Japan hade länge varit ett fast föremål när det gällde att utveckla affärsrelationer med Israel, ovilliga att engagera Israel på grund av rädsla för att rubba den arabiska oljeleverantörer, eller på grund av kulturella skillnader. Nu har saker och ting börjat förändras, efter Japan Inc. träffade den oemotståndliga kraft Israels teknologi framgång, sade Vered Farber, chef för Asian Institute, en israelisk organisation som länge har försökt att övertala både japanska och israeliska företag att det finns mycket att att vinna på att arbeta tillsammans. "Den japanska insåg till slut att det finns en Silicon Wadi i Mellanöstern som rivaler Kaliforniens Silicon Valley, och de vill inte hamna på efterkälken", sade Farber. "Det tog dem ett tag att inse det, men de har äntligen börjat förstå att Israel kan ha vad som krävs för att hålla sin ekonomi dynamisk och växande." Den hackathon i veckan från Toyota ITC (InfoTechnology Center), företagets israeliska FoU-center, är den första någonsin tech händelse av en stor japansk bolag i Israel. Under hackathon, som äger rum torsdag och fredag, israeliska programmerare och företagare kommer att utveckla projekt för "anslutna bilar" - fordon som laddar upp och ladda ner information till och från molnet, öka säkerheten och körupplevelsen, säger Toyota. Förhoppningsvis säger Toyota, "Deltagarna kommer att hacka och skapa nya tjänster."

Vuonna 1970 Christopher Pyle ilmaista julkisessa kirjallisesti, että Yhdysvaltain armeija on käynnissä kotimainen älykkyyttä, jonka tavoitteena on sotaa ja siviili-puolustajia. Hänen julkistaminen aloitti sarjan julkisen vastuullisuuden vuotoja, joista tunnetuimpia oli Daniel Ellsberg n vuoto Pentagon Papers. Nämä paljastukset, FBI: n pahamaineinen väärinkäytöksiin Cointelpro, ja Watergate vuodot opetti amerikkalaisille, että kansallinen-turvajärjestelmä voi ottaa syvästi vaarallisia perustuslaillinen kierrosta. Ne muodostivat perustan poliittisen tahdon, joka johti kulkua Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 1978, vaikka Ellsberg ja hänen yhteistyökumppaninsa Anthony Russo asetettiin syytteeseen, heidän tapausta hylättiin.

Tämä tapahtumasarja, joka auttoi sementin rooli luvattoman julkistamisen kuin systeeminen tarkistaa ennustettavissa sykliä virhe kansallisen-turvajärjestelmä.Leakers 1970 tuli sankareita, jotka altistuvat systeeminen vika, ja kansa ei rangaista niitä, jotka auttoivat sitä korjaamaan ylilyöntejä.

Varten neljännesvuosisadan ajan, vuotoja jatkunut voimakkaana, mutta ei sellaista julkisen tilivelvollisuuden esitettävien tyypillistä 1970-luvun alussa. Nämä olivat normaalit grist tehtaan kansallisessa lehdistössä: juoruja ja selkään, tutkimus ilmapalloja ja kirkastettu sisäpiirin sodan tarinoita-vuodot, että David Pozen osoitti, jo kauan ennen 1970 ja on jatkunut ilman havaittavaa lisätä tai vähentää lähtien. Vain yksi vuoto, selvästi asiaton julkistaminen satelliittikuvia Neuvostoliiton lentotukialus Janen, koskaan syytteeseen, ja normi ei syyttäjäviranomaisten vuotoja lehdistölle oli niin voimakas, että senaattori Daniel Patrick Moynihan suostutteli presidentti Bill Clintonia anteeksi, että yksi rikoksentekijä.

Vasta vuonna 2002, kun Jesselyn Radack paljastaa, että syytteeseen "American Talebanin" John Walker Lindh oli mukana useita rikkomuksia Lindhin perustuslaillisia oikeuksia, että uuden aallon ilmiantoja ja julkisen tilivelvollisuuden vuotoja reemerged. Thomas Tamm ja Russ Tice jokainen paljastaa Bushin hallinnon warrantless-salakuuntelulaite ohjelma New York Times; AT & T työntekijä Mark Klein paljastaa yhtiön osallisuudesta laittomaan Salakuuntelu; ja William Binney, Thomas Drake, ja toiset haastoi sisäisesti-ja Draken tapauksessa julkistanut-aikaista näkökohtia NSA nuotta valvontaa. Chelsea Manning paljastaa merkittävä asiakirja välimuisti Wikileaks vetämänä mitä hän pitää amerikkalaiset joukot "piittaamattomasta siviiliuhreista ja hiljainen osallisuudesta Irakin hallituksen kidutusta. Useimmat kriittisesti, Edward Snowden: n paljastukset johtivat käyttöönoton kymmeniä laskuja kongressissa, oikeudellisen lausunnon, ja kaksi executive-haara riippumattoman arvion joka vaati merkittäviä uudistuksia seurantaohjelmia. Lue koko sisältö

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Since the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the giant tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, the country has gone through a difficult transition as a developed country and as one of the global economic leaders. As of 2012, Japan had the third highest GDP in the world but placed as the top nation with the greatest deficit in its national budget.

Several primary factors have brought about the present economic challenges of Japan in relation to the global market which used to be its primary source of its wealth, if not its virtual playground, from the 1960's to the 1980's. Here are the reasons for its economic woes at present.

1. Decrease in consumer confidence

Almost every country that experiences a calamity suddenly undergoes a period of depression, both economic-wise and socially. That is an obvious result to such devastating causes that can disrupt the natural, political and social environment, as well the human infrastructure needed for the delivery of essential public and private services. Business activity slows down as well as the consumption of non-essential goods. People prefer to save whatever resources they have for their daily survival needs.

As things improve, however, as they must have already done so in the interim in Japan, people might become more upbeat. Other factors, nevertheless, complicate the situation, as we can glean from the other factors that continue to challenge Japanese society.

2. Unbalanced Demographics

Japan, not unlike many developed and developing countries such as Singapore, Sweden and others, has a shrinking population with a big part of which is made up of aging citizens. On the average, Japan has a ratio of two workers for each retiree, a rather large and unsustainable ratio compared to its previous more productive years.

This ratio means the government will have a harder time sourcing out funds to support its growing elderly population while seeking to address the other side of the equation by enhancing its number of productive workers that will support and sustain its economy into the future.

3. Energy Insecurity

Ever since the Fukushima event, the use of nuclear energy to provide power for industrial and general use has greatly diminished. Energy shortage and power costs have battered the Japanese economy as if it were a daily tsunami hitting its shores and wreaking havoc over its traditional role as a powerful economic and trade force in Asia as well as in the entire globe.

Previously providing one-third of its energy requirements, nuclear energy has almost lost out totally to other power sources (coal or gas) which have to be imported; thus, aggravating the economic landscape that is already bleak as it is.

4. Lack of Confidence in Political Leadership

Until Prime Minister Abe came out with policies to revive the Japanese economy, the post-Fukushima scenario was a period of gloomy outlook for the nation's economy. Inviting local and foreign investors to rejuvenate the dwindling economy in the face of natural and global economic causes has somehow given new impetus for people to spend more aggressively than before.

The renewed confidence might just be the signal for Japan's recovery in spite of the existing challenges. However, implementation of new policies and economic thrusts sensitive to the realities of the present will determine how the nation will fare into the near future.

5. Establishing Productive Trade Relations

One factor that observers have felt must be addressed is the repositioning of Japan as a more active trade partner with growing economies in Asia as well as those in the trans-Pacific Region. The road ahead is not very clear; however, like most nations in general, the prospects of growth are rife. It could be the right direction that Japan needs to reinvigorate its economy and reclaim its position as a leader in global trading.

Rising from the literal ashes of the last world war to become a world economic power, Japan is not a newcomer in terms of overcoming great odds and achieving dramatic success and economic development. The character of the Japanese people has been proven time and time again in the past. No doubt, the nation will be able to face its challenges with the cooperation of other nations which share the same challenges. The great nation that once tried to live as an isolated island separated from the rest of the world cannot afford to move on without joining the global family of nations toward a more united, progressive and equitable global community.

Reference: "How can Japan compete in a changing global market?", A round table report, Clara Gillispie.

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