Japan | News Following the Fukushima Disaster
Between the Poles’ Geoff Zeiss has been keeping good ties on the continued problems in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan. Here’s a link to the newest articles.
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Category: Japan
Japan | Manufacturing and Decoupling Success – Will it Survive?
Japan’s Successes are based on a model that embodies decoupling. Will the global requirements of business and design cripple that model?
Read MoreJapan 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 MoreJapan Disaster Continues
The people of Japan are still fighting wreckage, flooding, power shortages, infrastructure failure, and radiation… and it ain’t over
Read MoreJapan | 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 MoreJapan – 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...
Read MoreJapan – 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’...
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Japan Day 1
After getting a feel for everything, we went to see my new friend Yuji Fukuoka at Nishida Machine...
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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….
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