It was announced that users of Japan’s five major mobile service providers will soon be able to send text messages using their telephone numbers instead of email addresses.
Work life balance? 〜Less work, more play to lift economy: DPJ〜
Yukio Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan swept to power last month with the promise to revive the nation's moribund economy. One way to do so may be to stop people from working so hard.
Beatles Offer Fab Four Lessons for Global Success: Matthew Lynn
How has a group that split up almost four decades ago managed to stay such a massive global brand for such a long time?
There are four lessons that any chief executive would be wise to ponder when running a company: Get there first; get ahead of the curve; get out in time; and always treat the product with total respect.
As schools go back after the summer break they are being driven to adopting clip-on ties. Why? Because of a wave of youthful rebellion that is seeing some very oddly-tied ties in the playground.
A 27-year-old JR West train driver in Shiga Prefecture “released his hands from the brake handle for about seven seconds”
so that he could snap photos of a pair of women sitting behind him—while his train was traveling at 120kph. The man said he took the pics because the women were “very attractive.”
Prisoners on death row in Japan are being driven towards insanity by harsh conditions, according to human rights group Amnesty International.
□death row....死刑囚監房 ------------------------------------------------ But Amnesty's UK director Kate Allen called on the government to immediately halt executions.
"Rather than persist with a shameful capital punishment system, the new Japanese government should immediately impose a moratorium on all further executions," she said. ------------------------------------------------ 死刑囚、そして事件の被害者 それぞれの人権について非常に考えさせられました。。。
