New Japanese Movies "Drive My Car""

Trailer: Drive My Car

"Two years after his wife’s death, Yusuke receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival. As tensions mount amongst the cast and crew, Yusuke is forced to confront painful truths raised from his past with the help of Misaki, a young woman assigned to chauffeur him. #DriveMyCar. Written and Directed by #RyusukeHamaguchi adapted from a short story by #HarukiMurakami. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, and Reika Kirishima"

Source: MadMan Films

It is a fun movie that slowly builds by sharing the quirks of each character. You get a deep dive into Japanese culture communication, hierarchy, men's world, women's world, relationships, work, lifestyle, and use of time.

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Toyota leads global car production at 10 million units

 

Picture: Japanese mountain road in Hokkaido

“Toyota…the Japanese company- held on to pole position in the global car market with sales of 10.23 million cars and trucks in 2014…North America - it’s biggest region, with about 28 per cent of volume sales…sales of 1.1 million in China this year, an annual rise of 6.6 per cent…The company is expecting 3 per cent growth in the US”

Source: Toyota’s car sales reign threatened by Kana Inagaki and Andy Sharman, The Financial Times, Australian Financial Review Newspaper, Friday 23^rd January, 2015 page 20.

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Japan enjoys the biggest net foreign asset ranking in the world

 

Picture: Japanese coins and currency

“Advocates of QE (Quantitative Easing) point to Japan, which has endured bouts of deflation since its economy imploded in 1990..collectively, the Japanese enjoy the biggest net foreign asset position in the world”

Source: Printing more money not the answer for ailing European economies by Adam Creighton, The Australian Newspaper, Friday January 23^rd 2015, page 29.

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