Archive for 1月 14th, 2010
Permanent residents’ suffrage possible ?
Japanese leading political party, Democratic party, is preparing for submitting the new law, permanent residents' suffrage for district elections, or local area elections ( not for nation wide elections ). In Japan, the constitution says that the voting right rests with the Japanese nation, so it means the suffrage needs Japanese nationality, [...]
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 [...]
