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  • tshirt at 10:27 PM JST - 16th March

    limboinjapan: I wish I were wrong, but I've seen quite a few shops close recently, not to mention more than a few condominiums that are still empty a year or two after completion. What is happening now is the money from the bubble days is finally running out. It'll take…

    Posted in Bills for tuition-free schooling, child allowances pass lower house at 10:27 PM JST - 16th March

  • tshirt at 07:02 PM JST - 16th March

    5SpeedRacer5: The problem for Japan is the obligations (ie promises) the government has made. Year by year people will see their taxes increase and social services cut because of all of the money that has to be pumped into the public pension and medical systems. The terms tipping point and…

    Posted in Bills for tuition-free schooling, child allowances pass lower house at 07:02 PM JST - 16th March

  • tshirt at 05:16 PM JST - 16th March

    limboinjapan: You have to stop using exclamation marks if you want others to take you seriously!!!!!!!!! Please do so!!!!!!! Also! I don't know if it is really the governments job to 'make things fair.' Remember 50% of the children out there are below average, many who go on to high…

    Posted in Bills for tuition-free schooling, child allowances pass lower house at 05:16 PM JST - 16th March

  • tshirt at 04:46 AM JST - 8th March

    Seiyu hasn't made profit long before Walmart bought it out, I think Walmart has pumped half a billion dollars into the company and still can't get it into the black. My local Seiyu was renovated, but the shelves are constantly understocked and messy and the employees are indifferent and emotionless.…

    Posted in Seiyu aims to expand network of retail outlets at 04:46 AM JST - 8th March

  • tshirt at 07:46 PM JST - 15th February

    The government is upset that it's domestically produced and financed 'Confucius' isn't popular.

    Also, if people only in China are getting.... It's called propaganda.

    Posted in As 'Avatar' conquers world, Fox also eyes local releases in Asia at 07:46 PM JST - 15th February

  • tshirt at 03:25 PM JST - 1st February

    The list of top ten patent recipients from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) includes: IBM (4,914), Samsung (3,611), Microsoft (2,906), Canon (2,206), Panasonic (1,829), Toshiba (1,696), Sony (1,680), Intel (1,537), Seiko Epson (1,330) and HP (1,273).

    USA:10,630 Japan:8,741 Korea:3,611

    Only top ten companies and many of the patents…

    Posted in Problems at Toyota, JAL taint Japan Inc's image at 03:25 PM JST - 1st February

  • tshirt at 10:11 AM JST - 1st February

    All of these comments are overblown. Most airlines in Europe and America have either been bought out, closed down, or given government support. The business model itself is mostly to blame. JAL is like many of the European national airlines that has never been able to compete, it's not unique.…

    Posted in Problems at Toyota, JAL taint Japan Inc's image at 10:11 AM JST - 1st February

  • tshirt at 03:07 PM JST - 7th January

    For Apple it's about image and profit. Apple also controls 100% of the process, from the drawing board to the customer.

    For Google it's about upsetting the current way of thinking and getting people to use something new... and then make a percentage on that new product. So the bigger…

    Posted in Google, Apple spar in high-tech battle at 03:07 PM JST - 7th January

  • tshirt at 01:30 PM JST - 7th December

    When you drive a car, you accept some responsibility for any accident you are part of. Pedestrians and bicycles always have the right of way. It doesn't matter if the pedestrian was in the wrong, as an auto driver you must always be in control and anticipate others' actions.

    Look…

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  • tshirt at 10:22 AM JST - 1st December

    Most likely LED lights, which use about 10 watts for a string of 100. The older style would use 1000 watts for a string of 100.

    So, you could decorate two two meter trees (well) for the same energy usage as one standard light bulb. Pretty great really, you'll see…

    Posted in Christmas lights return to Omotesando after 11 years at 10:22 AM JST - 1st December

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