Video Recording collection - The Japan Foundation

Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library
Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number
Call Number: 332.107 SBS
Title: Japan - It's Economic Performance [videorecording]
Publisher: Loganholme D. C., QLD : Marcom Procjects 1992
Physical description: 25 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Summary: "After the boom in economic growth, Japan seems to have
fallen into a recession. Dateline looks at present day Japan and the quality
of life for 125 milion Japanese". -- FROM CONTAINER.
Title: A Small Business = Shacyo Funsenki [English edition] (Faces of
Japan ; 10) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Intervoice 1986
Physical description: 30 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Summary: The volume introduces the hard working of owner of a small
business. The president who runs a small metal company faces a
problem: his business is in trouble because of the strong yen. He tries to
develop new products to help his business.
Call Number: 335.13 NIT 9
Title: Japan's corporate system : the role of the entrepreneur =
Kigyokatachi no kokoro ni nagareru mono (Nippon : the land and its
people = Nihon : sono sugata to kokoro ; 9) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Nittetsu Hyuman Deberopumento 1990
Physical description: 30min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Summary: "The role of the Entrepreneur; This video follows the daily life
of two company presidents, one of a leading manufacturing firm and the
other in the service industry, who have risen in a single genertaion to the
top of their respective industries. It is an impressive portrayal of the
underlying principles at work in Japanese management. In their corporate
outlook, customer relations, business planning, decision-making process
and resilience to changing times, this video shows a management theory
in practics, one that is relevent the world over". -- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 335.13 WAY 16E
Title: The day of a female entrepreneur = Josei shacho no hibi
[English edition] (The way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no
raifusutairu) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Bonjinsha 1995
Physical description: 20 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Summary: This volume introduces the success and struggle of three
women who freed themselves from the conventional stereotype of
Japanese women and started their own businesses.
Call Number: 335.13 WAY 16J
Title: The day of a female entrepreneur = Josei shacho no hibi
[Japanese edition] (The way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no
raifusutairu) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Bonjinsha 1995
Physical description: 20 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soudtrack in Japanese.
Summary: "More and more Japanese women are setting up and running
their own companies as a means to take control of their working lives and
adapting them to the requirements of their existances as women. The
program explores this and other factors contributing to a Japanese
woman's desire to be an enterpreneur. We see what everyday lif eis
actually like for three women who are presidents of theri own companies,
and hear what each has to say about her work". -- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 335.47 FAC 9
Title: An American Businessman in Japan = Zainichi Amerika Kigyo
[English edition] (Faces of Japan ; 9) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Intervoice 1986
Physical description: 30 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Summary: This volume focuses on an American businessman who sells
American houses. He is virtually on his own and faces various cultural
barriers on his way to proceed with his business.
Call Number: 336 LAS
Title: Japan Inc : lessons for North America : why are the Japanese
such successful businessmen [videorecording]
Publisher: Montreal, Quebec : National Film Board of Canada 1980
Physical description: 28 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Summary: "WHy has Japan succeeded in automating and computerizing
her industry at an unpraralleled rate Why are the Japanese such
successful businessmen This film examines a labor and management
philosophy which is in striking contrast to that of the West. For the
Japanese worker, a job is a lifetime commitment, for his employer a
lifetime responsibility. There is no question of outsiders ever filling a top
management position. For th 110 milion people of Japan, survival means
doing things together - a concept that is based on cooperation rather than
confrontation as in Western industrial nations. Just now this level of
achivement has been reached is the subject of this absorbing documentary
on Jpanese business and industry". -- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 336.4 KAT
Title: Good-bye Japan corporation (New horizons ; Japan)
[videorecording]
Publisher: Lindfield, NSW : Film Australia 1996
Physical description: 27 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Summary: Since the economic bubble burst, corporate Japan has been
restrucuring, Mr Yoshikawa is one of the casualities - a "corporate
warrior" who served his company faithfully for years but now faces
retrenchment. He decides to fight back, joining the Tokyo Managers
Union which helps middle managers cope with the shock of dismissal.
The truble is, Mr Yoshikawa still hasn't told his wife...
Call Number: 335.21 JAP 15
Title: Japanese Economy = NIhon no Keizai (Japan Today ; 15)
[videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Intervoice 1986
Physical description: 45 min Video Recording
System requirements:VHS (NTSC).
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Summary: This video introduces Japanese economy by comparing prices
and companies in Japan and U.S. Also, analysis of various aspects of
Japanese business leads us to understand the of Japanese economy system.
Call Number: 335.35 FAC 10
Call Number: 336.41 FAC 23
Title: Leaving the Shipyard = Nihon no Zosen Sangyokozo no henka
no nakade [English edition] (Faces of Japan ; 23) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Intervoice 1986
Physical description: 30 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack cheifly in English with some Japanese.
Summary: This volume introduces a man working at the shipyard who
has asked for an assignment away from home because of the company's
having hard times. It also explains how he feels about the assignments
and his decision for his future.
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