Japanese customers not satisfied with digital subscriptions according to survey

Picture: Internet search Japan 

“43% of Japanese consumers are unsatisfied with the value of digital subscription services and will need convincing before they sign"


Source: Tuesday, December 15th, 2015 MIS Asia, Web, Capitalizing on Asia’s growing appetite for digital content.

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Japans Maglev built without government subsidies

Picture: Train station Japan 

“Japan’s most profitable high-speed rail operator, JR Tokai, is building a maglev system between Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka without government subsidies. The system relies on superconducting magnets to lift, stabilise and propel trains at 500km/h within a guide-way”


Source: We will get better cities if we have more of them, by Brian Toohey, Australian Financial Review, Tuesday 20th October, 2015, page 55.

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Predictability an important component of Japanese life

Picture: Japanese High Speed Train

“Predictability in social and public life makes Japanese cities the safest on earth” Taggart Murphy


Source: Ours is not to reason why, The Economist, Review of book “Japan and the shackles of the past by Taggart Murphy”, Oxford University Press, The Australian Financial Review Newspaper, Thursday January 15th, 2015, page 35.

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“Japan is responsible for its own losses" Yoichi Funabashi

Picture: Gion Matsuri Kyoto Japan 

“Japan is responsible for its own losses. The country’s delayed adaptation to the international environment and its weaknesses in international competition in terms of industrial bases, workforce, businesses entrepreneurship, and globalization – none of these things were forced on Japan by any external actor” 

Yoichi Funabashi in the book “Examining Japan’s Lost Decades”



Source: Graceful decline in need of disruption by Greg Earl, Australian Financial Review, Wednesday, June 24th, 2015, page 41.

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Australian exporters get benefits from new trade deal with Japan

 

   Picture: Japanese consumer advertising Tokyo

"The Japan-Australia Economic agreement will give many Australian producers and exporters a significant competitive advantage. More than 97 per cent of Australia's exports to Japan will receive preferential access or enter duty-free when JAEPA is fully implemented"

Source: The Robb Report

By Andrew Robb

Federal Member for Goldstein

August 23rd 2014, page 8

More elderly in Japan being subject of police actions according to report

Picture: Bicycle Parking Lot Japan

“Last year (2014) was the first since the National Police Association began keeping track in 1989 that more elderly people than juveniles were the subject of “ police actions”





Source: The Small Print August 27th, 2015 by Steve Trautlein, Issue 1118, www.metropolisjapan.com





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Japanese shares reveal high earning multiples

Picture: Japanese Customer Service

“price to earnings multiples suggest some of the best value in developed markets, is to be found in Japan. Perhaps surprising given the very strong run Japanese stocks have enjoyed this year. Even so, current multiples show Japanese equities still trading at double – digit discounts (16 – 18 per cent), to average ratios….compare this to Europe and the US, which both trade at discounts around 5.5 per cent”

Source: Japan looks like land of rising value, by Adam Carr, The Australian Newspaper, Thursday July 2^nd, 2015, page 2.




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Australian exports to Japan down 17.5 per cent from previous year

Picture: Traffic in Tokyo, Japan 

“Australia’s exports…. to Japan…were down about 17.5 per cent…below their level of a year ago”

Source: Secondary markets keep exports bubbling along, 

by David Uren, The Australian Newspaper, Friday, July 3^rd, 2015.

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Japanese bank Mitsubishi UFJ chases Asian growth

Picture: Japanese customers enjoy fireworks 

“Mitsubishi UFJ has been the most aggressive of Japan’s banks in seeking to tap Asia’s consumers as sluggish growth and shrinking loan margins hamper prospects at home…Japan’s biggest lender is considering acquiring a bank in Indonesia, the Philippines or India”

Source: Mitsubishi UFJ views expansion in Asia, 

by Chanyaporn Chanjarden, Australian Financial Review, Thursday July 2^nd, 2015, page 24.

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Australia sells $1.5 billion of beef to Japan, largest export market

Picture: Beef barbeque restaurant in Japan 

" (Australian) Beef trade with Japan

Value: $1.5 billion

Tonnes: 279,702

Live cattle: 11,570"

Source: New boom for meat exporters

By Matthew Cranston

Australian Financial Review

Thursday 18th September 2014, page 14

Japanese car makers have developed strong relationships with suppliers in South East Asia

Picture: Japanese car brands in Japan 

"Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi and Nissan started manufacturing in South East Asia decades ago.

Means they have entrenched relationships with suppliers and distributors."

Source: Foreign car makers face speed bumps in SE Asia

By Jeremy Grant, Financial Times, 

Australian Financial Review

Friday 10th October, 2014, page 20

Japan is the world's largest app market in terms of cash value according to report

Picture: Japanese customers 

"Japan's is the world's largest app-market for iOS and Google-Play combined, bigger than the US market and the Chinese market in terms of cash value. (source: App-Annie). "

Which are the top-grossing apps in Japan?

Japan's 25 top grossing iPhone apps

Japan's 25 top grossing Google-Play apps "

Source: Eurotechnology News. February 2015

http://www.eurotechnology.com/2015/02/

Yamanashi seen as the most popular rural lifestyle destination in Japan

Picture: Rural Japan Field

"A survey conducted by a Tokyo-based NGO has found that Yamanashi is the most popular destination for people who are considering a move to rural areas."



Source:
Small Print: March 12, 2015
Meat mishaps, no-stick natto, political mysogyny, and more ...
By Steve Trautlein, Issue 1094
Metropolis Magazine
http://metropolisjapan.com/small-print-march-12-2015

News: 🌸 HR in Japan is helping employees find love with a new AI app

                             Photo: Japanese valentines biscuits #japanesecustomer

 

"more than 800 companies have signed up for an AI-powered dating app in the hope of helping their employees find love."

The App is here in English
https://aill-ai.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=wapp


Source: ABC News



#hr #love #ai #japanesecustomer #app #office #romance #perks #employee #engagement #humanresources #customerservice

Flashback: 🌸 Japanese Customer News February 6th, 2015

Flashback: 🌸 Japanese Customer News February 6th, 2015

What events impacted Japanese customers seven years ago this week?

Stories

1. Corporate structure's role in productivity

2. Sony integrates music streaming with Spotify

3. Uniqlo credit card etiquette impacts customer service

4. Trade figures showing growth

5. Economic PPP forecasts


#news #japanesecustomer #video #podcastseries #events

Trends Ten 🌸Japan trends to watch in 2022 by Melanie Brock

 

Source:

Nikkei Asia

January 5, 2022

https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Ten-Japan-trends-to-watch-in-2022

#opinion #news #trends #japan #japanesecustomer #news

🌸 Hanami forecast for Tokyo, Japan 2022 🌸

 Picture: Japanese customers celebrating hanami 

Estimated to be:

18th March

Source: Sora News 24

https://lnkd.in/giPXUzsa

#sakura #cherryblossom #hanami #japanesecustomer #Tokyo #Japan #japaneseculture #forecast

HR in Japan is helping employees find love with a new AI app

 

Photo: Valentines gift in Japan

News: 🌸 HR in Japan is helping employees find love with a new AI app

"more than 800 companies have signed up for an AI-powered dating app in the hope of helping their employees find love."

The App is here in English

https://lnkd.in/e6yrj_7C


Source: ABC News

https://lnkd.in/eG2nBc-C


#hr #love #ai #japanesecustomer #app #office #romance #perks #employeeengagement #engagement #humanresources

90 year old Japanese grandma is worlds oldest gamer

90-year-old grandma Hamako Mori holds a Guinness World Record as the world's oldest gaming 

You Tuber according to the Herald Sun Newspaper.

Watch her play in the video below (in Japanese) 

For English subtitles, click the CC button, settings English for English subtitles

Video: Guinness World Records

Source: Gran's game for YouTube

Herald Sun Newspaper

Monday 8th June 2020

Page 6

Japanese glass eels can fetch up to US$30,000 a kilo

Picture: A fisherman's morning catch

"rare Japanese glass eels 

can fetch up to US$30,000 a kilo" 

Source: 

Article: The known unknowns,

 The Economist, 

December 21st, 2019, 

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