‘5- Various / All Others’ Archives
Tadashi Yanai, the president of UNIQLO as NO.1 man of property
Again, an amazing new came out today. Forbes reported today that Tadashi Yanai, President of Uniqlo, is this year's NO.1 man of property in Japan. He was also last year's NO.1 so this is the second time. UNIQLO is certainly a growing company of Japan, but it's such a simple casual wear company. But the president of the simple company is [...]
The earthquake in Haiti
Haiti had a huge earthquake today. It recorded M7.0. This is again a surprising news. Some decades ago, the earthquakes were not so frequent. I still remember when I was surprised to read the news of an earthquake in Turkey because I thought earthquakes didn't happen so often in the world. Our teacher at schools often taught us that Japan [...]
Japan-US Alliance is the most important ?
Today, a meeting between Japanese minister of foreign affairs and Hillary Clinton was held in Hawaii. There again, the importance of the alliance of 2 countries was emphasized. Importance of the alliance is always on the agenda when some troubles happen between 2 countries. But many Japanese often say Japan is a kind of colony of the [...]
JAL, Japan Air Lines under bunkruptcy law
Japan air lines, JAL, is decided to be handled by law because of it's huge deficit and weak running condition. JAL is a national air line of Japan. So the government can't decide to let it bunkrupt. If it stops flying, it means the people of Japan and people coming to Japan will lose the connection to the world. Anyway, there are many [...]
Toyota, Honda, or Suzuki ?
In 2009, the best selling car of Japan was Toyota Prius. Hybrid cars seem to be standard choice in Japan in spite that the price is still higher than normal gasoline cars. Honda used to be the most energy efficient car maker with Civic, Accord, or City. But Honda recently has few hit car brands. Toyota took place the eco car market too [...]
Beauty Queen of City Council ? Yuri Fujikawa
Recenty I found an funny article among news. There is a middle size city, Hachinohe, in the northern part of Japan. Its population is about 300,000. There is nothing particular to tell about this city and not such an interesting travel spot either. But recently this city is a little closed up by media because of a menber of city [...]
Futemma, Okinawa base goes where ?
US -JAPAN relation is not as good as the past 50 years. It's often said recently because of the issue of removal of Okinawa Military Base of the USA. Japan and the USA once agreed to move it to the new place in the man-made ocean base in FUTEMMA of OKINAWA. This agreement was made by the previous Japanese leading party, Leberal Democratic [...]
New Adults’ Day in Japan
Seijin no hi, or New Adults' Day is the day when we celebrate the new adult people in the year. People who become 20 years old in the year are celebrated for the growth and future happiness in Japan. The day was set on 15th of January some years ago, but nowadays, it's on the 2nd Monday in January each year, and it's a national holiday of [...]
AI FUKUHARA won the World NO.1 player
Ai Fukuhara has been a very popular table tennis player in Japan. She first appeared on TV when she was about 5 or 6 years old and she played tabble tennis better than adults then. She is always pretty and tries her best whenever she plays, which makes our heart warm and sometimes cry at her honest attitude. Ai Fukuhara is already a top [...]
Ineternet Speed NO.1 is Japan
OECD report says that Japanese internet speed is the fastest in the world by 61Mbps. Actually I'm using optical internet, which conveys 100Mbps at home, but it's not expensive at all. Also, through this internet line, multi channel TV program is broadcasted. So we have many options for internet life after fast internet environment is [...]
