December 14, 2007 Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc. sponsors of the "JFTC Essay Competition 2007" are very pleased to announce that we received a total of 82 submissions from 22 different countries for the competition this year. After a strict screening of all the essays, the four submissions below have been selected as the Prize Excellence of the competition in 2007. Unfortunately, however, there was not one that the Selection Committee members should strongly back for the Grand Prize of 1 million yen. We would like to express our congratulations to the winners and thank all the participants for taking part. Selection Committee: Chairman: Dr. Iwao NAKATANI, Director of Research, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and   Consulting Co., Ltd. and President of Tama University Vice Chairs: Professor Yoko WAKE , Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University Vice Chairs:   Mr. Kazuo MORI, Senior and Editorial Writer, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. "The Win-win-win Globalization and Japanese Companies"     Mr. Heng DYNA (Cambodian, 24 years old)    "Gundamnomics: Transforming Corporate Japan for the Challenges of Global Capitalism"     Mr. Pin-Quan NG (Singaporean, 22 years old)    "Responding to Global Capitalism: Today's Priority on Japan's Business Agenda"     Ms. Séphora VOLCY (French, 23 years old)    " A Proposal for Japanese Companies: Become Alert and Solid Corporations"     Mr. Wataru KAMIYA (Japanese, 33 years old)    [Essay requirements] Subject: "Global Capitalism and Japanese Companies" Language: Essays may be written in English or Japanese Length : No more than 4,000 words in English Deadline : September 30, 2007 Copyright (C) 2003-2007 Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc. All Rights Reserved.