To my thanks, I have been receiving emails occasionally from various readers in Japan and from overseas. Communications suitable for open discussions will be posted here, so as to make this Web site active, user-friendly, and useful for many new and frequent readers by the support of you, authors, communicators, and readers.
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WTSP Mails and Letters: May 2020 |
Bill Fowkes (USA) <==> TN
TN ==> Readers in Japan
Bill Fowkes <==> TN
TN ==> Bill Fowlkes
TN ==> Global Co-editors
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Some comments on reviewing the World WTSP Catalogs
HP Update Announcement: Lecture on Creativity (Keith Sawyer), on COVID-19 Pandemic (TN)
WTSP Manuscripts of 14 sites on 'Tools'
After eliminating the duplication, 6 new sites will be included
[WTSP] Letter (19M-1G): WTSP paper has been submitted to ETRIA TFC2020. Urgent tasks for WTSP. |

(May 25, 2020) |
WTSP Mails and Letters: Apr. 2020 |
TN
Shireen Al Jaouni (Palestine) <==> TN
TN ==> LinkedIn posting
Igor Polkovnikov (USA) <==> TN
Jean-Jacques Urban-Galindo (France) <==> TN
Mahmoud Karimi (Iran) <==> TN
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Yury Danilovskiy (Korea) <==> TN
TN <==> Ellen Domb et al.:
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TN
Bill Fowkes (USA) <==> TN
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[WTSP] Letter(18M-1) Main Pages of Our WTSP Site Have Been Renewed
Appreciation. TRIZ sites in Arab countries?
"Welcome to the WTSP Project / Catalogs"
==> See 
Q: Would you consider to include my site in the WTSP Catalogs? A: Process of making/enhancing WTSP Catalogs.
TRIZ' capability for concentrating relevant information and clarifying disagreements
Great mind and great job!
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Introducing "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" to Russian people; Korea-Russian way of TRIZ (improvement of TRIZ in Korea)
Please write the Site Introduction of the TRIZ Journal
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[WTSP] Letter (18M-2) Welcome to WTSP Project/Catalogs, Mails & Letters (Jan.-Apr., 2020), Introduction of "Altshuller Foundation" site
Needs of including sites related to 'Tools' |

(Apr. 21, 2020) ;
(May 25, 2020) |
WTSP Mails and Letters: Mar. 2020 |
TN <==> Kurt Ed Sickafus (USA)
Carol Augustin (USA) <==> TN
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TN <==> Larisa Komarcheva (Russia)
TN ==>
THPJ Update Announcement:
Rinka Singh (India) ==> TN: |
Preparation for "Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives";
"Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives" is now Open. See ==>  "Loved the Compilation of Your WTSP Resources"
See ==> 
--------------------------------------------- Please write a Site Introduction of your "Official Altshuller Foundation" site. See ==>  "Dr. Ed N. Sickafus Memorial Archives" Is Now Open 
Greetings |

(Apr. 12, 2020) |
WTSP Mails and Letters: Feb. 2020 |
TN
TN
TN ==> Posting in LikedIn:
D. Daniel Sheu (Taiwan) <==> TN
Richard Langevin (USA) <==> TN
TN ==> WTSP Global Co-editors
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TN ==> Posting in LikedIn
Michael Orloff (Germany) <==> TN
TN ==> Larisa Komarcheva (Russia)
(and 3 more TRIZ Leaders separately) |
[WTSP] Letter: (17M-1) Attractive and Useful !! Our WTSP Catalogs Will Be !!
THPJ Update: 160 Selected articles of THPJ
Site Introduction of WTSP Catalogs (1): "TRIZ Home Page in Japan": Features and 160 Selected Articles
Message; ICSI/GCSI 2020
Posted the WTSP Letter in Altshuller Inst. site
[WTSP] Letter: (17G-1) Please write Site Introduction of yours
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Best 4 Slides from 21 Years of "TRIZ Home Page in Japan": Essence of TRIZ, Six-Box Scheme, CrePS, Liberty vs Love
Plans of training workshops. Will work for WTSP in April.
[WTSP] Letter (17-P1) Please write Site Introduction of yours for all TRIZ users in the world |

(Apr. 12, 2020) |
WTSP Mails and Letters: Jan. 2020 |
TN
David Levy (UK) <==> TN
TN
Czeslaw Cempel (Poland) <==> TN
Yury Danilovskiy (Korea) <==> TN
T J Yeoh (Malaysia) <==> TN
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Harry Flosser (Germany) <==> TN
Don Masingale (USA) <==> TN
Vladimir Petrov (Israel) <==> TN
Leonid Chechurin (Finland) <==> TN
James Kowalick (USA) <==> TN |
[WTSP] Letter: (16M-1) For further improving the Catalogs Solving problems in AI with TRIZ
THPJ Update Announcement: Greetings New Year 2020
Greetings
Creating short video about TRIZ for my grandson
Plan of teaching TRIZ in a workshop for teenagers
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Chicko Character: Animation of TRIZ principles
Former activities of promoting TRIZ in Boeing
27 TRIZ Books authored by Vladimir Petrov
Condolences to Toru; I lost my mother and father last year too.
Q: TRIZ in automobile companies in Japan? Taguchi Method, Kanrisha Yousei Gakko |

(Apr. 12, 2020) |
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WTSP Mails and Letters: Nov. - Dec. 2019 |
TN
Edward Blake (UK) <==> TN
TN ==> Readers in Japan
TN
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TN
TN
TN
TN
TN
TN
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[WTSP] Letter: (15M-2) Significance of WTSP: Message from Bill Fowlkes
Invitation from Research Outreach for possible public outreach publication
Introduction to TRIZ, and Introduction to Six-Box Scheme
Posting in LinkedIn: Significance of WTSP and WTSP Catalogs (Message from Bill Fowlkes)
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[WTSP] Letter (15C-1uk) For starting the WTSP work in UK
[WTSP] Letter (15C-1nl) For starting the WTSP work in Netherlands
[WTSP] Letter (15C-1tw) For starting the WTSP work in Taiwan
[WTSP] Letter (15C-1kr) For starting the WTSP work in Koreea
[WTSP] Letter (15C-1it) For starting the WTSP work in Italy
[WTSP] Letter (15M-3) Please submit your WTSP Catalog manuscripts
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(Dec. 31, 2019) |
WTSP Mails and Letters: Sept. - Oct. 2019 |
TN
TN
TN
TN
TN ==> Readers in Japan
TN
TN
TN ==> Readers in Japan
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Michael Orloff
Shireen Al Jaouni
TN
TN
TN
Bill Fowlkes (USA)
<==> TN
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[WTSP] Letter: (13M-3) WTSP presentation at Japan TRIZ Symp.; Your urgent contributions requested
[WTSP] Letter: (13GC-2) Urgent request for manuscripts of Revised World WTSP Catalogs
[WTSP] Letter: (13M-4) TRIZ Sites Catalogs and Around-TRIZ Sites Catalogs
[WTSP] Letter: (14M-1) WTSP Catalogs (version Sept. 30, 2019) World AROUND-TRIZ Sites Basic Index completed
WTSP presentation at Japan TRIZ Symp., World WTSP Catalogs: (C) World Around-TRIZ Sites Basic Index (◎○)
Posted in LinkedIn: AROUND-TRIZ Sites in the World (WTSP Catalog, Basic Index (C))
[WTSP] Letter: (15M-1) ETRIA TFC2019 Presentation of "WTSP Catalogs (2019)"; For further revision
ETRIA TFC2019 Presentation of "WTSP Catalogs (2019)"
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On WTSP manuscript of TRIZ sites in Germany
Appriciation of the WTSP project
[WTSP] Letter (15C-1pl) For starting the WTSP work in Poland
[WTSP] Letter (15C-1de) For starting the WTSP work in Germany
[WTSP] Letter (15C-1fr) For starting the WTSP work in France
Introducing the site in the WTSP Site Description Form;
On the page structure of the WTSP Project and the WTSP Catalogs;
Fowlkes' Message to the WTSP Project
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(Nov. 4, 2019) |
WTSP Mails and Letters: Aug. 2019 |
Irina Gutkovich, Tatyana Sidorchuk
Rachid Benmoussa
TN
Shireen Al - Jaouni (Palestine)
TN ==> Readers in Japan
TN
TN ==> Readers in the world
Jim Bradley
TN
TN
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Preschool TRIZ
TRIZ in Morocco
[WTSP] Letter: (13M-1) World WTSP Catalogs (preliminary version) uploaded !!!
Appreciation to the WTSP project; TRIZ Web sites in Middle East ?
World WTSP Catalogs (preliminary version) uploaded !!!
Posted in LinkedIn: World TRIZ Sites Catalog (Preliminary version) is now posted
THPJ Update Announcement. World WTSP Catalogs (preliminary version) uploaded !!!
Important work !
[WTSP] Letter: (13M-2) On our preliminary World WTSP Catalogs. Plan of revision
[WTSP] Letter: (13GC-1) Urgent request for manuscripts of Revised World WTSP Catalogs |

(Aug. 25; Nov. 4, 2019) |
WTSP Mails and Letters: Jul. 2019 |
Mehdi Parvin
TN
TN ==> Readers in Japan
TN
Richard Langevin
TN
Simon Litvin
TN
TN
TN
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Activities in Iran
[WTSP] Letter: (11M-5) Survey (3C) with Keywords: Innovation (Process etc.)
HP Updated: Progress of the WTSP project.
[WTSP] Letter: (12M-1) World WTSP Catalog (Japan Part); Please submit your WTSP Manuscripts (of ◎○ sites) by Jul. 28.
Announcement in the Altshuller Institute HP
[WTSP] Letter: (12-G1) Plan of the First Preliminary Version of World WTSP Catalogs
Agree with Nakagawa's suggestion of '20-80' approach
Posted in LinkedIn: World WTSP Catalog (Japan Part)
[WTSP] Letter (12C-2ru) Manuscripts of World WTSP Catalogs (Russian-language Part)
[WTSP] Letter: (12M-2) New WTSP Strategy. Let's make World WTSP Catalogs quickly
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(Jul. 18, 2019; Aug. 25) |
WTSP Mails and Letters:Jun. 2019 |
TN
TN
Nikolay Shpakovsky
TN
TN
TN
Eng Hoo Tan
Jinpu Zhang (Runhua Tan)
TN
TN
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[WTSP] Letter: (10M-4) Records of Communications; Practical Approaches for WTSP
[WTSP] Letter: (11M-1) Practice Guide to Complete the World WTSP Catalogs and to Report It at ETRIA TFC2019
List of Selected Web sites in the Russian language
[WTSP] Letter: (11M-2) Practice Guide: Summary of tasks for WTSP Teams Posting in LinkedIn
[WTSP] Letter (11C-xx) For forming the WTSP Team and building Your Country XX and World WTSP Catalogs
List of 16 TRIZ sites in Malaysia
List of 15 TRIZ sites in China
[WTSP] Letter: (11M-3) WTSP Working Materials: Survey (2B) Sites in Russian, (3B) Creative Problem Solving; Malaysia, China
[WTSP] Letter: (11M-4) THPJ Updated: Current Working Manuscripts of the WTSP Catalogs
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(Jun. 25; Jul. 6, 2019 |
WTSP Mails and Letters: May 2019 |
TN
Nikolay Shpakovsky
TN
TN
Jack Hipple
Michael Orloff
TN
Bohuslav Busov
TN ==> Michael Orloff
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[WTSP] Letter: (9M-1) THPJ Updated: Survey results (2A)-(2F) in a tabular form,
On Shpakovsky's 3 Web sites, and on Internet search of Russin Web sites,
[WTSP] Letter: (10M-2) Proposal of the WTSP Database System: As Catalog Generator and Inquiry System
THPJ Updated: Surveys in wider scope / Proposal of WTSP Database System
Practical comments
Friendly request for understandable work! Posting in LinkedIn
Situations of TRIZ-related Web sites in Czech Republic Objectives of WTSP and Practical Approaches for Us
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(Jun. 2, 2019) |
WTSP Mails and Letters: Apr. 2019 |
TN
Roland De Guio
Stephene Savelli
TN
TN
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[WTSP] Letter (9) THPJ Updated: Results of Internet Surveys of TRIZ-related sites in the world
WSTP activity in France
A TRIZ site in Belgium/France
Posting in LinkedIn
[WTSP] Letter: (9M-1) THPJ Updated: Survey results (2A)-(2F) in a tabular form,
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(Apr. 9; Jun. 2, 2019) |
WTSP Mails and Letters: Mar. 2019 |
TN
TN
Michael Orloff
TN
TN
TN
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Posting in LinkedIn
Survey of ТРИЗ sites in Russian language
Selected TRIZ Sites written in Russian
[WTSP] Letter (8M-4) Surveys of TRIZ sites in Russian and in English
[WTSP] Letter (8C-4) Survey of TRIZ sites written in German, in French, in Spanish/Portuguese;
[WTSP] Letter (8C-4) Survey of TRIZ sites written in English and located in USA
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(Mar. 18; Apr. 4, 2019) |
WTSP Mails
and Letters:
Jan. - Feb. 2019 |
Tan Eng Hoo (Malaysia),
Toru Nakagawa,
Toru Nakagawa,
TN,
Jose Vicente Gomila (Spain) |
TRIZ activities in Malyasia and around
Intentions of WTSP Catalogs in a country and in the world
WTSP Letters (7M-E)(7M-D): Invitation to WTSP
WTSP Letters (7M-B)(7M-A): List of WTSP Members, Let's work together
WTSP in Spanish/Portugues speaking countries
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(Jan. 14; Feb. 6, 2019) |
Letters from Readers
(Dec. 2018 -
Jan. 2019) |
Toru Nakagawa;
TN,
Don Masingale (USA)
Walter Hermans
TN
Christopher K. Ahoy (USA)
Val Tsourikov (Belarus),
Ellen Domb (USA),
TN
Alexander Shmonov (Russia)
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HP Update (Nov. 21);
HP Update (Dec. 13): IDM Paper by Denis Cavallucci
short communication;
on 'softTRIZ' and CrePS
HP Update (Jan. 10): AI Paper by Val Tsourikov
short communication;
short communication;
short communication;
HP Update:
List of WTSP Members, WTSP Letters (7M)
'Computer can invent'
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(Oct. 19, 2018) |
Toru Nakagawa;
TN,
Toshio Takahara;
TN;
TN; |
HP Update (Nov. 21): Letters from Readers;
HP Update (Dec.13): Keynote Paper by Denis Cavallucci at Japan TRIZ Sympo2012 (in Japanese);
On the paper by Cavallucci;
HP Update (Jan.10): New Year greetings; Keynote paper by Val Tsourikov at TRIZfest2014;
HP Update (Jan.13): List of WTSP Members, WTSP Letters (7M) |
(Feb. 6, 2019) |
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Letters from Readers
(Jan. - May 2018) |
Toru Nakagawa (Japan),
Alexander Kashkarov (Russia),
Shahid Saleem Arshard (Australia),
Maksymilian Smolnik (Poland),
Juergen Jantschgi (Austria),
Sebastian Koziolek (Poland),
Simon Litvin (USA),
Robert Adunka (Germany),
Michael Orloff (Germany),
Navneet Bhushan (India),
Julian Vincent (UK),
Tan Runhua (China),
Yury Danilovsky (Korea),
Denis Cavallucci (France),
Dmitry Kucharavy (France),
Roland De Guio (France),
Sylvio Silveira Santos (Brazil),
Shireen Al - Jaouni (Palestine - Jerusalem) |
WTSP project: Starting WTSP, Search trials, Basic plan and documents, WTSP Catalog of TRIZ-related sites in Japan
WTSP:
Wider scope in methodologies
WTSP: joining
WTSP: Sites in Poland
WTSP: Sites in Austria and Germany
WTSP: Support
WTSP: Sites in USA (GEN TRIZ)
WTSP: Sharing information
WTSP: Global Co-editor
WTSP: Site in India
WTSP: joining
WTSP: Sites in China, Country Editor
WTSP: Sites in Korea and Russia
WTSP: Situations in France
WTSP: Sites of seecore.org
WTSP: team organization in France
WTSP: Country Editor for Brazil
WTSP: Planning with Project Manegement view
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(May 19, 2018) |
Toru Nakagawa;
TN
TN
'Idea Generator' Administrator,
Chiharu Fukuda |
WTSP project: Starting WTSP, Search trials,
Basic plan and documents,
WTSP Catalog of TRIZ-related sites in Japan;
WTSP: on the Web site 'Idea Generator'
WTSP: on Fukuda's Web site
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(May 19, 2018) |
Letters from Readers
(Jun. - Aug. 2018) |
Toru Nakagawa
TN
TN
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HP Update: WTSP Letter, Letters from Readers
HP Update: Principal Cantradiction of HC (2C)(2D), WTSP Appeal
HP Update: Principal Contradiction of HC (2D)(3)
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(Oct. 19, 2018) |
Toru Nakagawa
TN
TN
Tomomi Murata
Yasumasa Ikezoe
Tadasuke Mizutani |
HP Update: WTSP Letter, Letters from Readers
HP Update: Principal Cantradiction of HC (2C)(2D), WTSP Appeal
HP Update: Principal Contradiction of HC (2D)(3)
Traditional fireworks in Toyohashi
Comment on Principal Contradiction
Comment on Principal Contradiction |
(Oct. 19, 2018) |
Letters from Readers
(Sept. - Oct. 2018) |
Toru Nakagawa
TN
TN
Robert Adunka (Germany)
Bohuslav Busov (Czech Republic)
Shireen Al-Jaouni (Palestine)
Anatoly Guin (Russia)
Nikolay Shpakovsky (Russia)
TN
Elena Guin (Russia)
TN |
HP Update: 4th Collection of T. Takahara's Papers (2016-2018)
HP Update: WTSP paper (Japan TRIZ Symp.), WTSP Preliminary Internet Searches
WTSP Extended Preliminary Internet Searches
WTSP project in Germany
Comment on WTSP
WTSP: Preliminary search in Arabic language
WTSP: a question. Reply by TN
WTSP: a comment. HP Update: 4th Collection of Takahara's Papers
WTSP: Situations in Russia;
WTSP: some practical ways |

Oct. 19, 2018) |
Toru Nakagawa
TN
TN
TN
Katsushige Hino, Toshio Takahara |
HP Update: 4th Collection of T. Takahara's Papers (2016-2018)
HP Update: WTSP paper (Japan TRIZ Symp.), WTSP Preliminary Internet Searches
WTSP Extended Preliminary Internet Searches
HP Update: 4th Collection of Takahara's Papers
Comment on Takahara's Paper; Reply by Takahara |
(Oct. 19, 2018) |
Letters from Readers
(Oct. - Nov. 2018) |
Toru Nakagawa;
Tadayuki Shimada,
TN,
Toshihiro Hayashi |
HP Update: Visiting Y. Takaguchi at Isshinji
Comment on Liberty-Love-Ethics from Kitaro Nishida' Philosophy
HP Update: 20th Anniversary, Paper on 'Liberty vs Love' and Ethics, Paper on WTSP project
Congratulations to the 20th Anniversary
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(Nov. 21, 2018) |
Toru Nakagawa;
TN,
Valery Tsourikov;
TN
;
TN
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HP Update:
[WTSP] Letters: WTSP at ETRIA TFC
Keynote paper at TRIZfest2014
;
HP Update: 20th Anniversary, Paper on 'Liberty vs Love' and Ethics, Paper on WTSP project
[WTSP] Letters: WTSP paper at ETRIA TFC |
(Feb. 4, 2019) |
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Letters from Readers
(Dec. 2016 - Jan. 2017) |
Czeslaw Cempel (Poland);
Ellen Domb (USA);
Hugo Sanchez (Nicaragua)
Shahid S.A. Arshad (Australia);
Toru Nakagawa |
On 'Liberty vs. Love', On Ethics (including Equity);
Wishes;
Wishes;
On 'Liberty vs. Love',
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(Feb. 14, 2017) |
Akihiko Ikeda;
Tomomi Murata;
Kouichi Miyazato;
Tetsu Sadahiro;
Munehiro Shimada;
Mikiya Kobayashi;
Toru Nakagawa |
Darell Mann's books;
Greetings, and Haiku;
Wishes;
Six-Box Scheme;
Book "How Dow We Want to Die?";
On 'Liberty vs. Love',
Responses
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(Feb. 14, 2017) |
Letters from Readers
(Feb. - Apr. 2017) |
Tomasz Arciszewski (USA),
Czeslaw Cempel (Poland),
Simon Litvin (USA),
Toru Nakagawa (OGU);
Pavel Livotov (ETRIA President),
Toru Nakagawa (OGU);
Oliver Mayer (Germany),
Michal Halas (Poland),
William Hessler (USA),
Toru Nakagawa (OGU),
Shahid Saleem Arshard (Australia)
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Short communication;
On principles of human culture;
Request for information of TRIZ at OGU;
Testimonial: TRIZ Activities at OGU;
On copyrights issues of TFC2016 papers;
Introductions of TFC2016 papers and copyrights;
Copyrights issues of TFC2016 paper;
Short communication;
Suggestions for improving the design of this HP;
Reply: Design choices of the TRIZ Home Page in Japan;
Short communication |

(Apr. 24;
Jun. 4, 2017) |
Min-Gyu Lee (Korea and Finland)
Giuseppe Carignani (Italy)
Toru Nakagawa (OGU)) |
On Nakagawa's Introduction of Lee's TFC2016 paper
TRIZ for Children and their teachers |
Mr. O;
Toru Nakagawa (OGU);
Akihiro Katahira |
TRIZ among various idea generation methods;
Advices to learn Creative problem solving methods;
On Fuda-Yose method and the KJ method |
(Apr. 24, 2017) |
Letters from Readers
(May - Jul. 2017) |
Yuri Borgianni (Italy),
Michael Orloff (Germany),
Monika Woźniak (Poland),
Simon Dewulf (Australia) |
Short communication,
Meta-Algorithm of Invention (MAI T-R-I-Z),
IT project management and TRIZ; Photoes of flowers (1)(2),
Short communication |

(Jul. 18, 2017) |
Tsunehisa Maekawa,
Tadasuke Mizutani,
Mikio Fukumura,
Toru Nakagawa |
Talks to children and their teachers,
Visiting "TRIZ Home Page in Japan",
Question on TRIZ activities in Taiwan,
Reply to Fukumura
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(Jul. 18, 2017) |
Letters from Readers
(Aug. - Oct., 2017) |
Simon Dewulf (Australia),
Valeri Souchkov (The Netherlands),
Shireen Al - Jaouni (Jerusalem),
Isak Bukhman (USA),
Sung-Wook Kang (Korea),
Toru Nakagawa
Naohiko Takayama (Japan),
Toru Nakagawa,
Andrei Seryi (UK)
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Short communication on swallows,
Nakagawa's introductions of all the TFC2016 papers,
Short communication on social problems,
Short communication,
Appreciation card to Toru,
Getting basic ideas in physics: On Seryi's Keynote and on E. Yamaguchi's Innovation diagram,
Reply to Takayama and note on the Innovation diagram |

(Nov. 5; Nov. 12, 2017) |
Tadasuke Mizutani,
Yasumasa Ikezoe,
Kou Haginoya,
Akihiro Katahira,
Katsushige Hino,
Kouji Otani,
Naohiko Takayama,
Toru Nakagawa |
On Ethics and Conscience;
On Liberty vs. Love;
On Ethics and Love,
motive force of Ethics;
Fuda-Yose Tool for visualization;
On Liberty-Love-Ethics, TRIZ and AI;
On Japan Society for Early Stage of Dementia;
Getting basic ideas in Physics:
Replies to readers, especially on Liberty-Love-Ethics.
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(Nov. 5, 2017) |
Letters from Readers
(Nov. - Dec., 2017) /
Initializing 'World TRIZ Sites Project' |
Toru Nakagawa (OGU, Japan);
Vladimir Petrov (Israel),
Shireen Al - Jaouni (Jerusalem),
Alexander Theodor Narbut (Ukraine),
Mohammad Reza Nouroozi (Iran),
Simon Dewulf (Australia),
Tan Runhua (China),
Oleg Kraev (for Yuri Salamatov) (Russia),
Nina Defounga (Germany),
Nikolay Shpakovsky (Russia),
Valeri Souchkov (Netherlands),
Darrell Mann (UK),
Davide Russo (Italy),
Tanasak Pheunghua (Thailand),
Michael Orloff (Germany),
Ian Mitchell (UK),
Leszek Chybowski (Poland),
Ellen Domb (USA),
Kai Hiltmann (Germany),
T.S. Yeoh (Malaysia),
蔡易坤 (for Prof. Lingling Luo) (China),
Yury Danilovsky (Korea/Russia);
Eyad Khalifeh (Canada/Israel) |
'World TRIZ Sites Project' Proposal (1)(1A)(1B)(1C) and Invitation.
Announcement of 17 Books, Will join;
Congrats, Will support;
Congrats, Will support;
Congrats, Searching sites in Iran;
Information of own sites, Join it.;
Agree the importance, Will support;
Agree to join;
Great work!;
Information of works and sites, Join it.;
Will support;
Will join and support wholeheartedly;
WIll join;
WIll join;
Join it, Some problem in the platform;
Congrats;
Recent work;
Join it, though being retired;
Will join,
Join and support it;
Am retired, but think how to cooperate.;
Will join, recent work and sites;
Will support.;
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(Dec. 17, 2017) |
Toru Nakagawa;
Yoshihiro Kosaka,
Prof. Kozo Kuchitsu,
Tsunehisa Maekawa,
Hidetake
Sakuma,
Tomomi
Murata |
'World TRIZ Sites Project' Proposals and Invitation.
Short communication;
Encouragement and communication;
Thanks and some thoughts;
Short communication;
Human Factor Solutions,
3 types of errors;
Short communication
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(Dec. 17, 2017) |
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Letters from Readers
(Dec. 2015 -Mar. 2016)
Added:
Mar., Apr., 2016 |
Joe Miller (USA),
Shahid S. A. Arshad (Australia),
Shireen Al - Jaouni (Jordan),
Isak Bukhman (USA),
Ravi Chandra Phani T (India),
Vladimir Petrov (Israel),
Tan Eng Hoo (Malaysia),
Michael A. Orloff (Germany), |
Greetings,
On poverty problem,
Greetings,
Greetings
On poverty problem,
Books authored recently,
TRIZ Activities in Malaysia:
'The Rising TRIZ Generation'
Short communication |
(Mar. 3;
Apr. 7, 2016) |
Hugo Sanchez (Nicaragua)
Nakagawa ==>Tan Eng Hoo (Malaysia)
Shahid S.A. Arshad (Australia)
Hugo Sanchez (Nicaragua)
Luo Lingling (China) |
Fuda-Yose Tool (How to access),
"The Rising TRIZ Generation" in Malaysia,
"The Low-living Elderly" Book, its introductuion,
Using Fuda-Yose method as an exceptional tool,
Issue of the Low-living Elderly in China |
Tsunehisa Maekawa,
Shigeki Sugiyama,
Tomokazu Asano,
Akihiro Katahira,
Yoshio Oyanagi,
Takeo Higuchi,
Yukio Matusbara,
Chiharu Fukuda, and
Toru Nakagawa
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On the poverty problem,
Greetings,
Research on the earth prediction,
Visual Thinking (Fuda-Yose) Tool,
On the late Professor Hayato Togawa,
'Idea Marathon'
for the self-training of creativity,
On the poverty problem,
Greetings and short communication |
(Mar. 3;
Apr. 7, 2016) |
Teiichiro Ogawa
Nakagawa ==> Akihiro Katahira
Kiyohisa Nishiyama
Akihiro Katahira,
Fumiko Sasama |
Working after formal retirement,
Suggestion for improving Fuda-Yose Tool,
Attended at TRIZCON2016,
Review of "The Low-Living Elderly",
Discussing customer reviews of "The Low-living Elderly" |
Letters from Readers
(Apr. - Jun., 2016) |
Ellen Domb (USA),
Umakant Mishra (India),
Toru Nakagawa |
On 'Liberty vs. Love';
On 'Liberty vs. Love';
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(May 8, 2016) |
Akihiro Katahira,
Youichi Hasegawa,
Kunio Asai,
Toru Nakagawa |
Fuda-Yose Tool updated;
On 'Liberty vs. Love';
On 'Liberty vs. Love';
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(May 8, 2016) |
Shahid S. A. Arshad (Australia),
Doug Gundlach (USA),
George Dragheci (Romania) |
On 'Liberty vs. Love';
On 'Liberty vs. Love';
Short communication |
(Jun. 11, 2016) |
Naohiko Takayama,
Toru Nakagawa,
Satoshi Sadahiro, Toru ,
Mr. X, Toru,
Akira Nakagawa, Toru |
On 'Liberty vs. Love'
My talk on CrePS/USIT at JCS Salon
On the Thinking World,
Introducing TRIZ or CrePS/USIT,
On 'Liberty vs. Love' |
(Jun. 11, 2016) |
Toru Nakagawa |
On 'Liberty vs. Love' (to Arshad) |
(Jun. 20, 2016) |
Shahid S. A. Arshad (Australia) |
On 'Liberty vs. Love' (in Japanese traslation) |
(Jun. 20, 2016) |
Letters from Readers
(Jun. - Jul., 2016) |
Akira Kobayashi,
Youichi Iida, Fujiko Iwasaki, Kenichi Karakida,
Hajime Oiwa,
Mr. F, Tomomi Murata, Akio Takenaka,
Tatsuo Torii, Youichi Hasegawa,
Toshikazu Murakami, Fumiko Sasama,
An elderly I., Yasumasa Ikezoe, Ryuzo Yoshioka,
Michio Oka, Taketomo Mitsui,
and Toru Nakagawa |
Q&A on USIT Root Cause Analysis;
On LLE visalization;
Appreciating the LLE Visualization;
On LLE visualization;
On LLE visualization and 'Liberty vs. Love';
On LLE visualization and policy |
(Jul. 5; Jul. 31, 2016) |
A professor,
M. W., Katsushige Hino,
Fumiko Sasama, K. A., Youko Iwagiri,
Munehiro Shimada (Salvation Army Hospital),
Toshio Sunada,
M. I., Masaru Sorimachi, K. I.,
and Toru Nakagawa. |
Methods of Creative Research in Academia;
On LLE visualization;
From life-sustaining care to Palliative Care;
Latter phases of problem solving projects;
On LLE visualization
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Letters from Readers
(Aug. - Sept., 2016) |
Simon Dewulf (Australia)
Wayne Mallinson (South Africa)
Vladimir Petrov (Israel)
Shahid Saleem Arshad (Australia)
Shireen Al - Jaouni (Jerusalem)
and Toru Nakagawa |
"BIG Patent Data", AULIV way of TRIZ;
On USIT
List of Petrov's Books, on sale at Amazon.com
On "Methodology of Creative Research in academia"
Short communication;
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(Sept. 29, 2016) |
Naohiko Takayama;
Masaaki Shibuya;
Takeo Yamamoto;
Yorikazu Suwa
and Toru Nakagawa |
On 'Methodology of Creative Research in Academia';
Statistical science for creative problem solving;
On 'Financial reconstruction and Japanese economy';
On "The Low-living Elderly" |
(Sept. 29, 2016) |
Letters from Readers
(Oct. - Nov.,
2016) |
Bartosz Pryda (Poland),
Ed Sickafus (USA),
Teemu Toivonen (Finland),
Min-Gyu Lee (South Korea),
Dana Clark (USA),
Czesław CEMPEL(Poland);
and
Toru Nakagawa |
Short communication;
Communication channel on USIT:
on 'Liberty vs. Love';
TRIZ Activities in Korea;
on 'Liberty vs. Love';
on the Low-Living Elderly and visualization;
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(Oct. 19;
Nov. 12;
Dec. 27
, 2016) |
Michael Orloff (Germany),
Syed Kamarulzaman Syed Kabeer (Malaysia),
Sergey Sobolev (Russia),
Valeri Souchkov (The Netherlands);
Czesław CEMPEL(Poland); Toru |
Educational and executive application of well-structured TRIZ (MTRIZ);
TRIZ for social issues;
TRIZ for social problems;
TRIZ for Business & Management; There is no decrease in TRIZ polularity.
Contradictions among Liberty, Equality, and Love |
Youichi Hasegawa;
Satoshi Sadahiro;
Yoshifumi Yoshida (Sumitomo Chemicals);
Takamichi Itoh;
and Toru Nakagawa |
Reading the booklet of Visualized "LLE";
Words and images in the Thinking World;
TRIZ in Chemistry and Material science;
on the Low-Living Elderly and visualization;
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(Nov. 12;
Nov. 13;
Dec. 27
, 2016) |
Akihiko Ikeda;
Akio Harada; Toru;
Tsunehisa Maekawa;
Tatsuo Torii ;
Kozo Kuchitsu ;
Tsunehisa Maekawa;
Takehiko Itoh;
Toru Nakagawa |
TRIZ Class in a university;
on Liberty vs. Love;
Statistical and graphic studies by school children;
On Takahara's theory of contradictions;
On How to prepare and write a report;
On How to prepare a report;
Short communication |
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Letters from Readers
(Dec. 2014 - Jan. 2015) |
Atom Mirakyan (Germany),
EllennDomb (USA),
Richard Langevin (USA),
Sarimah Misman (Malaysia),
Toru Nakagawa (Japan) |
Integrated energy planning
Plan of TRIZCON2015
TRIZ application in a servie
sector
On Nakagawa's New Year message
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(Jan. 18, 2015) |
Noboru Ohsumi;
Takumi Yoshioka (Hokkaido Science Univ.);
Ryo Iwatani;
Toshihiro Hayashi;
Toru Nakagawa |
On short term prediction of earthquakes;
On Takagi's 40 Principles Book |
(Jan. 18, 2015) |
Letters
from Readers
(Jan. - Apr. 2015) |
Ellen Domb (USA), Iuri Belski (Australia), Ramu Iyer (USA),
Jim Harrington (USA), Ron Fullbright (USA), Alla Zsman (USA), Toru Nakagawa (OGU), Stephen Dourson (USA),
James Kowalick (USA),
George Draghici (Romania), Ravi Phani (India), Nicoletta Locatelli ( ), Helena Navas (Prtugal), Shahid Saleem Arshad (Australia), Soo Ben Khoh (Korea), Bui Van Tao (Vietnam), Zawiah Abdul Majid (Malaysia), |
on World TRIZ community,
on Teaching TRIZ at universities,
TRIZ and Solution Focus,
Estimated Impact of TRIZ,
Current situation of TRIZ Journal,
On introduction of Earthquake Prediction Research,
Photoes of Cherry Blossom,
Short communications
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(Apr. 25, 2015) |
Osamu Saito (Keihin), Tsunetake Maekawa (Japan QC Association),
Kazuya Yamaguchi (MOST),
Yuko Hirayama (Japan VE Association), Bui Van Tao (Vietnam),
Toru Nakagawa (OGU) |
Q&A on a USIT Eample (Picture Hanging Kit Problem),
On introduction of Earthquake Prediction Research,
Short communications
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(Apr. 25, 2015) |
Letters
from Readers |
Akihiro Katahira, Toru Nakgawa;
Youichi Hasegawa, Katusige Hino, Naohiko Takayama, Toru Nakagawa |
Visual Thinking with 'Fuda-Yose' (1) - Example of Burning Suicide in Shinkansen Case |
(Jul. 7; Jul. 19, 2015) |
Letters
from Readers (May - Aug. 2015) |
Toru Nakagawa, Valeri Souchkov (Netherlands) |
TRIZ in business management, TRIZ Glosssary, How to make TRIZ Web sites active |
(Sept. 17, 2015) |
Youichi Hasegawa, Toru Nakagawa |
TOC-Lean and TRIZ, Understanding CrePS, TOC and the Thinking World |
(Sept. 17, 2015)  |
Q&A and Discussions |
Toru Nakagawa, Ed Sickafus, Shahid Saleem Arshad |
Q&A on USIT and the OAF diagram (in relation to "Subconscious Problem Solving Using Hazy Heuristics" by Ed Sickafus); and Further Discussions. 30 Email communications |
(Aug. 26; Sept. 17, 2015) |
Letters
from Readers (Sept.,Oct., Nov., Dec. 2015) |
Prof. Riitahuhta Asko (Finnland), Boon Yean (Malaysia), Alexandre Augusto (TRIZ Brasil, Brasil) |
Short communications |
(Oct. 18; Nov. 27; Dec. 19, 2015) |
Atsushi Takeuchi, Akihiro Katahira, Ryuhei Kurasawa, Toru Nakagawa;
Akihiro Endo, Toshio Takahara, Akihiro Katahira, Toshihiro Hayashi, Takeshi Yamaushi, Youichi Hasegawa, Toru Nakagawa;
Naohiko Takayama, Toru Nakagawa, Toshio Takahara |
On Visual Thinking;
Contradictions and Coexistence, Poverty problem, Visual Thinking, Matrix 2010, Bio TRIZ DB, Solving differences, Dialectic Logic;
On 'Increasing poverty among the elderly'.
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(Oct. 18; Nov. 27; Dec. 19, 2015) |
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Topics |
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Letters from Readers
(Jan. - Apr., 2014) |
Anita Narayan (USA), Natalia Rubin (Russia) |
TRIZ for children; CID course materials posted from Jan. 2001 to Feb. 2002 |
(Apr. 30, 2014) |
Ellen Domb (USA), Ravi Chandra Phani Thalupuru (India), |
Short communications |
Rinka Singh (India) |
Book series; A difined course of study |
Denis Cavallucci (France) |
STEPS software from France |
David Verduyn (USA), Ellen Domb (USA), Mahmoud Karimi (Iran), Ravi Chandra (India), SB Khoh (Korea), Sarimah Misman (Malaysia) |
Cherry blossoms;
Korean experiences of TRIZ promotion |
Isak Bukhman (USA) |
Contradiction Matrix and its extension |
Letters from Readers
(Jan. - Apr., 2014)
(in Japanese) |
Hiromasa Hibino (Alta Management);
Tetsu Sadahiro (Fujikura); TN;
Hitoshi Kanno ( ) |
Business strategies foe Japanese technologies; Secrets of using 40 Principles; Difficulty in analogical thinking; Six-Box Scheme |
(Apr. 30, 2014) |
Letters from Readers
(May - Jul., 2014) |
Nikolay Bogatyrev (UK),
KyeongWon Lee (Korea),
Bill Fowlkes (USA),
Jiang Guixing (China), Umakant Mishra (India),
Jack Hipple (USA), Olga Bogatyeva (UK), Toru Nakagawa (OGU) |
'TRIZ Activities in Korea' paper;
'New System of Inventive Standards' (Russo) paper
Video Course 'Pegasus' |
(Jun. 30; Jul 28, 2014) |
Shahid Saleem Arshad (Australia),
Georgy Severinets (Korea),
James Kowalick (USA ),
Ellen Domb (USA) |
Links not up;
Short communication;
Recent activities (TRIZ for advertisement);
ICSI 2014 report blog |
Letters from Readers
(May - Jul., 2014)
(in Japanese) |
Toshihiro Hayashi,
Tomomi Murata, Naohiko Takayama (Shimadzu),
Kazuyasu Ikeda (Sekisui Enineering) |
On the Inventive Standards paper;
On the TRIZ and Lean paper;
On the Japanese Edition of Larry Ball's "Hierarchical TRIZ Algorithms" |
(Jun. 30, 2014) |
Letters from Readers:
Discussion |
Toru Nakagawa (OGU), Yoichi Hasegawa, Osamu Kumasaka, Toshihiro Hayashi, Masao Ishihama (Kanagawa Inst. of Tech.), Tomomi Murata (Kita-Kyushu City Univ.), Naohiko Takayama (Shimadzu), |
Discussions on the "Lean and TRIZ" paper: |
(Jul. 13, 2014) |
Letters from Readers:
Messages |
Masao Kasahara (OGU), Toshihiro Hayashi, Yoshio Oyanagi (Kobe Univ.), Naomi Tsuji, Toru Nakagawa |
Messages on the publication of Japanese Edition of Mishra's Book "TRIZ Principles for IT" |
Messages contributed in Jul.-Sept. 2011;
(Posted Aug. 29, 2014) |
Letters from Readers
(Aug. - Nov., 2014)
(in English) |
Jack Hipple (USA), Zulhasni Abdul Rahim (Malaysia),
Umakant Mishra (India), Alexander Shmonov (Russia),
Sarimah Misman (Malaysia),
John Cook (UK), Zawiah Abdul Majid (Malaysia), Richard Lagevin (USA),
Ellen Domb (USA), Ravi Chandra Phani Thalupuru (India), Shahid Saleem Arshard (Australia), Igor Kholkin, Joost Duflou (Belgium), David Verduyn (USA), Wolfgang Sallaberger (Austria), Nikolay & Olga Bogatyrev (UK) |
Projects for publishing Japanese editions; Forwarding my Update announcements;
'Computer can invent independently' (Shmonov);
Top page with 4 Entrance pages;
Congratulations to 16th anniversary; |
(Nov. 27, 2014) |
Letters from Readers
(Aug. - Nov., 2014)
(in Japanese) |
Toshihiro Hayashi, Masao Ishihama (kanagawa I. T.), A reader, F.q. Xjo (Kinki Univ.), Yoichi Hasegawa, Katsuya Miyanishi, Yoshio Oyanagi (Kobe Univ.), Junnichi Watanabe, Tsunehisa Maekawa (Japan QC Society), Takeshi Miyamoto, Tetsu Sadahiro, Masayasu Sugata, A reader, Toru Nakagawa |
Publication of the "TRIZ Practices and Benefits" Series (Janaese Editions);
Wonderful top page with the 4 Entrance pages;
QC Circles' news letter on 'What is TRIZ?';
Starting to learn TRIZ with Japan TRIZ HP; |
(Nov. 27, 2014) |
Letters from Readers:
a new publication |
Yosinori Takagi (Sony),
Toru Nakagawa |
Introduction to A New Publication: "TRIZ 40 Principles" by Yoshinori Takagi;
introduction and comments by Nakagawa |

(Jan. 6, 2015)
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Letters from Readers
(Dec. 2014 - Jan. 2015) |
Ellen Domb (USA),
Yury Danilovsky (Korea),
Simon Dewulf (Australia),
Valeri Souchkov (Netherlands),
TS Yeoh & Tan Eng Hoo (Malaysia) |
from disadvantages to solutions;
automated conflict matrix generator;
TRIZ Glossary;
Activities of MyTRIZ (Malaysia)
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(Jan. 18, 2015) |
Toru Nakagawa;
Akira Kobayashi (Brother Industries Ltd.);
Akihiro Katahira;
Toshihiro Hayashi
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A new way to learn Su-Field Modeling and Inventive Standards;
'Visual Thinking' Software and Web site;
On paradigm disruptive innovation
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(Jan. 18, 2015) |
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Letters from Readers
(Aug. - Oct., 2013)
(in Japanese)
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Masao Ishihama (Kanagawa Inst. Tech.) |
On social responsibility of scientists |

(Oct. 20, 2013)
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Yoichi Hasegawa (in Kanagawa),
Osamu Kumasaka (Sangyo Kakushinn Inst.),
Makoto Unno (formerly Kawasaki Heavy Industires),
Toshihiro Hayashi (Hayashi Professional Engineer's Office) |
Comment on 'General Methodology for Creative Problem Solving'
ibid
ibid
ibid |
Shinichi Sasaki (Sendai National College),
IP department of a company -- Reply by T. Nakagawa |
IP education in a National College of Technoogy
Inquiry on the availability of "Matrix 2003/2010" book |
Toshihiro Hayashi (Hayashi Professional Engineer's Office),
Eiichi Yamaguchi (Doshisha Univ.),
Yositaka Oosawa (Sumitomo Electic Works) |
On FUKUSHIMA Report and on social responsibility of scientists,
On FUKUSHIMA Report,
ibid |
Letters from Readers
(Aug. - Oct., 2013) |
Shahid Saleem Arshad (Australia),
Shireen Al - Jaouni (Palestine),
Yury Danilovsk y(Russia/Korea), |
Education of spirits for innovation,
Thanks to TRIZ Home Page in Japan,
Information sharing
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(Oct. 20, 2013)
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Ellen Domb (USA) |
Comment on 'General Methodology for Creative Problem Solving',
Proliferation of TRIZ in comparison with some other big methodologies |
Khairul Manami Kamarudin (UK/Malaysia)
-- Reply by T. Nakagawa |
On textbooks and references of USIT |
Richard Platt (USA) |
On FUKUSHIMA Report |
Shahid Saleem Arshad(Australia),
Umakant Mishra (India) |
On the pages less TRIZ-relevant but interesting
Short communication |
Letters from Readers
(Discussion mails)
(in Japanese) |
Makoto Unno (formerly Kawasaki Heavy Industires) &
Yoichi Hasegawa (in
Kanagawa) |
On the integration of different methodologies for creative problem solving:
Company culture and TRIZ promotion; VE and TRIZ; Goal-means system and cause-effect system; Functions and attributes; etc. |

(Dec. 23, 2013)
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Letters from Readers:
Discussion
(in English
and Japanese translation) |
Darrell Mann (UK) and
Toru Nakagawa (OGU) |
Research focus is on problem finding and solution execution rather than problem solving /
Thinking methods for problem solving are the basis we should establish now. |

(Nov. 17; Dec. 23, 2013)

(Dec. 23, 2013)
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Letters from Readers
(Nov. - Dec., 2013) |
S.Alireza Kashizad (France/Iran) |
Short communication |

(Nov. 17, 2013)
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Ramu Iyer (USA);
David Verduyn (USA) -- Reply by T. Nakagawa |
CrePS-SB Project (SouthBeach Modeller);
On the evaluation of SouthBeach Modeller |
Shahid Saleem Arshad(Australia);
ibid -- Comment by T. Nakagawa
Alex Zakharov (USA) |
Response to the communications from Yury Danilovsky,Ellenn Domb, and Darrell Mann;
On the 'General Methodology for Creative Problem Solving' (CrePS) --- Comment ;
On CrePS and 'Universal Trends of Evolution' (USE) |

(Dec. 9, 2013; Jan. 26, 2014)
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Sarimah Misman (Malaysia) |
Short communication |

(Dec. 23, 2013)
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