‘3- Recent News’ Archives
I live in Fukushima, the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant State
There are 47 prefectures in Japan, and Fukushima is one of the prefectures ( states ) in Japan. There is the Fukushima nuclear power plant in this Fukushima prefecture. And I live in this Fukushima prefecture. Where I live is not that near to this spot, it's about 80 kilometers away. 20 to 30 kilometers places from this sport is set as [...]
RYO ISHIKAWA to give all his prize money
19 year old RYO Ishikawa is already the top golf player in Japan. He today announced that he would give all of his prize money of this golf season to victims of Japanese earthquake this time. It means he would probably supply over 1 million US dollars to them as donation. last year and 2 years ago, he made more than 1 million dollar prize [...]
Thank you for you support. Japan will carry on to recover from the ruins.
Today again, I will have to write about Japanese earthquake. I've experienced a lot of earthquakes through my life, but I can't remember each of them because the impact on my life was not that big. Kobe got damaged, Niigata got damaged, and Sendai also got damaged in the past by the earthquake. It's certain that all the victims were sad and we [...]
Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Power Plant damage in Japan
I'm melancholic now. Before this crazy disaster, I'm dissapointed with the fact I can't do anything. I've been to the coast area of this tsunami disaster several times, and the beautiful scenes of ocean and old towns moved me. People of these places are extremely nice. They live for the rest of Japanese by sailing ships to the ocean to catch [...]
Japan’s Past and Future
I enjoyed the boom time of Japan in the late 1980s, which was called bubble economy. I remember Japanese enterprises purchased some loadmark buildings in the USA and there were many M&A companies, in many cases, Japanese companies bougtht foreign firms with strong Japan money then. Since then, people often dreamt the 2nd [...]
Japanese Autumn arrives !
Japanese Autumn time is know as red leaf time with fresh air from the sky. Many resort areas in Japan have lots of tourists during this season and they enjoy the colors of the trees and sounds of natural beings like river water, bird songs, or leaf wispering by Autumn winds. You will know how Japanese nature is cherished by the [...]
Dentists face deficits
It's a long time royal road for would-be millionaires to choose dentist as their occupation in Japan. Rather than becoming medical doctors, dentists were often thought as a shortcut to the rich. Actually some decades ago, it was hard to find POOR dentists in Japan. However, it seems to have become a past legend of millionaire myth. It's [...]
Japanese Yen rises higher
It's a real surprise for many of Japanese businesses. Today's news says 1 dollar became equivalent to 83 JPY. This seems the highest exchange rate for Japanese Yen to US dollar in the last 15 years. Some or maybe many have suspected this high rate since the crash of American Economy by sub-prime loan crisis. Also some of them even expect [...]
Emperor visits Nasu
Emperor of Japan often visit resort areas in Japan especially in hot summer time for escaping from busy days and taking a rest. Close to my hometown, there is a popular resort palce, NASU. Emperor would visit there every now and then, remembering the time of his visit, the roads are crowded with people to celebrate the visit with national [...]
Obon Time of Japan
It's an update in this blog after a long time interval. Sorry about it. Now we have, what we call, Obon time in Japan, which is one of traditional national events with consecutive national holidays. Usually people of Japan enjoy holidays from 13th to 15th of August, and many go back to their hometown. The reason for their retruning home is [...]
