Apple should build plants in Mid-West, instead of burning cash

Posted by on Mar 20, 2012 in Featured article, Mobile, Politics, Web/Tech | 1 comment

Yesterday Apple announced that they are paying dividend and will acquire companies. I have always wondering – why don’t they build a factory in the U.S., if they have money to burn?  Japanese auto companies, for a long time, have made SO MUCH effort to build and operate plants in the U.S., even though it could increase their production cost.  Why?  because they wanted to be a part...

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My article on SOPA

Posted by on Feb 6, 2012 in Featured article, Mobile, Politics, Web/Tech | 0 comments

I have a monthly column on Nikkei Business Online (Japanese), and a new article got just uploaded. It is about SOPA, and “California Civil War” between Silicon Valley and Hollywood. One aspect of SOPA is the new type of “trade friction” against overseas pirate sites, and it became a political issue because it relates to jobs. I explained the basic facts about the debate,...

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Mini-mosque as an “anti-terrorist” measure

Posted by on Aug 24, 2010 in Current Affairs, Politics | 0 comments

Ground Zero: Its Boundaries Are Elastic If this ugly fight is not about religious freedom, as the center’s opponents assert, if it is instead a question of honoring the dead and showing respect for the families of those murdered by Islamist fanatics on 9/11, how far from the World Trade Center site might Park51 be built to keep everyone reasonably satisfied? via www.nytimes.com I told my...

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From Huff Post – Naoto Kan: Japan’s Next Prime Minister?

Posted by on Jun 2, 2010 in Politics | 0 comments

via www.huffingtonpost.com Huff Post writes about Naoto Kan, the candidate running for the next Prime Minister of Japan, after Hatoyama announced resignation. Interesting...

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Hatoyama meets Obama …?????

Posted by on Sep 17, 2009 in Joke, Politics | 0 comments

via ameblo.jp Following up the previous article about Hatoyama impersonator. LOL Michi

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Hatoyama look-alike hits jackpot after 20 years › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

Posted by on Sep 16, 2009 in Joke, Politics | 0 comments

Acting on his mentor’s instructions, he donned the suit and jacket — which before he only wore for funerals and wedding receptions — and changed his hairstyle for a taping of Takeshi’s TV program. When the show aired, his appearance generated an industry buzz. via www.japantoday.com Hatoyama inpersonator rocks!!...

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