rgetty said...

rgetty at 09:52 AM JST - 9th July

You should see the signs here in Singapore telling people not to enter the train before the people get off, yet people still line up not caring right in front of the posters. I think it all boils down to education. I see children all the time acting without manners…

Posted in Subway manner posters attract popular attention at 09:52 AM JST - 9th July
rgetty at 10:15 AM JST - 22nd May

Looks like the J-companies have their work cut out reverse engineering this one! and all those billions dunped into blue-ray , what a waste! They could always pull a coup and pay bigger licensing fees then Samsung. This is just another example of the that J-companies really don't create anything.

Posted in All your movies on a single DVD at 10:15 AM JST - 22nd May
rgetty at 11:45 AM JST - 10th January

wanderlust: I totally agree. People have been touting the Japanese business model for so long, few bad months should not do so much damage. Unless like other things we hear about , Maybe they have been inflating their books too, or as some of you really refuse to believe. Maybe…

Posted in Toyota asks Japan workers to take pay cuts at 11:45 AM JST - 10th January
rgetty at 09:47 AM JST - 5th January

darkmnv: hahahha The Japanese didnt invent the hybrid, like most things they DONT invent they just were the first to market it. Like always the Japanese can afford to put out a product that loses money and not have to worry about it. The prius was losing money the first…

Posted in Toyota secretly developing solar-powered green car: Nikkei at 09:47 AM JST - 5th January
rgetty at 02:58 PM JST - 30th December

He is a smart guy, he will come back to Japan and reap his 15 minutes of fame, But I guess this being Japan he will get about an hours worth.

Posted in Japanese 'tenant' leaves Mexico City airport at 02:58 PM JST - 30th December
rgetty at 11:29 AM JST - 27th December

The US doesn't need the shinkansen technology they have ingenuity, unlike the Japanese. There is a company in the US that has been testing a mag-lev train that will run on existing tracks, no need to build expensive new ones.Its just a matter of having the will to do it.…

Posted in JR Tokai to examine introduction cost of linear-motor bullet train at 11:29 AM JST - 27th December
rgetty at 10:10 AM JST - 23rd December

This just shows the REAL picture of the Japanese companies that get this title of being very well run. It shows that the yen exchange rate is the biggest factor in these companies being profitable and not howthey are running their business.Thats just my opinion.

Posted in Gov't treads warily over assistance to Japan's auto industry at 10:10 AM JST - 23rd December
rgetty at 02:47 PM JST - 22nd December

Live by Export, Die by export.

Posted in Japan had record plunge in exports in November at 02:47 PM JST - 22nd December
rgetty at 12:10 PM JST - 17th December

Sangetsu: That has been the case. The fuel they have been testing in the airlines is a mix of algae and jatropa a plant from Central American with high oil content and can be grown in barren regions. They have been looking away from plant based fuels so as not…

Posted in JAL to test biofuel for airliner in January at 12:10 PM JST - 17th December
rgetty at 10:11 AM JST - 15th December

Knews: Toyota makes some of the most boring cars on the planet!

adaydream: Toyota didn't see the gas crisis coming they are not forward thinking, they were lucky, having a small car in a small country where they keep everything small, its just dumb luck. Like all Japanese companies they…

Posted in Toyota likely to be in red in fiscal 2nd half at 10:11 AM JST - 15th December