Rochelle Kopp / Japan Intercultural Consulting @JapanIntercult
Consultant, author, mentor, educator & board director specializing in global communication, leadership, HR, & org. development. Tree hugger japanintercultural.com Tokyo Joined June 2009-
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Nikkei says Fast Retailing (Uniqlo & GU) plans to have 80% of managers and 40% of executive officers worldwide filled by non-Japanese personnel. The target date is fiscal year 2030. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Retai…
Wow!
This article leaves out the crucial information of the date of the Group of 20 Finance Ministers and central bankers that Japan may be waiting for: looked it up, it's April 18th. That feels like a long way away. japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/…
Bank of Japan:
For all the finance/investment nerds, interesting new study by J.D. Power on Japanese individual shareholder satisfaction. 40% of overall satisfaction related to corporate governance code factors. japan.jdpower.com/business/press…
Nick, so great meeting you, your blind date, and all the cool people gathered! What a great idea. Looks like today is going to be another gorgeous day in Tokyo, enjoy it!
Nick, so great meeting you, your blind date, and all the cool people gathered! What a great idea. Looks like today is going to be another gorgeous day in Tokyo, enjoy it! https://t.co/FSkTEhXF1v
Blackthorne: Damn, your rahmen and sushi! So delicious, so cheap! Mariko: The Anjin is paid in US dollars…
Calendar marked!
"Following the start of the new school year in April [in Japan], a number of junior and senior high school students are struggling with blisters and foot pain as the loafers and other shoes designated by their schools just do not fit their feet." mainichi.jp/english/articl…
As summers get hotter and more unpredictable, urban life-the way an overwhelming majority of Japanese live-is reliant on greenbelt and urban arboreal to reduce the heat island effect. Yet trees are constantly cut down in Japan's cities for petty reasons. It's anti-future.
As summers get hotter and more unpredictable, urban life-the way an overwhelming majority of Japanese live-is reliant on greenbelt and urban arboreal to reduce the heat island effect. Yet trees are constantly cut down in Japan's cities for petty reasons. It's anti-future.
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@mrjeffu I would take this strict adherence to campaigning laws more seriously if the LDP hadn't just basically forgiven itself for embezzling millions of dollars in contributions without reporting it. Seems awfully selective who they apply the laws to.
@hikosaemon The problem is the fundamental reason there're so many empty houses is because the population is declining and there aren't enough people to live in them. Most of these empty houses are in villages that have been abandoned by the young. Even a free house won't entice them back.
@hikosaemon the best you could do is offer them to immigrants. It's getting harder to attract them because the yen is so weak and they are going to Korea instead. Maybe sweeten the deal with free lodging.
@hikosaemon 1. limited inheritance tax jubilee to let nominal holders of properties unload jiichan's (RIP) house without a punitive bill 2. make public fund to buy them up 3. sell them cheaply to people who want to live there, not some goddamn property-developing hedge fund
@JapanIntercult @hikosaemon A law in 2105 was supposed to change things but had little effect. It was revised in December, so we'll see if anything material changes. The suggestions from @Durf are still not on the menu. asahi.com/relife/article…
That intervention looks like being rendered meaningless within a couple of days... The Yen is the Charlie Sheen of global currencies...
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Post lunch coffee brainwave about Akiya... Holiday houses! Give them away for free for families in Tokyo to have as holiday houses. Not as good as residents, but at least there is someone there to tidy them up, use them on weekends and holidays, and help the local economy.
@syrupmermaid @JapanIntercult @n6tw_ @mizunocaitlin Yeah there’s not as many protections for part time workers unfortunately 😞
@syrupmermaid @mizunocaitlin A lot of Japan makes you feel powerless in the small, but once you realize all of the resources available to you it's very empowering. I genuinely love that aspect of Japan.
I know most Japanese houses are not built to last and Akiya need to be rebuilt but... well, make them free and let people pay local builders for rebuilding - great for the economy. Or incentivize builders to refurbish "enough" to be holiday homes...
While I know some but admit ignorance of many of the nuances that make this such a challenge, the problem of empty properties strikes me still as a massive untapped opportunity for renewal of impacted towns, both redeveloping and attracting families looking to own a house.
A government survey estimates there are 9,000,000 empty properties (空き家) in Japan. That's up 510,000 from the same survey 5 years ago, and double the number 30 years ago. yomiuri.co.jp/national/20240…
@nyttypos @piersmorgan this whole thread is about owning Piers
Ditto for every state’s congressional delegation and legislature. The #FreelanceBusting would immediately cease if more self-employed people were lawmakers.
Every journalism school should have at least one professor who worked as a full-time freelancer within the past 5-10 years—someone who has made a living solely from freelance writing and can teach students how to navigate what is effectively a separate journalism industry.
@investi_st I 100% want to have name tags at my wedding, but I am barely wise enough to know that it might not be my decision to make 😅
I know the video is supposed to be an attack ad but this goes hard
I can't believe this is really happening. @garrytan is officially running for Mayor of San Francisco.
Nikkei says Fast Retailing (Uniqlo & GU) plans to have 80% of managers and 40% of executive officers worldwide filled by non-Japanese personnel. The target date is fiscal year 2030. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Retai…
@natfriedman Also “Handhold this user in getting sufficient information to land a conforming mortgage *without* multiple roundtrips to the back office intermediated by their loan officer” is *obviously* a billion dollar business.