Yoshifumi Taguchi is a Taoist scholar and president of the Center for Japan Home Education, an organization founded in 2009 whose mission is to revitalize traditional Japanese home education, and the Tokyo Institute for Global Studies, an institution founded in 2007 to explore the direction Japan should follow in the 21st century. He is also president and CEO of Image Plan Co. Ltd., which he founded in 1972. Since its inception, Taguchi has guided over 2,000 companies in implementing organizational and management reforms. He served as president of Suginami Institute of education ― Teacher's Training School, a center for community-based training programs designed to cultivate passionate educators. His leadership-building guidance based on the classic Chinese philosophy, which Taguchi has studied for more than 40 years, has cultivated a long list of executives and politicians. He is also a leader expert in Eastern ethics and leadership. He has held numerous speaking engagements and seminars with well over 10,000 participants at various corporations, government agencies, and educational institutions nationwide. Taguchi was born in Tokyo in 1942.

Other works by the author

• Jinsei ni Mayottara "Roushi" (Ask "Lao Tzu" Whenever You have got Lost in Your Life ), Roushi "Doutokukyo" Kougi (Lectures on Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching: The Book of The Way and its Virtue" for Business Leaders)
  Chichi Publishing, Tokyo
• 40-dai kara Hito toshite Tsuyokunaru Hou (The Way to Be Tough after the age of 40)
  Mikasa Shobo, Tokyo
• Ue ni Tatsu Mono no Doryou (Generosity for the one who stands on the Top)
  PHP Institute, Tokyo
• Shachou no tameno "Sonshi no Heiho" (The President needs "The Art of War" of Sun-Tzu)
  Sunmark Publishing, Tokyo
• Business Leader no tameno "Joganseiyo" Kougi (Lectures on "Zhen Guan Zheng Yao: Political Programs in Zhen Guan Reign" for Business Leaders)
  Kobunsha, Tokyo
• Chou-yaku Sonshi no Hyoho (The Ultimate Translation of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" in Japanese), Chou-yaku Roushi no Kotoba (The Ultimate Translation of The Words of Lao Tzu in Japanese), Chou-yaku Genshishiroku (The Ultimate Translation of Sato Issai "Genshi Shiroku : Four Transcripts for Ambitions" in Japanese)
  Mikasa Shobo, Tokyo
• Leader's Shishin - Toyo Shikou (Leader's Principle - the Spirit of East)
  Kanki Publishing, Tokyo
• Rongo no Ichigen (The Words of the Analects), Roushi no Mugon (Lao-tzu), Sonshi no Shigen (Sun-Tzu "The Art of War")
  Kobunsha, Tokyo
• Toyo Karano Keiei Hassou (The Managerial Ideas from the East)
  Yuunsha, Tokyo
• The Managerial Ideas from the East
  Babel Press U.S.A
• Kiyoku Utsukushii Nagare
  PHP Institute, Tokyo
• TAO MANAGEMENT
  EastBridge, Boston
• TAO MANAGEMENT
  Sancho Publishing, Tokyo

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