Promoting the company's culture was a top priority when KPMG was making preliminary plans for its new $450 million training facility. It emerges in different ways throughout the 800,000-square-foot facility, some more subtle than others. The hallway to the main conference space, for example, is lined with artifacts from KPMG's heritage, including a ledger from original founder James Marwick dating to 1898. In another area, a set of lights that hang over the cafeteria change colors -- a nod to the importance of diversity at the firm. "There are things that the physical representation here is designed to really reflect what we see as our core kind of cultural aspects," said chief financial officer David Turner.

NEW DELHI – India's first training center for teachers of Japanese was officially opened Monday in the capital, New Delhi. The inauguration ceremony for the center, which is a joint project involving the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and the Japanese Embassy with the support of the Japan Foundation, was attended by Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu. The ambassador noted in a speech that demand for learning Japanese is growing significantly as the Japan-India relationship flourishes, leading to an increasing number of employment opportunities in Japanese companies in the country. "The number of Japanese companies is increasing every year and is now about four times the number seen 10 years ago. These companies require Indians who can speak the Japanese language, in order to act as bridges between their Indian subsidiaries and headquarters in Japan," he said.