Jun's Blog in English

Japanese Athletes

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Recently,Japaneseprofessionalathletesareplayingwell.SoccerplayerssuchasKubo,Mitoma,Tanaka,gotdramaticgoals.Women’steamcalledNadeshikoJapanplayedverywellinSheBelievesCupheldintheU.S.A.Inthewomen’sgolftourintheU.S.A,manyJapanesejointhisseason.AkieIwaibecamethesecondintheHONDALPGAlastweek.Ofcourse,baseballplayerswillplaywellthisseasontoo.I’...JapaneseAthletes

2025/02/28 07:00

Robo-Taxi

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Ireadanarticleaboutrobo-taxiinanewspaper.NihonKotsu,thebiggesttaxicompanyinJapan,isgoingtostartthetestforautomaticdrivingtaxiinTokyo.Thecompanysaidthattheyareplanningtouserobo-taxispracticallythreeyearslater.Ifit’ssuccessful,theycansolvethelackofdrivers.Iamlookingforwardtohavingnewexperiencesbyhightechnologynearthefuture.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語...Robo-Taxi

2025/02/27 07:00

Credit Card

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Ireadamysterynoveltitled‘Kasha’writtenbyMiyukiMiyabewhoisapopularnovelist.Kashameansacarfiredthatbadpeoplearecarriedinhell.Thisisthestoryaboutpeoplewhohavealotofloans.Inthestory,awomanwhohasatroubleaboutmultipledebtsbyusingcreditcards.Now,evenyoungpeoplecangetmanythingsorborrowmoneyeasilybyusingcreditcards.Somepeoplecan’tcontroltheirdema...CreditCard

2025/02/26 07:00

Customer Harassment

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Ireadanarticleaboutcustomerharassmenttostaffincityhallsbycitizens.Inasurvey,staffwhoexperiencedcustomerharassmentinthepastthreeyearswere30%.Somecityhallschangedstaff’snameplates.Before,theyindicatedstaff’sfullname,butnow,theyindicateonlyfamilynamesbecausesomecitizenshavecomplainstostaffandattacktoindividualsorexposetheirnamesthroughthein...CustomerHarassment

2025/02/25 07:00

Comic Writer

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Ilikeacolumntitled‘MyResume’inNikkeiNewspaper.Usually,famousbusinesspeoplewritetheirlifehistoriesbutsometimespeoplebesidesbusinesspeoplelikeathletes,moviestars,andsoonappear.Now,MissYukariIchijowhoisapopulargirlscomicwriter,iswritingit.AlthoughIdon’treadcomicsusually,Ienjoyreadinghercolumnnow.Shehastriedmanykindsofgenreanddevelopednewfie...ComicWriter

2025/02/24 07:00

GDP

Hi,JunTomiokahere.ThegovernmentannouncedthatGDPofJapanin2024was609trillionyen.Thenumberisthemostinthepast.Investmentsbycompaniesareincreasing.Besides,personalconsumptionisnotgrowingverymuch.Thetrendintotalisnotbad.IhopeeconomyinJapanisprogressingmore.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングGDP

2025/02/23 07:00

Monster movie

Hi,JunTomiokahere.IfoundaninterestingarticleinNikkeiMJNewspaper.It’saboutalocalmovietitled‘MonsterGuy!’ThelocationisSekiCityinGifuPrefecture.Usually,wehaveanimageaboutlocalmoviesthattheyarehumandramas.However,themovieisradical.Aworkeratthecityhalltransformstoamonsterandattacksthecityhall.TheysaythatpeopleinSekiCitywatchedthemovieandlaughedverymuch.にほんブログ村...Monstermovie

2025/02/22 07:00

New Technology for Convenient Stores

Hi,JunTomiokahere.IfoundaninterestingarticleaboutconvenientstoresinanewspapercalledNikkeiMJ.Theyareintroducingnewtechnology.RobotsinbackyardareoperatingdisplayofdrinkbottlesandstaffinthePhilippinesaremonitoringit.Whenamanageraskstohisgadgetaboutsomeinformation,afemalecharacteranswerstoit.ThereisalsoAIservingtocustomers.Whenacustomeraskssomething,anavataro...NewTechnologyforConvenientStores

2025/02/21 07:00

Nils Nielsen

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Mr.NilsNielsenisanewcoachofNadeshikoJapanwhichisaJapannationalwomen’ssoccerteam.Heisauniqueperson.Whenhewasyoung,hewasnotonlysoccerplayerbutamusician.Hesays“Bothofsoccerandmusicarekindsofperformance.Playingmusicgaveagoodimpressiontomysoccer.”Iamlookingforwardtoseeinghisteambuilding.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングNilsNielsen

2025/02/20 07:00

Senior Workers

IreadanarticleaboutseniorworkersofMcDonald’sinNikkeiMJnewspaper.Thereare8536workerswhoareover65yearsoldinMcDonald’s.Theoldestpersonis96yearsold.Theydon’thaveaspecialrecruitsystemforoldworkersbutoldpeoplewanttoworkthere.Theworksaredividedandtheworkmanualsaremadeverywell.It’seasyforoldpeopletowork.InJapan,youngpeoplearedecreasing.Oldpeople’sworkpowerwillber...SeniorWorkers

2025/02/19 07:00

Reflection

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Wehaveareunionpartyinourjuniorhighschooleveryfiveyears.Itwasheldasthe75thanniversarylastNovember.LastSunday,wehadareflectionmeetingfortheparty.Thepartywassuccessfulbutthereweresomeproblems.Forexample,thesoundwasnotgoodandsomepeoplemadecomplains.Thenextpartywillbeheldasthe80thanniversaryin2029.Wewilltrytomakeoureffortstomakethepartymoreen...Reflection

2025/02/18 07:00

ROE

Hi,JunTomiokahere.ROEmeans‘ReturnonEquity’.ThecompanywhoseROEishighmeansitusesitsequityefficiently.ROEofJapanesecompaniesarecomparativelylowerthanthatofwesterncompanies.TheysaythatJapanesecompaniestendtooperatesafelyandlacktheinvestment.ItisthesubjectforJapanesecompaniestogrowupmore.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングROE

2025/02/17 07:00

Independents

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Ijoinedadrinkingpartywithyoungbusinesspeople.Theyareallindependents.Onepersonisamanageroffacilitiesforhandicappedpeople.Anotherpersonownsrestaurants.TherewasanAIspecialist,too.Ilearntalotfromthem.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングIndependents

2025/02/16 07:00

Fraud Triangle Theory

Hi,JunTomiokahere.ComplianceisanimportantissueinJapan.Thereisatheorycalled‘FraudTriangle’relatedtothisissue.Itsaystherearethreefactorswhenapersoncommitafraud.1)PerceivedOpportunityItsaysthereisanenvironmentthatsomeonecancommitafraud.Forexample,abossispermissive,asecuritycheckislenient.2)PerceivedPressureItsayssomereasonswhyapersontriestocommitafraud.Forex...FraudTriangleTheory

2025/02/15 07:00

Camp in

Hi,JunTomiokahere.SpringCampinMajorLeaguebaseballteamsstarted.I’minterestedinDodgerscamp.TherearethreeJapanesesuperplayers,ShoheiOtani.YoshinobuYamamoto,andRokiSasaki.Shoheitriestoplayasapitcherandabatterthisseason.YoshinobuwillpitchatthefirstgameinTokyoDome.RokiisarookieintheU.S.A.I’mlookingforwardtowatchingtheirplays.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングCampin

2025/02/14 07:00

E-TAX

Hi,JunTomiokahere.It’sthetimeforindependentbusinessproprietorstodeclareincometaxreturns.ItriedtodoitbyE-TAXwhichmeansthewaytomakethedocumentusingtheinternet.SinceIdoitonceayear,Iforgetsomeprocedures.Afterall,ittookalldaytofinishit.IleftanotethatIwrotesomeimportantpointsforthenextyear.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングE-TAX

2025/02/13 07:00

DOGE

Hi,JunTomiokahere.DOGEmeansDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency.It’saneworganizationofMr.Trump’sgovernment.ALeaderoftheorganizationisMr.ElonMuskwhoisafamousbusinessman.Heistryingtocarryoutadrasticrestructuringlikereducingalotofworkers.IntheU.S.A.,whenapoliticalpartyischanged,thepolicyischangeddramatically.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングDOGE

2025/02/12 07:00

Women’s Ice Hocky

Hi,JunTomiokahere.WinterOlympicGameswillbeheldinMilano,ItalynextFebruary.ThefinalqualifyinggameswereplayedinHokkaido.JapanWomen’steamplayedverywell.TheywonallthreegamesandgottheticketfortheOlympics.Congratulations!Japanteamranksthe7thintheworld.Ididn’tknowhowstrongtheyare.IamlookingforwardtowatchingtheirplaysinMilano.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングWomen’sIceHocky

2025/02/11 07:00

JUNGLIA

Hi,JunTomiokahere.JUNGLIAisanewthemeparklocatedinOkinawa.ItwillopenthisJuly.Theconceptis‘Excitement,Luxury,Freedom’.Guestscanenjoyadventureexperiencesthattheyescapefromdinosaursinjungle.IexpectthisparkmakesalotofeconomiceffectinOkinawa.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングJUNGLIA

2025/02/10 07:00

Sensory Marketing

Hi,JunTomiokahere.SensoryMarketingisanewfieldofmarketing.IttriestogivesomestimulationbysensestocustomersHumanshavefivesenses:sight,hearing,smell,taste,andtouch.Somecompaniesstudywhatkindstimulationpromoteconsuming.Sincethisisanewstudy,wehaven’tknowndetailsyet.Iaminterestedinthisfield.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングSensoryMarketing

2025/02/09 07:00

HONDA and NISSAN

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Onemonthago,HONDAandNissanstartedtodiscussaboutthemerger.However,NISSANseemstorefusetheirmemorandumofunderstandingyesterday.Itseemsthattheywerenotabletoagreeabouttheratioofstocks.Besides,HONDAproposedtheideathatNISSANbecomesHONDA’ssubsidiarybutNISSANseemstorefusetheideatoo.Bothcompaniesareverybig.Theyhavepride.It’sdifficultforsuchbigcomp...HONDAandNISSAN

2025/02/08 07:00

Green Slow Mobility

Hi,JunTomiokahere.GreenSlowMobilityisaservicewhichusesEV(electricvehicle)onpublicroad.Theservicesareoperatedinover400areasinJapansofar.Theservicesareusefulforsight-seeing,shoppingforoldpeople,businessinteraction,andsoon.Ifanautomaticdrivingtechnologyisusedpractically.theservicemightbeexpandedmore.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングGreenSlowMobility

2025/02/07 07:00

Masahiro Tanaka

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Mr.MasahiroTanakaisaprofessionalpitcher.InRakutenEagles,heplayedwellandcontributedtotheteam’schampionshipin2013.HemadeabigcontractwithNewYorkYankeesandplayedintheU.S.A.forsevenyears.ComingtoJapan,hejoinedRakutenEaglesagain.However,hewasnotabletoplaywell.Thisyear,hemovedtoYomiuriGiants.Now,hepracticeshardinspringcampforthisseason.Ihopehis...MasahiroTanaka

2025/02/06 07:00

M&A

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Ifoundtwo-pageadvertisementonanewspaperaboutM&AmadebytheM&AAdvisorsAssociation.AlthoughIdon’tjointheorganization,Iaminterestedinthisfield.M&AmeansMergersandAcquisitions.Recently,M&Abysmallandmediumsizedcompaniesarerapidlyincreasing.Intheadvertisement,amanagerofthegovernment,abusinessconsultant,andapresidentofabankorganizationtalkedaboutM...M&A

2025/02/05 07:00

Nursing Home

Hi,JunTomiokahere.MymotherlivesaloneinAtami.Sinceshesuffersfromdementia,I’mworriedaboutherlife.Wevisitedanursinghome.Shelookedaroundbutshedidn’tseemtolikeit.Shewantstocontinuetolivealoneathome.IunderstandhermindbutI’mconcernedaboutherlife.Iwillsuggesthertouseaday-careserviceatfirst.Ihopeshewillgetusedtothefacility.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングNursingHome

2025/02/04 07:00

Number of workers

Hi,JunTomiokahere.TheJapanesegovernmentannouncedthatthenumberofworkersinJapanin2024was67.81million.Thisisthehighestnumberrecordedhistory.Especially,femaleworkersandoldageworkersareincreasing.ThissituationisgoodforJapaneseeconomy.However,Japan’spopulationisdecreasing.WeshouldconsiderproductivitylikeusingofAIandsoon.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングNumberofworkers

2025/02/03 07:00

Takuro Morinaga

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Mr.TakuroMorinagaisapopulareconomistinJapan.Hepassedawaytheotherday.Hewas67yearsold.Heannouncedthathesufferedfromthecancerlastyear.Hekeptworkingjustbeforehediedwhilefightingagainstthecancer.Iappreciatehisstrongattitude.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングTakuroMorinaga

2025/02/02 07:00

Young managers

Hi,JunTomiokahere.Iconductedabusinesstrainingtoyoungmanagersinfoodindustry.Thetopicwas‘creditcontrol’.Theystudiedveryhard,Ihopetheywilltrytomaketheireffortstomaketheircompaniesthrivemore.にほんブログ村にほんブログ村英語日記ランキングコンサルタントランキングYoungmanagers

2025/02/01 07:00