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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=25% BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="23d22a62egerdp.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3b173b50.jpg" border=0 width="115" height="181" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2ff392b0.gif" border=0 width="57" height="43" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000" background="23c20a03.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>K&A Management Consulting Services</B></FONT><B>   |   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="KA Management Consulting Services"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Products and Services"><U>Products 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TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>KYOGEN</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/BUSU.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>, December 2010</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I><B>Though more than ten mouthfuls we've eaten, not yet have we died.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/new_year_2009.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Suggested Direction for New Year 2009</U></B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >(PDF)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>One word describes the year 2008: CHANGE</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Robotics for Care.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Robotics technologies applied to various care scenes, r</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Robotics for Care.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>eally workable and well accepted</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Robotics for Care.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>, June 2007</U></B></U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" >(PDF)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>How parties interact and position each other in an attempt to build a solid business model.</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Benevolence.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>"benevolence" to be blessed with success and happiness, December 200</U></B></U></A><B><U>6</U></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" > (PDF)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>A general who treats his soldiers like infants will have them following him into the deepest valleys.</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Shinto.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Europe's only Shinto ma</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Shinto.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>ster gives faith a touch of Holland's tradition, April 2006</U></B></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (PDF)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Dutch former actor is recognized as the only Shinto master in Europe. he now gives classes and lectures about meditation. </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/IndiaorChina.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>India vs. China Who Has the Edge The Future for Investors</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/IndiaorChina.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>, February 2006</U></B></U></A> (PDF)</div> <div> <I><B>India lags in the hard infrastructure of roads, airports, and buildings, but leads in the "soft"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>infrastructure of democratic institutions, free press, and an independent judiciary.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Sunzu.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>"Win without fight"</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Sunzu.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>, December 200</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Sunzu.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>5</U></B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" > (PDF)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Fighting to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is NOT the supreme strategy,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Sunzu says.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Amaru.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>M2B is a leader in the Broadband Media Entertainment business, </U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Amaru.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>June</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Amaru.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U> 200</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Amaru.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>5</U></B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" > (PDF)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Colin Binny, President and Chief Executive Officer, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>spoke with Wall Street Reporter Magazine on June 30, 2005.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Dongshan.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Live earnest, right here, invariably all the time, December 2004</U></B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" > (PDF)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Dongshan answered, “Why don't you go to the place where there is no cold or heat?�</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Atsumori.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>The basic mind is the mind that does not stay in one place</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Atsumori.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>, July 2004</U></B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" > (PDF)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>To think that a man has but fifty years to live under heaven, surely this world is nothing but a vain dream.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Commercial Innovation TTB.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Improving the commercial effectiveness of industrial manufacturers, January 2004</U></B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (PDF)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Because of the complexity of products, specifications, production</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>processes and supply chains drives such companies to try to establish ever</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>closer links with customers and suppliers. </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Hut Among the Bamboos.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Hut Among the Bamboos, November 2003</U></B></U></A></FONT><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Hut Among the Bamboos.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U> </U></B></U></A>(PDF)</div> <div> <I><B>Sitting alone in the hush of the bamboo grove I thrum my lute </B></I><I><B>a</B></I><I><B>nd whistle lingering notes.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/ITES Update.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Information Technology Enabled Services, April 2003</U></B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" > (PDF)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>The ITES industry will create over one million jobs for Indians by 2008, while companies have to skill and train people before they can become productive.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >      </FONT><A HREF="http://kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Chinese Biotechnology.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Chin"><U><B><U>Issues on Chinese Biotechnology, December 2002</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Chinese Biotechnology.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Chin"><U><U> </U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(PDF)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>China's biotechnology industry is growing fast, but faces several challenges....</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Unlike Europe, China will surely not turn its back on transgenic crops.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Software Solutions India.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Soft"><U><B><U>Software Solutions, India, April 200</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Software Solutions India.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Soft"><U><B><U>2</U></B></U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(PDF)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Global IT companies of India appreciate the market size in Japan, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>while finding more risks embedded with opportunities.</B></I></div> <bR> <div>         </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Market Trend Health Ingredients.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Market Trend, Health Ingredients,  April 2001</U></B></U></A></FONT><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Market Trend Health Ingredients.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><U> </U></U></A>(PDF)</div> <div> <I><B>Japan's health food market in 2000 was 810 billion yen</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>with production capacity increase, falling prices, and growth of non-shop sales</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Camellia.PDF" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Haiku Moments - Camellia, January 2001</U></B></U></A></FONT>(PDF) </div> <div> <I><B>A flower of camellia falls, a thread of crimson tracking behind.</B></I> </div> <div> <I><B>Among the Japanese, there is a characteristic way of appreciating flowers</B></I> </div> <bR> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/mfgnewsarticle.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Manufacturing News, December 2000</U></B></U></A></FONT> (PDF) </div> <div> <I><B>Crystal Ball Gazing: Industries Of The Future Are Being Shaped By People's Changing Taste</B></I> . </div> <div> <I><B>A Variety of global "megatrends" is having an increasingly profound impact on the world chemical industry.</B></I> </div> <bR> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/NBS%26D%20in%20Action-%20Japan.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>NBS&D Japan in Action, October 2000</U></B></U></A></FONT> (PDF) </div> <div> <I><B>Exactly 400 years ago, a fleet of five ships left the Netherlands for the Far East.</B></I> </div> <div> <I><B>The only ship that made it to Japan was the "Liefde" (Charity).</B></I> </div> <bR> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Ah_So.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Ah So, April 1999</U></B></U></A></FONT> (PDF) </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>                 </B></I></FONT><I><B>I arrived in Japan Xmas Eve 1951, forewarned that Japan is not Tea and Fujiyama and Geisha</B></I> </div> <div> <I><B>and Earthquakes and Cherry Blossoms.</B></I> </div> <div>       </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Functional Foods.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Functional Foods on the Trend, September 1998</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Functional Foods.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><U> </U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  (PDF) </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Functional foods, containing such often-heard ingredients as Oligo-saccharide, Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), Chitosan, and Beta-carotene, have been well introduced in the Japanese food market.</B></I> </div> <bR> <div> <B>       </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/Nikkei%20Survey.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kalimited.com/www/newsletter/"><U><B><U>Nikkei Survey on Consultancy, August 1997</U></B></U></A></FONT><B> </B>(PDF) </div> <div> <I><B>Japanese companies think that use of IT technology, risk management, and corporate governance</B></I> </div> <div> <I><B>are the three major tasks on which help from outside management consulting firms be needed.</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>