motytrah said...

motytrah at 09:23 AM JST - 19th November

Okay, show of hands, how many of you knew Delta was the third largest airline running in Japan (because they merged with NWA)? American has 3 routes form the US to Japan, Delta has 9 + another dozen Japan to Asia routes. In temrs of adding connecting passengers, America can…

Posted in Delta, SkyTeam offer $1 billion to Japan Airlines at 09:23 AM JST - 19th November
motytrah at 01:11 AM JST - 13th November

The issue is related to Toyota cars and SUVs with electronic gas peddles. Meaning there isn't a physical cable running from the peddle to the engine. Instead there is a switch at the peddle and a computer determines how fast the car should be going.

One of the deaths was…

Posted in Over 1,000 Toyota owners report sudden acceleration; 19 may have been killed at 01:11 AM JST - 13th November
motytrah at 10:13 AM JST - 12th November

As far as I can tell they are just scaling up the western roommate concept. Take some luxury apartments only western expats would rent, repartition it into a larger common space and a bunch of small bedrooms. Collect the profit. When one renter leaves the landlord is only out 1/5…

Posted in Meet the brains of Tokyo's women-only housing boom at 10:13 AM JST - 12th November
motytrah at 02:29 AM JST - 9th November

My first experience with Indian consulting was with one of the biggest Indian Contract Companies (Tata). They said they could provide workers at 1/2 of the price of a traditional contract worker. They said even less if we contracted a woman! Yay for sexism!

My experience is they are mixed…

Posted in Indian engineers becoming backbone of Japan's IT industry at 02:29 AM JST - 9th November
motytrah at 12:42 PM JST - 8th November

Seems a bit early for Christmas movies.

Posted in Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit at 12:42 PM JST - 8th November
motytrah at 02:52 AM JST - 1st November

Past Wii sales have been helped a lot by price. Traditionally the Wii was cheaper than the other consoles by at least $100. Even at the cheaper price point the Wii has always been sold at a profit. Whereas the PS3 and 360 needed people to buy 4-5 games before…

Posted in Nintendo's profit dives as Wii demand dwindles at 02:52 AM JST - 1st November
motytrah at 11:40 AM JST - 30th October

This is a country where instructions for tax forms can be found in Manga format.

Posted in Manga men at 11:40 AM JST - 30th October
motytrah at 12:26 AM JST - 25th October

What the heck is she holding up?

Posted in Misako Yasuda at home in Akihabara with 'TowelNet' at 12:26 AM JST - 25th October
motytrah at 12:23 AM JST - 25th October

If you watch the link above the burger is disgusting. The guy brings it up to his mouth and grease starts pouring off the burger. It's just nasty.

Posted in Windows Whopper at 12:23 AM JST - 25th October
motytrah at 09:44 AM JST - 21st October

@Sarge On their own dime? Maybe 1% of the population. A subset of that could actually afford to have the personal attention you can get from the Ritz. But a lot of people go there for business and ultimately aren't paying for it.

Posted in Ritz-Carlton Tokyo named best hotel in Japan by Conde Nast Traveler readers at 09:44 AM JST - 21st October