Good News from Japan for GM

Business Financial News reported Japanese dealers have cut the number of GM dealerships that handle GM cars.
The question is what too them so long – GM cars have never been popular in Japa…

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Posted by Bill Belew on June 12th, 2006 in Japan | No Comments

Toyota Changes What the World Drives – Prius & DiCaprio

In about 13 years Toyota has gone from a brainstorming session to creating and selling and teaching the world there is another way.
1993 – Toyota initiates the G21 project to develop a small ca…

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Posted by Bill Belew on June 12th, 2006 in Japanese Products | 1 Comment

Play the Exchange Rate Game

All Headline News reported that Japanese exporters are trying to take advantage of the Rise in the Yen rate.
When the dollar spikes, they try to sell it in order to save up for later purchases in the …

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Posted by Bill Belew on June 12th, 2006 in Japan | No Comments

Toyota, Honda, Ford Hybrid Tax Credits

Toyota hybrids have hit the ceiling – the tax break ceiling.
The limit of 60,000 cars was surpassed already BUT…because of some funky law, buyers have until Sept 30th to buy a Prius and s…

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Posted by Bill Belew on June 11th, 2006 in Japanese Products | No Comments

Hallucigenia01

I admit, I wasn’t overly impressed with Yamanaka Shunji’s various designs till I read the specs on this one.
It is an eight wheeled vehicle that he and Chiba Institute of Technology’…

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Posted by Bill Belew on June 11th, 2006 in Japanese Products | No Comments

The Japanese National Anthem

Do you want to embarass a Japanese – ask them to sing their national anthem. It is indeed a real sleeper.  It is old – no problem with that – but it is also outdated.
Its title …

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Posted by Bill Belew on June 11th, 2006 in Japan | No Comments

Who Likes to Travel to Japan?

The second most popular visitor to Japan comes from a place called Other. Which means a bunch of places – and nearly 1,230,000 people travel toJapan.
Most visitors to Japan come from t…

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Posted by Bill Belew on June 9th, 2006 in Japan | No Comments

Toyota is Tops in Quality – AGain…!

According to a JD Power and Associates’ 2006 Initial Quality Study, Toyota and its upscale Lexus division took 11 of 19 vehicle-category top spots.
Toyota’s Camry and Corolla sedans, …

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Posted by Bill Belew on June 9th, 2006 in Japanese Products | No Comments

Dentsu and Mistsubishi are in Kahoots

Dentsu holds the largest share of the Japanese advertising market…which is the second largest in the world compared to the US.
They also have a cool main page with lines going up and down and gr…

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Posted by Bill Belew on June 9th, 2006 in Japan | No Comments

Japanese Head to Cebu & Manila

The post has been moved to; Japanese Head to Cebu & Manila

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Posted by Bill Belew on June 8th, 2006 in Japan | No Comments