The empire collapse: JPs family business case
2020年10月19日 Family Business
The names in the following are fictitious. Cha has been a well-established Japanese family. They own and operate a group of academic institutions, high-school, cram school, and college, all of them are under their business arm. Victor (89) is the founder, and the chairman of the group. Abe, Victor’s first son (62) committed suicide due …
Taiwan’s future: Fortune telling of Audrey Tang
2020年10月16日 China
In this May, a friend of mine, Ms. Cameria made an analysis on Mr. Xí Jìnpíng. According to the so-called Asian zodiac, Xi won’t be able to pursue the both: economic growth and the China Communist Party unification. It was a dilemma: maintaining the economy, the system would collapse, while reinforcing top- down power, …
Why the new hotel business failed: three crucial reasons? Part2
2020年10月14日 Philosophy
When it comes to enter into the new business, two extreme cases can be analyzed. Eccentric Co, (Anonymous ), originally started as a company dealing with pachinko, Japanese slot machine business, during the inbound boom late 2010s’, started hotel business. Their hotel chain called Ecc hotel had developed in a short term to the nation …
Low inheritance tax ? or high profit? – JPs family business dilemma-
2020年10月12日 Family Business
President Henry, who owns and manages the company Dash, asked Mr. Inamori* the following three questions. Tax advisor encouraged us to make business loss, to reduce the share price, so that we can minimize the inheritance tax, should we follow his advice? Is that justified that company assets are liquidated to pay inheritance tax ? …
Jomondo and Bushido, how are those two associated?
2020年10月10日 Japanese Culture
Mr. Kato has released the following interesting comparison between Jomondo and Bushido in his article Jomondo news letter no 49. The followings are its summary incorporating my own interpretation of the theme. Do: the pass way, which human beings and the universe ,as a whole, have been followed and maintained. Jomondo: the value which ancient …
For foreigners to lease the real estate from Japanese owners
2020年10月8日 Japanese Society
Sometimes for foreigners to lease up a good properties in Japan, we have to consider the following potential issue . This is not exactly the racial discrimination but due to past bad experience or concerns, some Japanese owners are reluctant to lease the property to foreigners. In that case, there are several approaches to be …
Why the new hotel business failed: three crucial reasons?
2020年10月6日 Philosophy
Eccentric Co, (Anonymous ), originally started as a company dealing with pachinko, Japanese slot machine business, during the inbound boom late 2010s’, started hotel business. Their hotel chain called Ecc hotel had developed in a short term to the nation wide hotel chain. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Ecc had been underperforming as their main target …
Big picture of Japanese Master Plan and Zoning
2020年10月5日 Japanese Society
In Japan, the master plan, which can be interpreted as the urban development planning, has been structured as following. This would give you a big picture on how we can find a sort of guideline for the real estate development. 1 Planned area: Toshi Keikaku kuiki 都市計画区域 Most of the area in Japan …
Engineers’ becoming a top salesperson Part 2
2020年10月2日 Philosophy
Engineers’ becoming a top salesperson Yang, a Seiwajuku member and a president of a uniform distribution company, asked Mr. Inamori * how his company can reinforce the sales department as Yang is not good at sales. Mr. Inamori shared with Yang important tips on how to improve the sales performance of Yang company. The …
Land Price trend & prospects in Japan
2020年9月30日 Market Trend
In Japan there are two national land price surveys: 1 Chika koji survey as of Jan 1st, conducted by MLIT, 2 Chika chosa survey as of July 1st, conducted by each prefecture. The result of Chika chosa survey as of July 1st 2020 has just been announced. Generally, nation wide commercial land price has dropped …