English School by Skype

I began to learn English conversation through Skype (remote communication tool) . The lesson is very effective for me because I have to say and make communication with teacher through the Internet and those teacher cannot use Japanese. Many of those teachers are university students in Philippine. I would like to continue this program and improve English skills more.

Delightful and meaningful discussion

The popular program Prof. Sandel(Harvard) lecture of NHK has finished last week. I watched the last program today by video. I was very impressed by the active discussion and the good atmosphere at this lecture. The attendant(students) have different kinds of background and many diverse opinions. Those lecture style is very impressive to me. 

Strong yen, Weak mind.

86yen=1 dollar. Yen is very strong. The reason of  this  is not clear. We should make use of this situation.

English, public language.

RAKUTEN (Japanese famous internet shopping mall company) decided their public language from Japanese to English. This is because this company is now growing abroad and the foreign workers are increasing. This episode is symbolic in business scene. Almost every kind of business is related to foreign growing market so the business language turn out to be English in many cases. 

Chinese power

Yesterday I attended to some lecture about Chinese economy in the near future. The growth of Chinese economy has just started now. The lecture(famous analyst) that the growth trend will continue ten years or more. This is very hopeful also for us because Japan is next to China.

Local Commitment

According to today's NIKKEI, several Japanese global companies are going to get local,excellect workers to be the president of their local companies. This is very effective to do and expand business abroad. Japanese people must challenge to compete with those people to be excellent workers.

Sightseeing business explode?

I visited Tokyo Disney Land this weekend. There were many visitors from many area in Japan and also from foreign countries. According to news, after July 1 more Chinese people are going to get Visa to Japan because the rule of permission Visa is easier to get. I think this makes good change to sightseeing business in Japan.