Japanese behavior
- Understanding Ichiro’s words through American master coaches lessons
- My friend and I were having lunch on March 24th, and she showed me that the World Baseball Classic final game was being played in Los Angeles as we were having our lunch in Tokyo. During my teenage years, with an American step-father who loved to watch sports on TV, our family watched some kind […]...
- 26 Mar, 2009 | No comments yet
- The way Japanese executives think about company responsibility
- I don’t know what percentage of Japanese executives feel this way, but last week, I’ve heard it directly from the director of major Japanese companies, like I did from many Japanese executives before. We are responsible for providing livelihood for the citizens. We have to think of ways to offer meaningful jobs for as many people as possible. He […]...
- 22 Mar, 2009 | 2 comments
- Potential of Twitter in Japan
- Uchida Yoko people thought it was another one of those crazy ideas I brought in. Rather than doing Q&A after panel discussion, I proposed that we set it up so that everyone can post question or comment during panel discussion to realize audience participation. I explained that people would feel freer to express […]...
- 29 Jan, 2009 | No comments yet
- Toyota dealership visit in suburban Tokyo
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectkobo/sets/72157612706079650/ Buying an automobile has never been an option to me since I moved from the US to Tokyo. Why would I want a car? Trains and buses are so cheap, they are everywhere, runs on time, clean, safe. Taxis aren’t so expensive. If I needed to drive somewhere for some reason, I would rent a […]...
- 18 Jan, 2009 | No comments yet
- Japanese boys addicted to PSP
- My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grind your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle...
- 28 Jan, 2008 | 4 comments
- Personal entertainment devices
- My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle...
- 14 Jan, 2008 | No comments yet
- Eating process is important
- My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle...
- 23 Aug, 2007 | 2 comments
- How I listen to music: iPod doesn’t do it for me anymore
- My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle...
- 22 Aug, 2007 | 1 comment
- Japanese are awakening to its own cultural history
- Certain ratio of population during any time of the history always fit the category of those who are awakening to its own cultural history. However, sometimes, there is surge of such awakening, and it seem at least the mass media in Japan are now picking up the topic of this awakening...
- 14 Sep, 2006 | 1 comment
- Why Japanese loves Louis Vuitton and ignore major foreign IT companies
- My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle...
- 23 Jul, 2006 | No comments yet
