From snowy Davos to Asia, Toshiyuki Shiga, the Vice Chairman of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. comments on the progress made to increase the number of women in Japan's workforce and how businesses can work with the government to reinvigorate the Japanese economy.  

Watch here for the Alliance's recap from Davos in the Swiss Alps - including the latest on cars which park themselves and even keep hot chocolate warm despite freezing temperatures. We hope to see you again next year.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is a strategic partner to the World Economic Forum and sends a small delegation of senior executives to the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos Switzerland. The 2013 theme was “Resilient Dynamism,” and the prevailing mood was one of cautious optimism -- despite ongoing challenges for the Eurozone. Renault Chief Operating Officer Carlos Tavares and Nissan Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga took a few minutes out of their busy schedules in Davos to provide their own assessments of 2012 and economic forecasts for the current year.