My first duke blog was about a little guy, a blogger no less, in China being pushed around by a very rich guy.
This one is about a very very rich guy going after one of the …

Who would have thought that by doing something good you could make so many enemies?
The Toyota Prius and the Honda Civic Hybrids, not only get 50 mpg, they also get to travel solo in the …

Japan has four distinct seasons. Spring goes from March to May. Summer goes from June to August, Fall from September to November and Winter from December to February.
In Spring we enjoy the Cherry Blossoms . …

Here in the Valley (I live in Silicon Valley) Toyota Priuses were back ordered for months not long ago. I don’t know where it stands now. But people were buying these snazzy ‘green cars’ and …

I am looking at a chart that was published in a recent Businessweek article.
Since the early 1990s, when Japan’s recession supposedly began AND when Russia began to open up after the Berlin walls came tumbling down (I …

Which Asian country’s GDP expanded at 5 times the US rate of 1.1%?
If you guessed Japan, you are right. In the last quarter of last year, Japan’s GDP grew at a rate of 5.5% annual …

Bubba said the truck has to be big.
Bubba said the truck has to be powerful.
Bubba said the truck also needs Texas-size breaks to stop three-plus tons of horses, hay, gear and tralier from taking …

Japan’s Danube

I was talking to a Japanese student of mine today and he turned me on to one of Japan’s top ten most popular bloggers. So, I went to visit..virutally.
Her name is Chika Watanabe. www.chikawatanabe.com
What …

There is a flight from Taipei to Fukuoka (southern Japan) and Tokyo.
Taiwan’s EVA airlines www.evaair.com has teamed up with one of Japan’s most popular cartoon characters Hello Kitty to create www.hellokitty.com and come up …