Swimming Race Game watching

I and my family went to swimming game event yesterday. My sons attended the game and took part in the game and match. This is the first time to see and attend, this event was very impressive for us. Those experience;challenging and have match with other swimming students, will become valuable for those attendants in their future study and work.

Oil price is rising

According to NIKKEI, oil price is rising and accelerated consistently after the revolution in Middle East. This may affect our home economy. We should think and know how we can manage economy in front of this difficult situation.

Huge earthquake in New Zealand

New Zealand earthquake news is announced yesterday. We Japanese worry about the lives in those area. We should all what we can do for the people in this area. Many people need rescue and help.I remembered the experience in Kobe earthquake.

Giant Panda has come

Last night, tho Giant Panda come from China to Ueno Zoo in Tokyo. They are expected to be the symbol of peaceful relationship between China and Japan. I would like to watch those Panda with my family soon and rethink about the history of those two countries.

Reform of the M&A process

According to NIKKEI,the government are going to reform the inspection process of M&A by the Fair Trade Commission. Especially the pre-consultation process are going to be abolished in order to make the process clear and easy to be understood by the people. This reform is expected to accelerate the reform of Japanese companies.

New type loan

According to NIKKEI, "Komeri";Home-center company has unique credit card service. That service"Agri- card" provide unique payment system; user can pay their debt once a year"the harvest month" for agricultural workers.This may be a new types of loan that is needed seriously in Japan.

Snowy day

From last night snow starts falling and ground has turned white near my house. This may make commuter train delay, so I should go out earlier and enjoy walking on the white carpet.

Changing world

We can see and know about changing world government,economy and lives through media;especially Internet based media(twitter and facebook). This new and powerful media must change our thinking and doing through its self-growing diffuseness. So this media does not need many cost to tell and inform. 

Kindle3 arrived !

The kindle which I bought arrived yesterday. I opened the package and now charging battery. This may change reading lives and getting information from e-books, magazines and newspapers. I was first impressed by the e-paper. This is really innovation.

Changing climate

Yesterday the weather was very changing. Cloudy in the morning, Snowing before the noon and Sunny in the afternoon! We should care of ourselves facing such a climate.

Using English as a tool can develop English skills

To develop English skill, what we should do first is using English as a tool for life. In the Internet we can do so right now. I ordered kindle3 via Internet and use English only. This mini trade makes me feel that its important and needed to use English more in our lives inside Japan.

Chinese shunsetsu festival

Yesterday I visited China-town in Yokohama. There held a Shunsetsu-Festival(Chinese new year festival) and many people visited and enjoyed active atmosphere. I ate Chinese fried noodle which is one of the most popular menu in China town.That short visit refreshed me .

How to face competition

I read some Economist's book about how to think and face competition and make a real happiness. I was impressed by this book "Kyosou no sahou" in Japanese. In this book we Japanese are not willing to face real competition by many reasons(one is ethics reason). And we are tend to twist the conditions to make better society with many peoples' happiness.  I think that we should know and learn from Sportsmanship( for example soccer's case)

Big merger in Japan

Japanese big steel companies(SHIN-NITTETU and SUMITOMO KINZOKU) has decided to start considering merger in order to compete with other global rivals. This decision gets their business stronger and also change management system adjusting to global level. This is a good news in SETUBUN(seasons change in Japanese). This news may be a sign of season?

Freshperson from foreign countries

Fast-retailing Co.,Ltd has decided to employ 80% freshperson from abroad. The main reason of this is to start new shops in other countries. This globalize also inside the company.This is good stimulus for business and people.

Spawn of eel was found

According to news,Japanese research team found natural spawn of eel first in the world. This is a good news for Japanese to get eel for KABAYAKI easily and inexpensively. The life of eel was mystery and not known by people but this find get us know how is the eel's lives also.