What and how Japanese buy on Yahoo! Auction
In Japan, Yahoo! Auction rules the roost, and this recent survey from Media Interactive (iResearch) into Yahoo! Auction showed that they als....
26 Dec 12:55 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Posh brand bags not expensive to 1 in 4 Japanese women
I have zero interest in brand bags, and fortunately my wife grew out of her habit long before we met, but looking at this recent survey from....
17 Dec 11:50 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cosmetic sets also for men this Christmas
Apparently there has been somewhat of a trend regarding men becoming more interested in skin care, so this survey from iShare took a look at....
16 Dec 12:24 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Asia is now the biggest market for Japan’s nonfinancial listed firms
According to Tuesday morning’s Nikkei, Japan’s nonfinancial listed firms earned greater sales from Asian markets than from the US for th....
15 Dec 2:43 am  from  Japan Economy News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Update on will China buy Japan Inc.
A FEW DAYS ago, we had a post about three Westerners who are Gold Card members in good standing of the transnational, global governance jet ....
10 Dec 3:21 am  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Land use in China
IN THE POST immediately preceding this one, Prof. Shimojo Masao makes a reference to agricultural reform in China and the private ownership ....
8 Dec 6:00 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Will China buy Japan Inc.?
GOT THE BLUES after all the gloom and doom about the economy in some recent posts? What’s the solution when the news on the financial page....
7 Dec 2:28 am  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Government sponsored mortgage discounts coming in 2010
It has been projected that in 2009, Japan’s housing starts will fall below the one million mark for the first time in 42 years. In respons....
6 Dec 10:02 pm  from  Japan Economy News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Flying the friendly skies
THE COMMON MISCONCEPTION that Koreans and Japanese have difficulty being civil to each other, much less associating on amicable terms, conti....
4 Dec 3:20 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Takenaka Heizo fires back
TAKENAKA HEIZO, the privatization and economics guru during the administration of former Prime Minister Koizumi Jun’ichiro, has been one o....
2 Dec 6:00 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Yahoo! Japan Testing Office Version For Enterprise Workers
The dominant portal/search Yahoo! Japan is testing a customized portal for office workers. On Yahoo! Japan’s top page, which is the most v....
1 Dec 7:37 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Is it time to short China?
“I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That k....
1 Dec 6:00 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kamei Shizuka speaks
FOR A MAN who’s the head of a splinter party with a mere handful of Diet seats, Kamei Shizuka speaks loudly and carries a big stick in the....
30 Nov 5:26 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Someday do we have to pay for twitter? what is its real value?
I would like to continue with a comment I wrote in Paul’s blog about the fact that Twitter Japan is planning to charge for its service. Si....
29 Nov 2:31 am  from  zuco   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Will Japan’s economy go belly up?
“As the Japanese certainly realize, both restoring banks and corporations to solvency and implementing significant structural change are n....
29 Nov 12:51 am  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Free collectables with food items
In Japan, there’s always some brand or other of soft drink in particular that has a free collectable gift attached to it, such as figurine....
28 Nov 12:02 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Job Offers for Graduates Down 7.4%
Job offers for graduating job seekers as of October 1 were down to 62.5%, which is almost level with the lowest marks of 60.2% and 61.3% fro....
20 Nov 12:19 pm  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo is World Capital of Gastronomy
Major restaurants always covet Michelin stars, one of the food industry’s premiere signs of success. The latest edition of the Michelin ....
18 Nov 5:54 am  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Links and Resources: Online Colleges’ “100 Best Blogs for International Business Students”
Online Colleges recently published their list of the “100 Best Blogs for International Business Students.” I definitely recommend checki....
17 Nov 11:11 pm  from  Japan Economy News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Global Entrepreneurship Week / Japan
The Global Entrepreneurship Week / Japan starts today in Tokyo.The event schedule and locations here:http://www.entrepreneurshipweek.jp/en/e....
16 Nov 10:41 pm  from  Hightech Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Business Manners: Meishi Koukan
A little bit about exchanging business cards in Japan. Stack up on your cards if you are coming over to do business over here: — Akiha....
15 Nov 6:46 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan: Debating the fate of Shimokitazawa
Tokyo has no lack of small, winding streets. Shibuya has its maze of criss-crossing shōtengai, Roppongi its club-lined back alleyways, Ueno....
4 Nov 11:50 am  from  Chris Salzberg   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan: Bloggers on the Nakagawa affair
Over a week has passed since now-infamous footage of Japan's former finance minister Shōichi Nakagawa stumbling through a 20 minute spe....
27 Feb 5:31 pm  from  Chris Salzberg   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan: Google Japan and PayPerPost
Motohiko Tokuriki at Tokuriki.com posts a long discussion [ja] of the recent PayPerPost incident at Google Japan. Tokuriki writes that while....
13 Feb 4:34 pm  from  Chris Salzberg   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan: The future of Toyota
Michi Kaifu at Tech Mom from Silicon Valley responds to news that Toyota “crown prince” Akio Toyoda is to take the company's....
10 Jan 9:55 am  from  Chris Salzberg   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan: J-CAST vs. newspapers
Blogger smashmedia points to [ja] Japanese business news site J-CAST's recent negative campaign against traditional media. The blogger p....
6 Jan 10:10 pm  from  Chris Salzberg   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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