industry October 5 2014
NHK WORLD J-Innovators Special 2014　Science View 12 April, 2014
NHK WORLD J-Innovators Special 2013 Japanese Innovation Breaks the Mold 19 October, 2013
Le Monde 　Selon Todd 　La collection A Contre-Temps Un film de Aubin Hellot, France juin 2013
JamejamScience جام جم آنلاين: چند سالي است كه ايران رسما اعلام كرده آينده خود را در كسب و كارهاي دانش بنيان مي‌بيندJan 16 2013
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Japanese spirit, Western knowledge of anatomy)
Horizon Straight Talk　Lecture Sheds LIｇｈｔ on Japanese corporate culture, Sultan Qaboos university30 December, 2012
OMAN DAILY　Observer　Journalist-cum-professor lectures on Japanese endurance, courage 18 December,2012
Radio Tunis Crisis management and family like culture in Japanese companies 15 December, 2012
Radio Express FM, Japanese economy and Tunisian business model. Tunis 13 December,2012
Saudi Arabian TV1 Culture Channel, studio interview 9 December, 2012
NHKWorld　 Science View J-innovator special Oct, 2012
Nikkei Japan and Germany's e-mobility forcast and business chance discussion (Sep,2009)
Nikkeir Business innovation forum on process industries future (August, 2008)
Asahi Opinion column Middle management aging causes delay of young generation's career（Apr, 2008）
Nikkei Her book "Middle management aging and paracitic generation" reviewed as selected book (May,2007)
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3758, November 2005
　　　　　　　　　Development Economics Research Group,World Bank
　　　"Japan's Changing Industrial Landscape" 　Shahid Yusuf, Kaoru Nabeshima
　　　　Business2.0　Time,Inc"Heir to the Throne"Aug,2004　Andrew Tilin, Mariko Mikami
Views　from　Japan　（Foreign Press Center）（June2, 2004）
Kyodo news （May 31,2004）
　　　　　Selected summaries of articles from Japanese magazines
Nikkei Her book "Megabank's accounting" reviewed in column （July, 2003）
Nikkei Her article on megabank's accounting and human resource strategy, quated by Dr.. Atsushi Seike at Keio univ.(June,2003）
Nikkei Her book "Megabank accounting" reviewed as selected book（June, 2003）
Nikkei Her book "Human resource strategy in M&A" reviewed and quated by Dr.Seiichiro Yonekura, Hitotsubashi univ(June, 2002).

<Writings>
Japan from Singapore's view　（Nikkan kogyo newspaper）
How did the plastic word "Risk" trigger a financial criris ? （Kan, Fujiwara）
MIddle management's median age shock （Asahi newspaper）
Information credibitily assesment in crisis, 3.11 （Sendenkaigi）
Policy management school's risk to be non-functional in Japan （Ronza, Asahi newspaper）
Mizuho financial group's bankig system trouble analysis of cause from human resourse strategy in M&A view .(Bungeishunju）
"Where filling up is a Gas" Japan's Jomo is winning customers by redesigning its stations to make lingering fun Time,Inc Business2.0
"The smartest company of the year" Leadership, Act. Improve.Repeat., Strategy by Fujio Cho Time,Inc Business2.0
"Money really can grow on trees" Japan's Irodori built a multimillion-dollar business selling what its elderly workforce finds in the woods. Time,Inc Business2.0
"Brewing success form failure" Suntory created a $900-million-a-year hit soft drink by meditating over mistakes Time,Inc Business2.0
"Form over functionality" For a new wave of Japanese electronics brands, what a gadget does is less important than how it looks in your living room Time,Inc Business2.0

<Other qualifications>
Passed CPA national exam (prescreening)
Passed 1st grade accounting certification exam.

　Her grandfather Shigeru Mikami pioneered journalism in the Japanese media, and was the first executive broadcaster at NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). He developed academic research base, policy, and businessmodel that was conducive to journalism. In the field of agricultural economics, he addressed Japan's food shortages problems following WWII. Mariko Mikami's approach is regarded as a modern take of his methods.