Japan's Successes are based on a model that embodies decoupling. Will the global requirements of business and design cripple that model? ...Read the rest of this article...
Japan | Manufacturing and Decoupling Success – Will it Survive?
Japan Earthquake Impacts Honda UK Production
Honda UK cuts production 50% in the wake of the earthquake in March. Japan's economy slips further, and manufacturing continues to shrink. ...Read the rest of this article...
Japan Disaster Continues
The people of Japan are still fighting wreckage, flooding, power shortages, infrastructure failure, and radiation... and it ain't over ...Read the rest of this article...
Japan | Earthquakes and Tsunami Strikes Northeast
Earthquake off the coast of northeast Japan sparks a Tsunami that reaches half the globe. Dead, wounded, and missing numbers are rising as Japan deals with the aftermath. ...Read the rest of this article...
Japan – Feb. 28 Phrase of the Day
二月二十八日 Sukii tte ikkai yattara yamitsuki ni naru Once you try skiing, You’re hooked. スキーって一回やったら病みつきになる Today’s focus will be on ‘yamitsuki ni naru’ Yamitsuki means hooked; ni naru means to become. Repeat this over and over all day. My boys will work with it until they can repeat it on queue. Remember these are such a useful supplement. They helped me a lot. Bonus study. Can anyone figure out what this kana word is? Can [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Japan – Vocab 9/17/09
対応する [たいおうする] taiou suru – to correspond 対応「たいおう」 interaction; correspondence; coping with; dealing with; support Examples Vista対応のゲームを動かしたいのです。I want to run a VISTA game. Here VISTA対応 refers to ‘Corresponding’ or ‘Supported by’ Vista このファイルをCivil3D2010対応のファイルに変換して再送してくれますか。Can you please convert this file into a Civil 3D 2010 file, and resend it? Again here, 対応 is used as a modifier to express a supported version. その日本語に対応する英語はない。That Japanese word has no English equivalent. The usage A に対応する B はない is used [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Japan Day 1
After getting a feel for everything, we went to see my new friend Yuji Fukuoka at Nishida Machine Company in Sakai City, Osaka, Japan. We took a traing to Otori station. Trains….. Did you know that you can take a train to anywhere you want to go in Japan. They run on time. The gravest incident on a train delay within the last 10 years (I think) was an absolute melt down incident. The train [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Memphis Airport
Did you know that of the Smoking related deaths and accidents last year, that the cigarette poisons and related health issued only accounted for about 85% of the deaths. The other 15% was the wives of the poor bastards that just HAD to have that cigarette.... ...Read the rest of this article...