‘People’ 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Yoko Ono to write John and her story over Beatles
I don't hesitate to say that I'm a huge fan of the Beatles. Without them, I can't think of the other life of myself. It it weren't for the Beatles, my life would have been totally different from what I'm now. My life was always with the Beatles, when I had a dream, I used to think how could I be like them. When I had a trouble, I used to [...]
Director TAKESHI KITANO at Meiji University Tokyo
Takeshi Kitano is one of the top movie directors in Japan. He seems to have come back to his school,Meiji University, yesterday and made a long speech about his recent workds and his history. Takeshi Kitano dropped out Meiji University before graduation. But he got honored graduate degree about 10 years ago from Meiji University, it's because [...]
HISAYA MORISHIGE died of senility
It's a sad news. Hisaya Morishige died of senility today at 96 years old. He was a Japanese actor representing the time post the 2nd word war, or the time of good old days of Japan. Morishige was not an active type star, but his attitude to dramas was always a textbook of Japanese as a good part of Japanese humanity. He talked qiet with [...]
DAI MIYATA won Mstislav Rostropovich CELLO Award
Mstislav Rostropovich Cello contest was not familiar to me. Moreover, I didn't have much concern with Cello. Today, DAI MIYATA won the 1st prize at Mstislav Rostropovich cello contest held in Paris, Japanese news reported. I personally like sound of cello. For example, Joe Hisaishi often uses cello as solo & leading instrument in small [...]
HIDEKI MATSUI re-contract ?
Re-contract with HIDEKI MATSUI possible ? This is a common topic among MLB fans in Japan. Matsui stayed in Yankees for 7 years. He had good time and bad time during that long time. Fortunately or as he is expected, he got the MVP all through the World series. Matsui proved the top player's power and potentiality when he played in Japan, and [...]
Unbelievable Japanese Speaker,KYARORIN
I found an American girl who speaks amazingly natural Japanese. Her name is KYARORIN, she seems to live in Chicago now. I happened to find her video on YouTube, and I got amazed ! She says she learns Japanese for herself and she's never studied Japanese at school. To be honest, only a little bit English speaker's accent could be [...]
GACKT to be 37 years old
GACKT keeps something about him under secret. Age is one of the secrets. He recently said that he would be 37 years old next year ! Then finally we got his age. GACKT often jokes, and sometimes gets serious. If we don't get used to his talks, we would be at a loss about which is his real way. This time, it seems serious, so he will be 37, [...]
