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unklesam said...

  • unklesam at 02:34 PM JST - 20th January

    Nice grab by the Marines. Iguchi is all but spent in the majors, but he has more than enough to compete in Japan. 'Nough said

    Posted in Iguchi set to join Lotte at 02:34 PM JST - 20th January

  • unklesam at 02:31 PM JST - 20th January

    Unions in Japan remain a joke. According to yesterdays DY the unions have failed to get pay raises for its members in the last 8 years ! Imagine that, your toyota company is making cash hand over fist and every year they deny you another raise ! Is this not…

    Posted in Toyota group unions to demand pay hike of at least Y4,000 at 02:31 PM JST - 20th January

  • unklesam at 02:23 PM JST - 20th January

    Holyman..."American car companies should focus on learning from the Japanese car companies and vice as verse."

    Why ??? GM has been the worlds largest auto manufacturer for 70 years. Ford has dominated it's industry as well. Both companies are in the top 20, as well as Chrysler, according to Forbes…

    Posted in Ford, GM, Chrysler skipping Tokyo auto show at 02:23 PM JST - 20th January

  • unklesam at 02:15 PM JST - 20th January

    12 years and counting ! Japan has the second largest economy in the world that simply stopped spending way back in 1996. You want more evidence that the current global economic crisis is "not" the sole responsibility of US style capitalism... look no further than Nippon. The Japanese closed their…

    Posted in Department store sales decline in 2008 for 12th year at 02:15 PM JST - 20th January

  • unklesam at 05:51 PM JST - 19th January

    "me I feel safer here than I have in any other country I have lived in."

    Ignorance is bliss.

    Posted in Murder rate rises in Japan but total number of crimes falls at 05:51 PM JST - 19th January

  • unklesam at 05:26 PM JST - 19th January

    Get real folks !

    Nigelboy wants to talk tariffs. Um, gee, I wonder why the US might impose tariffs on foreign cars. Could it be that nations like Japan, Korea, et al have enjoyed huge advantages in currency exchange rates ? 130-150 yen to the dollar over the past 15-20…

    Posted in Ford, GM, Chrysler skipping Tokyo auto show at 05:26 PM JST - 19th January

  • unklesam at 03:23 PM JST - 16th January

    The comedy continues.

    "overall drop in the crime rate in the country"

    Wrong ! The rate of crime has not declined, reporting it has !

    "which has long boasted of low crime"

    "Boasted"... yes ! Not the reality though, as Ambrosia points out...

    "Japan's got one of the lowest rates…

    Posted in Murder rate rises in Japan but total number of crimes falls at 03:23 PM JST - 16th January

  • unklesam at 02:48 PM JST - 16th January

    It's no wonder the Americans have chosen not to participate... there are merely no opportunities to sell foreign cars here... Oh yeah, Volkswagon agrees also. Top management there has stated time and time again that with greater access VW could increase its sales by as much as 30%. Lets hope…

    Posted in Ford, GM, Chrysler skipping Tokyo auto show at 02:48 PM JST - 16th January

  • unklesam at 02:01 PM JST - 16th January

    "Carmakers in Britain and across the world have been hit hard by the global economic downturn."

    Thank you OPEC ! $147 a barrel for oil is what triggered this "global economic downturn" Funny how the 12 nation members have gone suddenly quiet while the USA takes the heat for their…

    Posted in Nissan to cut British work force by 1,200 at 02:01 PM JST - 16th January

  • unklesam at 01:44 PM JST - 16th January

    I look for other major auto manufacturers to follow suit. Fact is Japan's markets remain closed to all foreign auto makers anyway... why bother with the expense of showing some of the most popular cars on the planet if the national government fails to provide fair access to the market…

    Posted in Ford, GM, Chrysler skipping Tokyo auto show at 01:44 PM JST - 16th January

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