lurker said...

lurker at 08:15 PM JST - 6th April

onewrldoneppl:

Gotta disagree with you on this. While Yanai might personnally buy some foreign brand-name goods, it's difficult to argue with what he's done for the Japanese economy. Fast Retailing and Uniqlo drive an entire ecosystem of advertising, distribution, production and retail operations in Japan. And, while they manufacture wherever…

Posted in Japan's richest man calls goverment policy 'superficial' at 08:15 PM JST - 6th April
lurker at 02:36 PM JST - 6th April

Nice tears. Now I'm impressed with his acting skills.

Posted in Masatoshi Nakamura sheds tears over son's drug arrest at 02:36 PM JST - 6th April
lurker at 03:05 PM JST - 2nd April

It seems clear we will eventually be getting most of our content from the net, in HD quality, when we want it. I even question the necessity of the push to digital TV broadcasts - except to sell more TVs, of course :-)

Given the switch to HDD recorders, I…

Posted in Is television going the way of other obsolete media? at 03:05 PM JST - 2nd April
lurker at 02:57 PM JST - 31st March

What's that old joke?
Brazil is the country of the future - and always will be.

The "white people with blue eyes" gambit is similar to that used by the likes of Chavez and Mugabe...

Posted in Developing countries want say in world finance at 02:57 PM JST - 31st March
lurker at 08:32 PM JST - 10th March

What is actually important is how efficiently people work during normal hours.

This is the key point, IMO. If you don't increase productivity, overtime costs continue to remain high, and the work-life balance is unachievable.

The problem is that the bucho sitting at the front desk has most likely spent…

Posted in Work-life balance more important than ever at 08:32 PM JST - 10th March
lurker at 03:31 PM JST - 20th February

Other news reports have stated that the seatbelt sign was on. The flight attendants are unable to protect themselves, of course, but this obviously flushed out a few passengers who were ignoring the sign...

Posted in 43 injured on Northwest Airlines plane due to turbulence at 03:31 PM JST - 20th February
lurker at 04:06 PM JST - 10th February

maybe the same system, but i'll bet the price points will be a bit different. their goal is to "lower the water" in fixed costs and only pay exceptional employees more.

as ironchef noted, it could cause quite a stir among the nomura salaryman population...

Posted in Nomura to adopt merit pay system based on Lehman model at 04:06 PM JST - 10th February
lurker at 03:08 PM JST - 9th February

never mind names. it would be a major step forward if they could get some of their flight attendants to greet customers at all.

Posted in American Airlines adds customer-recognition technology at 03:08 PM JST - 9th February
lurker at 02:23 PM JST - 5th February

His name is Smiley Kikuchi.

This Japanese Wikipedia entry discusses the case, including today's news: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%82%AF%E3%83%81

Here's his blog: http://ameblo.jp/smiley-kikuchi/

Posted in 18 people to be prosecuted over insulting messages on comedian's blog at 02:23 PM JST - 5th February
lurker at 03:34 PM JST - 3rd February

He made an estimated 3 billion yen profit from the insider trading, so he probably won't go hungry...

Posted in High court gives ex-fund manager Murakami suspended prison term at 03:34 PM JST - 3rd February