Japanese Society
Three candidates for next JPs PM
2020年9月4日 Japanese Society
In Japan, till September 3rd, three candidates for the head of the Liberal Democratic Party have been announced. I would like to conduct a sort of comparison in their policies and impact on real estate investment especially for non-Japanese investors. Directions to be shared As is conditions will be maintained 100% of free hold …
What we really can NOT share with others in a global economy -capitalism VS communism-
2020年8月29日 Japanese Society
Case In 2005, when I was undertaking an MBA program, I was the president of a form of an Art Club. We organized several events. One day, one of the core members of the organization asked me to arrange an event: where people come to a school cafeteria, with a bottle of wines. …
Why I hate desperate seniors? How to tender good resource in a company
2020年7月30日 Japanese Society
Recently, I had a big discussion with young entrepreneurs. They all said that seniors in Japan would waste a lot of precious resources in Japan and getting rid of them would be a drastic but the most efficient remedy for Japan’s recovery. The conversation allowed me to think whats’s wrong with them and how …
To mitigate the confidentiality risks in Japan
2020年7月28日 Japanese Society
Naoki Hanzawa, is a drama title, the most watched M&A TV series in Japan. A friend of mine who is well familiar with M&A deal commented on this drama, as some parts are really different from the reality. His comments reminded me of confidentiality practice in Japan. We Japanese are somehow a bit less sensitive …
Natural Disaster Risk Management Process in JP
2020年7月18日 Japanese Society
This morning I tweeted as follows (@yukotomizuka) Flood risk should be explained to potential buyers→ How to mitigate disaster risks in JP, 1 assessing by investigating the past records, 2 double checking the current resilience, 3 arranging necessary insurance. Detailed will be explained in our BLOG The announcement was made as follows: MLIT-the Ministry of Land, …
Why doing business in JP is so difficult?
2020年7月16日 Japanese Society
I would like to point out three fundamental reasons. 1 Language 2 Matured economy 3 Ambiguous power structure 1 Language Most Japanese don’t speak English. That’s very funny. From junior high school to university, most of Japanese spend a lot of time in learning English. However, quite a few people use English …
Which part in Japan we can expect the population growth?
2020年7月14日 Japanese Society
In order for us to develop investment strategies, demographic trend is one of key indicators. I would like to spend time to analyze demographic dynamism and its future trend. Statistic from the government shows the following. Top five prefectures where demographic growth have found. 1 Tokyo 2 Okinawa 3 Saitama 4 Kanagawa 5 Aichi …
Why summer vacation in Japanese is so short? – Blue ocean under new normal-
2020年6月26日 Japanese Society
When I traveled to Italy 20 years ago and was hopping city by city, my Italian friend asked me why I don’t take one month vacation to stay longer and travel over decent time frame. I answered her that in Japan people can take maximum one week summer holiday, given the travel time by plane, …
Dannshari and Konmari
2020年5月19日 Japanese Society
Many of you have heard the name of Mary Kondo, who released her know-how on how to get your environment organized. This became a sort of best seller in many countries. At the same time, the word “Dan Sha Ri” has been well-used in our society. Dan means cutting, quitting something Sha means throwing away, …
Claim JP media for fairness, Chiba Mayor’s courage
2020年5月14日 Japanese Society
Chiba Mayor Mr. Kumagaya mentioned his opinion on media’s fairness regarding this COVID19 pandemic. This was well received by Japanese people and some deeply agreed with Kumagaya, and others encouraged Kumagaya to release his ideas more. Chiba is the fourth largest prefecture in greater Tokyo area in terms of population, and Narita airport and Tokyo …
