He really said "I love the smell of gasoline."

Japan Power List: Toyoda Triumph - Japan Real Time - WSJ

Love this-I am a true Francophile!Jules and Jim (1962) trailer with subtitles

Value Investment of a lifetime: Olympus

Fired Olympus CEO Confronts Colleagues Who Ousted Him | East Asia and Pacific | English

The plot thickens-

Michael Woodford Would Like a Chance to Redeem Olympus - NYTimes.com

Gotta be careful as a client when using discount coupon services!

Large Groupon Discount Leads to Excessive Cupcake Baking

So Cool!!

Well done, Heather!!

Cancer through the Eyes of Artists on Vimeo

Excellent Article: Japanese Police Look for Evidence of Crime at Olympus - NYTimes.com

Japanese Police Look for Evidence of Crime at Olympus - NYTimes.com

The Raveonettes - Love In A Trashcan

Will NTT stay stubborn-galapagos-or go global??

NTT DoCoMo Still in Talks With Apple Over iPhone Launch - WSJ.com

Such a waste-why can't we do better?

Japanese Women Quit Unrewarding Careers - Japan Real Time - WSJ

Awesome band Goldfish from South Africa-New ALbum: Get Busy Living

Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning (official video) (2009)

Visually a work of art, with some seemingly breathtaking functionality, but what's with software called "Ice Cream Sandwich?"

Samsung to Sell Google Phone With Facial Recognition in Challenge to Apple - Bloomberg

Good Move: Buy a last place team bleeding cash - Not -

Baseball: DeNA in broad agreement to purchase Yokohama BayStars - The Mainichi Daily News

Why did the Board hire him in the first place?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203914304576629781817511542.html

Please explore Shao Rong's music

http://youtu.be/ERoeoZVRzdA

Innovation

You can't just ask customers what they want & then give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new. Steve Jobs

Why are senators paid more than nurses?

Why are the salaries of our lawmakers-those who decide if public service people get paid or not- higher on average than those who teach our children, those who protect the underprivileged, those who care for the ill, those who go to rescue the unsafe? Just saying.

WELCOME TREND-Overseas experience is always a good thing

WELCOME TREND TOKYO (Nikkei)--More Japanese college students are studying overseas as companies increasingly look for recruits with foreign language skills and overseas experience. At Temp Research Institute Co., the overseas study unit of major staffing agency Tempstaff Co., the number of students who have applied to study at U.S. and U.K. universities next spring or after is up 30% on the year. Ryugaku Journal estimates about 183,000 Japanese students, including short-term language learners, were abroad in 2010, up 18% on the year.