Archive for 1月, 2010
Hideki Irabu, an ex-major leaguer, retired playing
Hideki Matsui recently moved his team from NY Yankees to Anaheim Angels. The same first name player, Hideki Irabu was also a member of NY Yankees from Japan. Hideki Irabu is not remembered well because he often commented badly about others and his attitude in the baseball field was not always good as an honorable major league player. [...]
PRISM is all time popular fusion band of Japan
There are and were good music bands in Japan. Recently Japanese music are thought to be VISUAL bands like X Japan. But some decades ago, there were very good jazz bands and fusion music bands. Especially Casiopea, Prism, and Square were the most famous and kept long time popularity in Japanese fusion music history. Japanese fusion bands [...]
Toshi of X Japan to divorce and bankrupt
X Japan is a globally popular band from Japan. Especially both their music and costume are like only one original in the world. They look like animation hero, and they seem to be good musicians too. In this band, X Japan, Yoshiki or late Hide are often focused because of their nice looking image and their special atmosphere on the stage. [...]
Shigeru Kobayashi, a great pitcher, died yesterday
For a little older baseball fans of Japan, Shigeru Kobayashi is a really unforgettable pitcher. Shigeru Kobayashi first played in Tokyo Giants, and through a dramatic and tragic trade, he transferred to Hansin Osaka Tigers. The trade is a kind of social case in the history of sports business. Shigeru Kobayashi was really a good pitcher and [...]
The birthrate of Japan is low, but lower in Taiwan
Today I heard a news about Taiwan's birthrate, and it seems close to only 1 baby a couple. This rate is lower than Japan. I believed the birthrate of Japan is the lowest among the advanced countries. But if this news is true, Taiwan is more serious. Actually Japan and Taiwan are similar in some ways. Both are highly IT developed and [...]
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 [...]
YUMIKO SHAKU to get married
Today there was a news about YUMIKO SHAKU, a Japanese actress. She seems to be getting married a same aged animal doctor in Japan. They are said to have met with each other when YUMIKO SHAKU took her pet to the doctor. YUMIKO SHAKU is a graduate from Gakushuin Women Junior College, and she appears on TV in various fields now. Probably [...]
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 [...]
