Happy New Year2010
Dear All,
Happy New Year from Japan!
Sun rise in Tokyo on January 1, 2010.
Noriko
January 04 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments »
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Does Japan’s Recession Really End?
Big news. The Cabinet Office announced that Japan’s economy grew 3.7 percent at an annual rate in the second quarter, positive GDP for the first time in five quarters.
The Japanese government says that the Japanese economy is out of recession. But, really? We are still skeptical - the employment rate is still high, wages continue to fall, and small and medium enterprises continue to suffer.
Time for “Banzai” is yet to come.
August 17 2009 | Weekly Articles | No Comments »
Spring is coming!
Cherry blossoms cheer people up. Let’s get “Genki”!
April 01 2009 | Life and Weekly Articles | No Comments »
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to everyone.
Noriko
January 02 2009 | Life and Weekly Articles | 1 Comment »
Fragile Protection of Our Information by Companies
“We want to apologize for leaking your personal information…” This is the email message that I received from a Japanese company the other day. A couple of days ago, the company sent out an e-newsletter containing the email addresses of all recipients. The recipients were able to see the email addresses of others. Some showed full names and company email addresses, and my name was there. Continue reading…
August 22 2008 | Technology and Weekly Articles | 1 Comment »
How to Enjoy Eating During Inflation
Eating good food is one of the joys of living. Good food satisfies our appetite and makes us feel happy. Eating fine foods is a joy for many Japanese. Some Japanese go to Napoli to taste real Napoli pizza; others go to Okinawa to enjoy goya champuru (bitter gourd), a famous Okinawa cuisine.
How can we maintain the joy of eating easily when recent oil price surges have affected our spending and lifestyle? With only 1,000 yen in one’s pocket, there are still many ways of getting good food, satisfying our appetite, and making us feeling happy.
August 16 2008 | Clothing, Food and Housing and Economy and Health Care and Life and Research and Technology and Weekly Articles | No Comments »
Temporary Employment
Our attention has been grabbed by the recent indiscriminate murder cases in Akihabara and Hachioji in Tokyo because the criminals were temporary staff.
Temporary Workers on the Increase
I know that there are many temporary workers, but I did not know how rapidly the number of temporary workers had increased over the past decade. According to the Statistics Bureau, the number of temporary workers was just 87,000 in 1987. That number reached 3.31 million in 2006. It can be said that ‘Haken’ (employing temporary staff) has become a common employment practice, taking over the traditional system of lifetime employment.
August 09 2008 | Life and Weekly Articles | No Comments »
