Archive for 10月 30th, 2009
Cigarette Tax
Japanese government today announced about the possibility of increase of cigarette tax in the near future. For smokers in Japan, this news is head-aching again. Often this tax is discussed in the diet of Japan, and often the new tax is activated. However, they say that Japanese cigarette price is still very low compared to the other [...]
Prime Minister of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama
Prime minister Yukio Hatoyama still has high support rate by Japanese nation after 2 months since dramatic election day. He says Japan needs to face new systems of politics, especially the old style of bureaucratic must be changed to politician leading decision making system, he says. What he says is simply natural thing. Nation [...]
Nasu Highland, the best place for Fall
In Fall of Japan, leaves turn red and fresh air will pass you by when you step in natural wonderland. If you plan a tour to Japan in Fall, one of the most recommended places is Nasu Highland or Nasu Kogen. This is a famous place for the Japanese as Emperor often uses the resort hideaway in Nasu Highland for escaping hot summer [...]
Super Cheap Jeans Battle
Japanese economy is still moody and people don't want to spend much on clothes recently. When the bubble economy in late 1980's, people hurried to buy as much brand fashion items as possible. That was a kind of hurricane time for Japanese economy. Now the time passed. We often hear Japan is in deflation time, so prices of things [...]
Sanyutei Enraku passed away
Rakugo is a traditional form of Japanese entertainment. It's a kind of comical play on the stage but exactly speaking, it's not a comedian's play. Rakugo is played by one person on the stage and the person who plays Rakugo acts as two person's role or sometimes more than that. And the story is made by the Rakugo player and he always [...]
UNIQLO made sales record again
Today, again we got a news of UNIQLO in Japan. It seems that UNIQLO made a record high in the sales last year. Some years ago, UNIQLO became out of fashion because too many people wear the brand and they easily notice who wear UNIQLO with a single sight. Peeple don't like it because UNILQO is thought to be an economy fashion rather than [...]
Joe Hisaishi works for business
// Joe Hisaishi is a renowned composer of Japan. He produced many splendid music works with Hayao Miayazaki, Takeshi Kitano and more film makers and many of them got international prizes at contests. His ability is arguably the god-sent talent and we still expect his new works to come out. Recently I read his book. He explained in the book [...]
Japanese living cost is high ?
// I live in 3 countries alternately. USA, New Zealand, and Japan. Among these countries, generally thinking the cheapest living cost country is thought to be New Zealand. In a sense, it's true. In New Zealand, monthly totlal spending is really small. But if I compare each item price one by one, the lowest price country woul be [...]
