Japanese Supermodel, Ebihara Yuri, was all shook up.
The supermodel was caught in a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that shook Hawaii earlier this month.
Ebihara is also known as Ebi-chan. Chan is an …
Archive for October, 2006
Japanese Supermodel, Ebihara Yuri, All Shook Up
NTT DocoMo Feels the Heat
Since the very recent advent of mobile phone number portability, the Japanese cell phone market has seen quite a bit of activity.
NTT DoCoMo just recently lowered is anticipated revenue for the year b…
Bank of Japan to Raise Employee Bonuses
When you ask a Japanese how much money they make they won’t tell you. It’s the same everywhere.
But, if they did tell you, you would need to know two figures. One is their monthly income. …
Matsushita Has More Good News For Japanese Economy
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. offered up more good news for the Japanese economy.
Matsushita Electric, a leading consumer electronics company, reported sales were up 3.1% over the same time perio…
Japan’s Sanyo Teams Up With China’s Haier
Japan’s Sanyo Electric Co. has decided to go in cahoots with electronic maker Haier Co. of China.
The two companies will collaborate on the producting and selling home-use refrigerators.
Sanyo w…
Survey Says! Number Portability Draws Little Interest in Japan
The internet-based research firm, Macromill, Inc. surveyed 1,600 mobile users 15 years or older across Japan. They got responses from 1,030 of them
Just 5.4% said they planned to take advantage of the…
Business Too Good For Softbank Mobile
Softbank Mobile Corp. of Japan found their strategy too good.
A new policy (number portability) in Japan to allow customers to bring their phone numbers with them when they switch carriers went…
Tokyo Asks China to Label Exports
Tokyo has asked China for its cooperation. Businessmen being businessmen and doing what they need to make a buck…at all costs, sometimes, Tokyo suspects the DPRK of trying to pass its goods to J…
READ MOREFord Finally Learning Lessons From Japanese Carmakers
Ford Motor Company’s Vice President of Environmental and Safety Engineering is in Japan.
The VP told a group of Tokyo reporters that Ford was committed to ecological technology, including more e…
Japan and Russia Agree to 2007 Fishing Quota
There are four islands that poke out to the north from Hokkaido. Russia claims they own the two nothern most islands and Japan say all four of them are Japan’s.
The territorial issue has been a …
