What Do Startups Mean For Japan’s Future?
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is betting everything on an aggressive rebuilding of monetary and fiscal policy. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Much is …
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Obama Spa
These guys in Kyushu, Japan were going nuts when Barack Obama became president. They had election parties, and even invited the president to come and …
Instituitions Versus People: A Japanese Perspective
We have 3 kids who we are teaching to speak Japanese. We also have Japanese TV by satellite at home. This means that we show …
Bento: Go Forth Into The World, My Child
Bento. Traditional lunchboxes from Japan. I would go so far as to say that Bento is becoming an English word. In case you don’t know, …
Uh…The words are upside-down and sideways…
I appreciate the entheusiasm for foreign cultures, but this guy in Austin has these Kanji characters plastered upside down and sideways on his shiny truck. …
I’m On The Phone (and NO, I don’t see you.)
Working with Japanese engineers, one thing that was hard to get used to is how the phone is handled. I have noticed that for Japanese, …
Its Springtime: You’re fired.
Japan is funny sometimes. We watch Japanese TV at home (more than American shows) and I noticed that a number of TV personalities all disappeared …
The Gossip Machine – Fear it. Respect it.
Information flow in the Japanese community is down-right scary. One person hears something, then the grapvine kicks in, and before you know it, everybody knows …
Who is in charge?
Here is a funny story about ‘being in charge’ that came about on a multinational project’s ski trip a few years ago. A group of …
A look at Japan: Social networking for business not so important?
I love LinkedIn. In the US, lots of people do. This is a recognition that our relationships with people are important, and something worth keeping …
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