888naff said...

888naff at 06:54 AM JST - 9th September

As Dyson is given as an example I would say that they had to up their game to enter the Japanese market.

I'm sure with the help of Japanese locals they employed they have managed to improve their product.

Its certainly better than the uk models which is funny when…

Posted in Foreign manufacturers steadily make inroads into Japan at 06:54 AM JST - 9th September
888naff at 05:05 PM JST - 8th September

@Burakumin Record unemployment issues being an export country don't the current issues have more to do with the dodgy hot headed work started in the financial industries in the USA and UK. Isnt that where the current recession was started? Not sure the LDP or DJP or the cleaner in…

Posted in Out with the old at 05:05 PM JST - 8th September
888naff at 10:23 PM JST - 7th September

Molenir "I have a seriously hard time taking anything the gloom and doom eco nuts say about the environment seriously. They've been consistently wrong for so long,"

Have they always been so wrong? have any evidence?

what's your view on this?: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8236797.stm quite a rise in temperature in the last…

Posted in Typhoons stronger than Katrina may hit Japan if global warming continues, researchers warn at 10:23 PM JST - 7th September
888naff at 09:10 AM JST - 6th September

hate the hair for starters

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888naff at 06:09 AM JST - 6th September

article starts with "Smart phones (think Apple’s iPhone)"

mmm..shall i read any more?...smart phoines were around way before the iphone and even now the iphone can only claim to makes up a tiny % of the smartphone market worldwide whatever the fanfare

... shall i read the rest of the…

Posted in iPhone turns corner in Japan at 06:09 AM JST - 6th September
888naff at 06:04 AM JST - 6th September

British papers love the wacko japan thing. From what i'm told on location reporter submits normal japanese story back to uk; it gets binned or edited by the time it gets to the editor.. they are only intreasted in news from Japan if it fits their image of what news…

Posted in British papers revel in Miyuki Hatoyama's twilight zone adventures at 06:04 AM JST - 6th September
888naff at 01:33 AM JST - 5th September

Louie Psihoyos was caught telling the press that the whole world is shocked at this.

no not really... maybe just in his view of "whole world"

Posted in Star of Taiji dolphin-hunt film wants to win over Japan at 01:33 AM JST - 5th September
888naff at 07:56 AM JST - 4th September

like selling snow to the eskimos

Posted in Mercedes-Benz launches 1st imported luxury hybrid model in Japan at 07:56 AM JST - 4th September
888naff at 04:58 PM JST - 3rd September

national?... maybe us national news.

Posted in WWII vets mark Japan's surrender aboard battleship at 04:58 PM JST - 3rd September
888naff at 08:14 AM JST - 2nd September

someones been having a nice time out... and its their job.

Posted in 1st Michelin Kyoto, Osaka gourmet guidebook to come out Oct 16 at 08:14 AM JST - 2nd September