This is loooong overdue, and I apologize, but I *finally* got around to posting my photos from the Tokyo Car Show 2003 onto the server. It was definitely worthwhile, if nothing else but to salivate over expensive toys. The crowds were only a little out of control, and I wish I had gone [...]
Some of you may have heard about NHK’s Project X TV show. I’ve only watched one episode I think I mentioned a while back — about “Tron”, the operating system even more widely used than Microsoft’s Windows line. In fact, apparently the U.S. gov’t blocked it from entering its borders for fear of [...]
Yet another data point that Japan is getting slapped around by the U.S. — both politically and economically. This could be very interesting over the next decade - U.S. manufacturing and low-skill jobs are being outsourced overseas while at the same time American companies are essentially hiring foreign workers through corporate buyouts. More [...]
Spent some time this evening copying a few CDs to my iPod, and upon checking the capacity for the night I now have “1234 songs”! What a lovely number :) Still have many more to go, of course. Just had to share that.
Hmmm…interesting “role reversals”. Unfortunately, taking pictures is all the girls will do. Do they have the forwardness to ask for more?
This tunA thing is very cool. Creating and sharing private spaces in the context of public, while continuing to use your visual senses — this could very well be the disruptor to audio spotlight technology that just hasn’t been able to take-off seeing as it’s been around for years now. Minority Report, anyone? [...]
Continuing my previous post on foreign investments in real estate, here’s another ‘ping’ overseas investment sources are creeping in. Of course, we already have numerous other examples. Probably old news for you finance folks, but this techie is (finally) starting to be convinced. Maybe learning this language will actually pay off.
Think you want to meet a nice Japanese girl interested in starting a family? Good luck.
Yes, yes, I know. I really need to get back to Chinese. It’s coming. Trust me.
So Japan, how does it feel to be the bitch now, eh?
After all the buying, buying, buying Japanese companies did overseas in the 80s, seems they’ve finally realized (well, are at least publicly acknowledging) that they’re screwed, screwed, screwed. Foreign entities are making their moves:
Colony Capital
CapitaLandTwo big deals announced in the past week, with [...]
Idei’s plans to gradually ‘westernize’ Sony are starting to solidify.
Sony currently assigns seven grades that are closely linked to employees’ years of service. It takes an average university graduate about 10 years to attain the highest grade. Under the new system, it is possible for a capable worker to achieve the top grade in a [...]
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