Archive for the ‘Japan’ Category

Japanese Sake

Sake – the SA is pronounced like the so in sod. And the KE is pronounced like the ke in Ken. Not like ‘key’. If you say it right you will already sound cool.
Last year, exports …

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 29th, 2006 in Japan | No Comments

Internet2 is Almost Ready – Look Out Doraemon

Okay, my microprocessor still runs on hamsters, okay? But, I didn’t even know about Internet2.
Apparently it goes at 10Gps, or nearly 1000 times as fast as my www.comcast.com connection.
Did you…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 28th, 2006 in Japan | No Comments

Japan Secured Warrants for Arrest of N. Korean Agents Accused of Kidnapping

Japanese police obtained arrest warrants for two former N. Korean agents who are suspected of kidnapping a Japanese citizen 26 years ago.
The two characters are now 76 and 78 years old. Now, that̵…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 26th, 2006 in Japan | No Comments

Anti-Japanese Protests – Professor Wang Jisi Responds

Dean of Peking’s School of International Studies, Wang Jisi, spent the day before advising President Hu concerning his upcoming visit with President Bush. He then flew to San Francisco to attend…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 26th, 2006 in China, Japan | No Comments

Saddam’s Bad Intel

Doing business anywhere, in Russia, Korea, Japan China or elsewhere depends on good communication among partners and unfortunately among the political leaders as well..boneheaded as they may be.
Dr. V…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 22nd, 2006 in China, Japan, Russia | No Comments

Brookings Institution – Questions and Insights

This is one last blog about the panel discussion of the fellows from Brookings Institution when they spoke at UC San Francisco.
It is not difficult to see how politics influences business influen…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 20th, 2006 in China, India, Japan | No Comments

Yuan-Kang Wang of Brookings Institution

Dr. Yuan-Kang Wang of Brookings Institution recently spoke on a panel at UC San Francisco.
Dr. Wang emphasized the need to keep a balance of power between China and the US and to maintain a …

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 18th, 2006 in Asia, China, Japan | No Comments

Dr. Bojiang Yang – Brookings Institution

Dr. Bojiang Yang recently spoke on a panel at UC San Francisco about relations in North East Asia.
Of the five speakers, Dr. Yang was the most difficult to follow. It had much to do with not…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 17th, 2006 in All about Korea, China, Japan, Russia | No Comments

Bojiang Yang – Brookings Institution

Bojiang Yang of the Brookings Institution is one of China’s leading experts on Japan.
He is currently Professor and Director of the Institute for Japanese Studies and for the Division …

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 17th, 2006 in China, Japan | No Comments

Japan Offers China 360 TV Programs

Mainichi News reported that Japan has offered to air 360 Japanese TV programs in China and that China will seriously consider it.
What a great step to promote understanding between these two countrie…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 14th, 2006 in China, Japan | No Comments