Wiesenthal Center: American Academy Of Cosmetic Surgery Has Expelled Prominent Japanese Surgeon For Praising Hitler, Denying Nazi Holocaust And Nanjing Massacre Wiesenthal Center: American Academy Of Cosmetic Surgery Has Expelled Prominent Japanese Surgeon For Praising Hitler, Denying Nazi Holocaust And Nanjing Massacre November 8, 2017 The Simon Wiesenthal Center is praising the American Academy

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan received President Trump on Monday at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, accompanied by a military honor guard.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times TOKYO — President Trump said on Monday that Japan could protect itself from a nuclear-armed North Korea by buying billions of dollars of American military equipment, drawing an explicit link between trade and security as he b

It is a photograph of our time. One of the world’s most famous and most ostentatious men – a lover of all things gold and shiny and over the top – standing with Pikotaro, the performer of painful viral hit Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen. The unlikely photograph of the US president and the Japanese singer, whose real name is Kazuhito Kosaka, was taken at a reception in Tokyo as part of Donald Trump’s 11-d

Officials reportedly said her speech was the most registered event of the three-day assembly, but that tight security had meant not everyone had been able to enter the hall before the doors were closed for the duration of the speeches by Abe and Trump. However, the Guardian arrived at the hall 10 minutes before the event began and witnessed no long lines of people waiting to get in. Another attend

Diabetes is one of the most pervasive and expensive chronic diseases: It affects an estimated 30.3 million people in the United States and costs a staggering $245 billion per year to treat. In addition there are 84.1 million adults in the United States with high blood sugar levels in danger of developing type 2 diabetes. It is widely acknowledged that the most effective method of treating these pr

(HOUSTON) — Yuli Gurriel of the Houston Astros was suspended Saturday for the first five games of next season for making a racist gesture at Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish during the World Series. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the penalty Saturday, a day after Gurriel’s actions during Game 3. Manfred acknowledged some people believed Gurriel should have served an immediate b

Having already arranged a round of golf against one of the world’s best players, Donald Trump’s Japanese hosts have hired the singer behind the online pop sensation of 2016 to entertain the president during his Asia tour. Piko Taro, whose infuriatingly catchy Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen (PPAP) became a viral hit, will sing for Trump and the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, at a dinner in Tokyo on

Summary. Most of the discussion and advice for work-life balance tends to focus on changing individual career decisions, or team expectations, or organizational contexts. But what if other factors — like our upbringing — mattered as well? 148 in-depth interviews with 78 working parents based in London revealed that the work-life balance of their own parents played a role in shaping their behaviors

Summary. Innovation at GE was on a roll. Then it wasn’t. In June 2017 the board “retired” Jeff Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. Beth Comstock is out. So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. So what happened? Are lean innovation and the startup way a failure in large

Google has opened its trove of management processes to one and all, for free. It might not feel that surprising — after all, Google has created plenty of free tools for the world to use, from internet search to email. Management tools may not seem that different. And it also follows Google’s many years of work in people analytics. But, in fact, there is something surprising in the details of what

Japanese Divided on Democracy’s Success at Home, but Value Voice of the People Public sees threats abroad amid declining views of U.S. People listen to a street speech in Tokyo as the House of Representatives election campaign kicks off on Oct. 10. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images) The Japanese public is largely divided over the quality of democracy at home: 50% say they are satisfied with the

An 18-year-old Japanese girl is suing her local government after her school made her repeatedly dye her naturally-brown hair black, media reports say. The girl says she was told she would have to leave the high school near Osaka if she did not comply with a rule requiring students' hair to be black.

The 18-year-old complainant, who has not been named, has naturally brown hair. Photograph: liza5450/Getty Images/iStockphoto The 18-year-old complainant, who has not been named, has naturally brown hair. Photograph: liza5450/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Summary. Most of the feedback we receive isn’t actually very useful. It’s often filled with platitudes and vague labels like “inspiring,” “great,” or “lacking executive presence.” To help someone grow, try strategic developmental feedback instead. This kind of feedback includes eight components. It is: 1) Big-picture focused, 2) Organizationally aligned, 3) Behavioral and specific, 4) Factual, not