Japan’s economy grew for the fifth straight quarter – at an annual rate of 1.9%.
Continued consumer spending + solid company investment + booming exports = Solid and balanced growth.
Last year the economy grew 3% – …

There must be a reason why I keep harping on this?
Imagine buying a used car for $26K and then turning around and selling it for almost $30K. That’s what you can do if you can …

Honda Motors has decided to build a new factory in the heartland of the US.
There is already one such factory right up the street from where I grew up, Cincinnati, OH.
They plan to produce a small …

Google has found a new way to do business in Japan.
Google will team up with Japan’s International Telephone Co. KDDI to offer Internet search services in Japan via mobile phone starting in about two …

There is now a version of Toyota’s Prius that can get more than 100mpg.
Some dude in California figured out how to put a bigger and longer lasting battery pack into his Prius, and then plug …

Nintendo has created a new game console that will go head to head to head with XBox and Playstation .
The official name of the playstation is Wii….pronounced Wee…as in Wee Wee Wee all the way …

ichi ni san shi go
hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, yottsu, itsutsu
ikko, nikko, sanko, yonko, gokko
yi, er, san, si, go
eins, zwei, drei, vier, fumpf
unos, dos, tres, quadro, sinko.
odun, dva, tre, cheteree, pyarch ( I don’t know how to …

In Japan, Sony is attacking Apple with its Mora Online Music store.
Sony has many popular songs from its own record label and thus is able to bypass iTunes.
That alone will encourage many Japanese …

This robot is cool.

"His name is Wakamaru.
He/it can almost be considered one of the family. It can recognize up to 10,000 words. (I wonder if it can speak English….I don’t think I even …

Japan’s blogs are grumbling big time because Japan has placed a ban on the resale of some goods.  In short, Japan is trying to close down the second-hand stores.
Starting April 1st, Japan will place a …