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  <title><![CDATA[Rapid Field Horizon]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Rapid Field Horizon is a management consultancy for mid-size Japanese companies, writing about market entry, operations, long-range planning and post-merger integration.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[How Mid-Size Companies Should Approach Market Entry in Japan]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Market entry planning is a common request from mid-size companies, and one of the most frequently misunderstood. Companies tend to arrive with a clear destination in mind and a timeline that is shorter than the reality will support. The work of a good entry plan is not to confirm the destination but to map the terrain between here and there honestly.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:50:39 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Long-Range Planning Around the Japanese Fiscal Year Calendar]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Japanese fiscal year runs from April to March, and that calendar shapes the rhythm of planning work in ways that are worth making explicit. Companies that treat the fiscal year as a neutral container for their strategy often find that the planning process is driven by the calendar rather than by the strategic questions that actually matter.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:02:46 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What an Operational Audit Actually Finds in Japanese Manufacturing]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The word 'audit' carries associations of compliance and accounting that do not quite fit what an operational audit involves. It is less a review of records and more a sustained period of observation: watching how work actually moves through an organisation, where it slows, and why.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 13:18:03 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Post-Merger Integration for Mid-Size Japanese Companies: The First Ninety Days]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The first ninety days after an acquisition close are the period when the most consequential integration decisions are made, often without enough information. The pressure to demonstrate progress is real, and it tends to push integration teams toward visible actions rather than the less visible groundwork that determines whether those actions will hold.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 10:18:17 GMT</pubDate>
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