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ANA Eyes Global Budget Carrier
It seems unusual to me that a Japanese carrier, All Nippon Airways Co (ANA) is planning to set an international low-cost airline.
Japan's usual method is to improve on a product, do it right (high…
Uh Oh! Crane Tips Over in Japan
Well, Japan can't be totally efficient in everything they do.
A crane tipped over at a construction site in Tokyo.
The top crashed into the sixth floor of a neighboring building.
You can bet, the …
Question # 51 – Are the hospitals expensive if I must go in when teaching ESL in Japan?
Question # 51 – Are the hospitals expensive if I must go in when teaching ESL in Japan?
70-30 or 80-20…see # 49.
Hospital care is more affordable in Japan than it is America, for e…
84-year Old Spouse-Slayer Gets 8 Years
An 84-year old woman said that she took it for 50 years and she wasn't taking it any more….so, she killed him, her 80-year old husband.
Her husband didn't take the slaying lieing down…
Optical Technology to Replace Internet Protocol – Next Next Generation
A research group will be set up in Japan with the purpose in mind of developing an optical technology to replace the Internet Protocol as the global standard.
Net surfing, working on a notebook PC, an…
Finally! Someone Important Agrees with Me
I have been saying this all along. But then, who am I?
The U.S. has been crying foul. The Chinese yuan is undervalued. Let’s force the exchange rate so it will be more favorable for exchange. Th…
Making a Killing on Death
Japan's funeral industry is said to be worth some $10 billion and growing as Japan ages.
I remember when my Japanese father-in-law died. I was out teaching when I got the news. Around 10pm I made …
2008 Space Coast Marathon Results
Read the 2008 Space Coast Marathon Results.
It used to be that you could always find a Japanese runner or two or three among the top runners.
Not so much so in the men’s group anymore. The femal…
Cell Phone Credit Cards Increase 12-fold to 6 Million
The number of people using their cell phones as credit cards in Japan has grown to almost 6 million, 12 times what it was this time last year.
Users can make payments by merely holding their cellphone…
