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Japan Travel in the Know: Let’s Eat Deer Meat to Protect the Forest in Hokkaido
January and February are said to be the coldest months in Japan. It’s in the middle of winter, and almost all of the fields are fully covered with snow in Hokkaido, the northernmost area of Japan. Some weeks ago, one day in January, I dr... -
Japanese Culture and Traditions: Why Is the Jason Ice Hockey Mask Scary?
Last week I went to see an ice hockey match. Here in Hokkaido, skiing and skating are the two major winter sports, but ski and skate areas are completely separate. My hometown is a ski area, and I haven’t skated so much and had never eve... -
How Tokyo Haneda Airport Could Become the World’s Cleanest Airport
What do you think the smell of your country is like? This may be a difficult question to answer because it is said that we can’t smell our own house. A sense of smell is likely to decrease more easily than other senses, and we soon get u... -
Business Tips: What Is the Value of NFT?
“A diamond is forever.” I’m sure many of you have heard this before. It’s a tagline made by Mary Frances Gerety for De Beers in 1949. Grammar sticklers with poor taste like me may feel something wrong with the sentence, but it has attrac... -
Good Money Sense: How to Spend Money Wisely
【We have to develop money sense】 It is common for me to lose (rare to make) thousands of dollars a day in the stock market. On the other hand, I sometimes give up buying cereal only because it doesn’t sell at a bargain price, though ea... -
Japanese Culture and Traditions: The Reason Why We Can Think Outside the Box
【Taiyaki in NYC】 Have you ever seen the above ice cream (in the thumbnail image)? I've heard it’s extremely popular in NY now. When seeing the image, some Japanese people would have mixed feelings. They would be proud of the spread of ... -
How to Design Furniture, Michael Schneider #2
This time, Michael talks about how product designs would change according to the changes in the market, especially about changes due to the recent rise of subscription and sharing businesses. Michael Schneider: I assume that subsc... -
How to Design Furniture, Michael Schneider #1
【】 Many social scientists say we humans will, for coming 100 years, experience the same amount of change as what we had got through over the last 2000 years. It’s not only about technological advancement but also about our mentality. P... -
The Background of Product Development: Interview with a Manager #2
【Interview wit a product development manager】 Let me continue to share the interview with our product development manager. “Products in good quality and design don’t always sell well.” These words aroused my interest in his opinion on ... -
Difference in Production Management Between Ferrari and Toyota
【Production in Ferrari and Toyota】 According to the government, we have experienced the longest economic expansion since after the WWII. Although it seems like we ordinary people are left out of the economic boom. Surprisingly enough, ...
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