Japanese Customer: New Video - How to wash rice - Japanese style

We show you how to wash Japanese rice using a step by step approach that is easy to follow and will have you making a more tastier rice using this traditional Japanese technique.


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Japanese Customer: Japanese tourists to Hawaii down - fuel surcharge seen as main reason as customers search for value for money closer to home

"Marsha Wienert, state tourism liaison, said more Japanese visitors are not returning to Hawaii after their first trip in favor of new, cheaper destinations, such as Taiwan.Increased fuel costs are leading to higher ticket prices, she said."


Source:As fewer Japanese visit, Hawaii officials look to China and South Korea for tourists,
The Associated Press
Published: March 5, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/05/america/Hawaii-Tourism.php


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Japanese Customer: Japanese women try wider range of collagen products in search to keep beauty longer

"Japanese women enjoy a global reputation for porcelain skin and classic beauty, and it is not surprising that some entrepreneurs have tried to spread the collagen fad abroad"


Source:Pigs' feet and turtle blood fuel Japan beauty trend
Tue Mar 4, 2008
Reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUST23563520080304?sp=true

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Japanese Customer: Convenience stores spread their product line up with financial services and postage offerings

"Japan's over 40,000 convenience stores are using ubiquity to grab more lucrative businesses like banking and mail."


Source:Japan convenience stores restock
March 3rd, 2008
Reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com/news/
video?videoId=77259&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=Business&rpc=23&sp=true

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Japanese Customer: Taste test - Blue Seal ice cream made in Okinawa- great taste and wonderful souvenir for friends on the mainland

If you ever get to Chatan in Okinawa and you want to send a great souvenir to someone on the mainland in Japan, Blue Seal ice cream is a neat gift. Packed in an insulated box and delivered by refrigerated courier the ice cream you select will arrive in a few days after purchase to your friends address. Your friends will be surprised by the bright and well packed gift. A great choice of ice cream can be purchased. The selection we received included two dixie cups, eight bars and two tubs of ice cream. The bars were a variety of flavours and textures and included two big dip bars, two polar bear bars, two chocolate fudge bars, two chocolate fudge pops and two orange party t pops.

This pack is called the Blue Seal Variety pack


The taste is to die for. Rich, creamy and full taste. If your friends miss the real taste of ice cream this product will get them excited.























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Japanese Customer: Facial recognition vending machines launched in Tokyo JAPAN today July 1st 2008

The long awaited debut of facial recognition vending machines finished its roll out today in Tokyo as the last region in Japan to unveil the technology. Taspo is an age verification card for use on cigarette vending machines in Japan. The cards are embedded with an IC chip and can store credit so users can buy cigarettes without cash.

The card doesn't have to be inserted into a vending machine, it only has to be scanned.

Aimed at reducing underage smokers, those under 20 years of age all cigarette vending machines have been fitted with the software and reader that allows Taspo to operate. Smokers must apply for a card and then they are free to use the card at any vending machine.

The future of vending machine technology is here!

1. The Taspo card

2. The roll out of the technology across Japan

3. The system is designed to stop minors under 20 years of age from buying cigarettes from street vending machines

4. Cheap cigarettes

5. The range of brands on offer at a vending machine

6. Location of the Taspo reader on a vending machine

7. Sticker on a vending machine explaining the new system

8. Steps involved in using the card

9. Explanation of how to scan the card

10. Close up of the Taspo card reader

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Japanese Customer: New Book - Motorcycle Japan: A Rider's Diary - Launch

Motorcycle Japan: A Rider's Diary

● Provides a detailed checklist for buying or hiring a bike in Japan.

● Discover how to plan a trip, what gear to take and when to ride.

● Includes: Sample trips and expenses for rides to Kyushu, Shikoku and Hokkaido.

● Introduces accommodation options, foods to try and a comprehensive resource guide to help to you plan and prepare for the trip of a lifetime.

● Includes: Eighteen practical videos, direct website links and full colour photographs.

● Informative route guides that you can print out for your own adventure.

Peter Hanami, CEO of Japanese Customer.com shares his riding diaries based on nine years experience riding in Japan.

Chapters cover

• Sample trips - Kyushu, Hokkaido, Kyoto, Tokyo and Shikoku
• Food to try
• Accommodation
• Trip Planning
• Gear
• On the road
• How to get to Japan
• Buying a bike
• Hiring a bike
• Japanese language
• Why ride in Japan
• Joys of riding in Japan
• Ferries
• Road rules
• Insurance
• Safety
• Night riding
  
• Each sample trip has a detailed expense breakdown
• and much much more
  

Reviews

"a Japan road trip, what a great adventure"

" Great gift for a "baby boomer" looking for their next goal"

"Practical guide for independent bike travel in Japan"

Insights, tips and resources for riders wanting to explore the land of the rising sun.

Details:

Format: CD - Rom

• 247 pages PDF book with over 400 links
• 18 practical videos
  
• Instruction guide

Price: 7000 yen includes postage by registeered mail to Asia, Oceania,Europe, South America and Africa.

Special Features

• Sample trips - day by day breakdown of places visited, route numbers, expenses and sites.
• Over 400 links to websites to help you plan a trip of a lifetime
• Checklist for hiring a bike
• Checklist for buying a bike
• Checklist for booking a ferry
• Checklist for trip planning
• How to prepare a trip
• Resource guide
• Eighteen videos covering topics including riding at night, riding in a tunnel, bridge crossing, accommodation on the road, buying a bike, gear, packing, buying gasoline, essential tools for riding in Japan and more.

Order Information:


Visit Japanese Customer.com to order and pay for this amazing guide.


Pay with PayPal and it will be delivered by registered mail.





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Here is a guide to help you plan a trip of a lifetime to the land of the rising sun.




Order your copy today! And start planning.


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Japanese Customer: Sales of beauty products to men up 4.2%

"Sales of male beauty products and treatments grew last year by 4.2 per cent – compared to a 0.6 per cent decline in the female beauty industry, according to figures released by Yano Research Institute in Tokyo."


Source:Cosmetics sales soar as Japan's men get in touch with their feminine side
By Danielle Demetriou in Tokyo
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
The Independent online
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/
cosmetics-sales-soar-as-japans-men-get-in-touch-with-their-feminine-side-790886.html

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Japanese Customer: Book - First trip to Japan - Review from customer

Book: First trip to Japan a book by JapaneseCustomer.com


Reviews

“High in practical tips, a great introduction to Japan without overwhelming you, excellent insights into what it’s really like”

Karen Lloyd,
Melbourne, Australia



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Japanese Customer: Car manufacturers trying hard to lure young Japanese consumers back to having car

"Unlike their parents' generation, which viewed cars as the passport to freedom and higher social status, the Internet-connected Japanese youth today look to cars with indifference, according to market research by the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association"


Source:Nissan going to extremes to lure Japanese youth back to cars
By John Murphy - The Wall Street Journal
Posted on Sat, Mar. 01, 2008
MyrtleBeachonline.com
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/164/story/367925.html

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Japanese Customer: How learning Japanese can help the customer relax and improve communication

"Manager Ron Washington (Texas Rangers) hasn't learned any Japanese yet, but said he may try to pick up some this season. He sees the impromptu language lessons as an indication of teammates coming together and helping Fukumori relax in new surroundings."


Source:Wakarimasu ka? Rangers starting to learn Japanese
Posted: Friday Feb 29, 2008
Sports Illustrated, SI.com
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/
mlb/wires/02/29/2010.ap.bba.rangers.learning.japanese.0854/

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Japanese Customer: Sand storm made of yellow dust arrives in Japan - many stay in doors

"Yellow dust -- fine sand from Mongolia's Gobi Desert which sometimes includes toxic chemical smog emitted by Chinese factories -- usually hits South Korea and Japan in the spring."


Source:Chinese yellow sand hits Japan, SKorea: officials
AFP, March 3rd 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jki0R_S3dtL7QkGEHwM-tnblCNXQ


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Japanese Customer: Fuel cell technology being tested as power source for Japanese homes

"Nearly every home in Japanese cities is supplied with natural gas, which could make it relatively easy to spread fuel cell technology there."


Source: Fuel Cells Make Power for Homes in Japan
Mar 3rd, 2008, By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer
Breitbart.com
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8V64RU00&show_article=1


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Japanese Customer: "problems lie mostly with..exporters unwilling to modify products for the Japanese market" - Thomas Caldwell

"problems lie mostly with..exporters unwilling to modify products for the Japanese market, not with the Japanese" Thomas Caldwell
discussing doing business in Japan


Source: Setting up & Operating a business in Japan
A handbook for the foreign businessman
By Helene Thian, page 132.
Published by Charles Tuttle
ISBN: 0804815445


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Japanese Customer: Metallic blue - the hot colour amongst young people this season

The hottest selling products this season are those coloured metallic blue, whether it be cars, motorbikes or digital cameras. This season the colour is hot and items are marching off the the shelves. A popular colour in the disco scene in the 1970's. The craze for the colour has hit Japan and is hot!

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Japanese Customer: "Foreign companies, must be more patient" - Richard Bliah

"The problem is that we, as foreign companies, must be more patient"
Richard Bliah, Architect


Source: Setting up & Operating a business in Japan
A handbook for the foreign businessman
By Helene Thian, page 123.
Published by Charles Tuttle
ISBN: 0804815445


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Japanese Customer: Branded credit cards help Universities generate much needed income

"The proliferation of university students and alumni toting credit cards bearing school names has raised school spirit, given academia some extra cash and provided card companies a doorway to lifetime membership".


Source:Universities reap payoff from credit cards, while students gain the debt,
01/22/2008

BY KENGO ICHIHARA, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200801220076.html


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Japanese Customer: What is "setsubun" and how is it celebrated in Japan?

Setsubun - "Setsubun is the eve of the first day of spring"


Source: Japanese Family and Culture
JTB, 4th Edition, 2000,
ISBN: 4533020208, Page 79


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Japanese Customer: Mobile phone handset preferences

"Analysts note that the Japanese prefer handsets they can hold in one hand and operate (Web browsing, e-mailing) with a thumb."

Source: Macworld
Apple's Fight In Japan
Elizabeth Woyke 01.15.08,
Forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/01/15/
iphone-apple-japan-tech-wireless-cx_ew_0115appljap.html


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Japanese Customer: Risk in language learning - difficulties Japanese experience learning English

"In English language training, as in everything else, the (Japanese) school system puts a lot of emphasis on technical knowledge. The problem is that, with the pressure to do everything correctly, we do not feel comfortable taking risks. And speaking English when you did not grow up with it is definitely a risk."


Source:Taking Spoken English Course
January 19, 2008
http://www.gradresource.org/education/taking-spoken-english-course-21/

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Japanese Customer: 90% of music downloads in Japan are on mobile phones

"report reveals that Japan is the one major music market where growth in digital sales has offset the decline in CD sales, producing overall growth.... over 90% of Japan's digital sales are on mobiles."IFPI Digital Music Report 2008

Source:
Global digital music sales up 40%; Japan leads mobile downloads:
Friday, January 25, 2008
Japan Today
http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/426081


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Japanese Customer: Book: First trip to Japan - Book details

First trip to Japan a book by JapaneseCustomer.com


Book Details


First Trip to Japan


Author: Peter Hanami


ISBN:0-9580582-3-7


Published: December 2004, updated 2008


Publisher: JapaneseCustomer.com


Format: E - Book, PDF format.


Pages: 50.






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Japanese Customer: "I wanted to show my children that if you give up, then your washed up! - Japan's oldest professional boxer

"A 44-year-old mother of two has become Japan's oldest professional boxer after passing the Japanese board's license test..."I wanted to show my children that if you give up, then you're washed up!"


Source:Mother of two becomes Japan's oldest boxer at 44
Fri Feb 29, 2008
Reuters.com
Reporting by Alastair Himmer; Editing by John O'Brien
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSSP16038620080229

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Japanese Customer: Tsubo as a measure of space is equivalent to approximately two tatami mats

"One tsubo equals 3.3 square metres and is the equivalent of two tatami mats. Space is usually quantified in terms of "mats" or tsubo."


Source: Setting up & Operating a business in Japan,
A handbook for the foreign businessman
By Helene Thian, page 97
Published by Tuttle books
ISBN: 0-8048-1544-5









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Japanese Customer: 32 robots for every 1,000 Japanese manufacturing employees

"Over 370,000 robots worked at factories across Japan in 2005, about 40 percent of the global total and 32 robots for every 1,000 Japanese manufacturing employees, according to a recent report by Macquarie Bank"


Source:Japan experiments with robots as part of daily life
February 29, 2008
The Age newspaper
http://news.theage.com.au/
japan-experiments-with-robots-as-part-of-daily-life/20080229-1vrp.html

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Japanese Customer: Is water usage the next crisis for Japanese customers?

"each of the three-member Namoto family uses an average of 280.7 liters of water a day."

"We only change the water in the bathtub once every other day." Yutaka Namoto


Source: WATER--the coming crisis / How much water do you use each day?
Feb. 14, 2008
The Yomiuri Shimbun
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080214TDY01302.htm

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