I learned how to use a computer in Japanese. I knew the tool bar titles in Japanese BEFORE I learned them in English.
My first PC was made by www.nec.com. And what I remember most vividly …

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 …

People can’t wait for a Prius. I mean they really can’t wait.  What I want to say is they have stopped waiting.
The Camry hybrid is available now. A new Prius can be acquired in time …

Toyota is not the only Japanese company that can build factories in North America.
Honda plans to open up a new plant in North America by 2009.
Sales are up for Honda but supply lags and the North …

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 CEO, Satoru Iwata,says TETRIS Tetris wouldn’t make it…IF…it were pitched to today’s game publishers.
He says that the video-game industry has become too obsessed with big-budget games that appeal to only the hard-core gamers.
A couple of days ago …

Try as I might, I could not teach my hillbilly brothers and sisters that a dollar isn’t what it used to be.
When I first moved to Japan about a hundred years ago…(actually it was around …

FORD and GM are planning to lay off 55,000 factory jobs.
Everybody say, "Ouch!"
Meanwhile, KIA which is owned by HYUNDAI announced that it is planning on building a $1.2 Billion dollar plant in peanut …