An internationally renowned consulting firm which specializes in public infrastructure, Oriental Consultants Group has recently celebrated its 65th anniversary.
According to company president, Hidenori Nozaki, Oriental Consultants Group has retained its advantage over competitors through its "long-standing history in overseas business" and its "accumulation of high-end technologies that provide optimal services to each and every region of the world."
That starts, of course, with the group's home country of Japan, where low fertility rates and labor shortages pose challenges in a number of different sectors.
Take construction, for instance. Mostly dating from the 1960s, Japanese infrastructure is aging. Refurbishment, reconstruction and protecting the land from the onset of natural disasters will all have a crucial role to play in the years to come.
"With the country's decreasing population," Mr. Nozaki explains, "there's a need to revitalize rural areas, and in order to do so, connecting cities has become critical. Connecting those cities to a network is important, which means that there's a growing need for transportation, which, in turn, means more transportation construction."
Not easy, perhaps, in the face of the country's well-documented demographic issues. But here the group has a three-pronged strategy to ensure its work force continues to operate at the highest level possible.
This story is from the March 03 - 10, 2023 (Double Issue) edition of Newsweek Europe.
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