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by No Author on 20 November, 2019 at 9:15 pm

Following days of turmoil that have damaged the British royal family’s reputation, Prince Andrew has decided to step back from public duties with the queen’s ...

by No Author on 20 November, 2019 at 9:14 pm

The FBI has contacted lawyers for the whistleblower whose complaint about President Donald Trump’s July call with Ukraine’s president helped kick-start the House impeachment inquiry.Initial ...

by No Author on 20 November, 2019 at 9:13 pm

The U.S. envoy on North Korea acknowledged Wednesday that Pyongyang has not yet taken verifiable action to denuclearize and called on the regime to “seize ...

by Ken Y-N on 20 October, 2019 at 5:08 pm

There’s a very definite Tokyo-area bias in this survey from goo Ranking into which factory tours people would want to go on; the pictured food sample factory is not one of them, though. The only factory tours I’ve been on in Japan were three times […]

by Ken Y-N on 13 October, 2019 at 4:29 pm

The pictured meme has perhaps not yet penetrated far the Japanese psyche, given the results of this survey into what famous Japanese cars the Japanese think the world praises. I think the Prius is a good car, although in Japan it seems every second car is […]

by Ken Y-N on 29 September, 2019 at 4:07 pm

This survey from goo Ranking looked at what Japanese considered was the tastiest menu item at McDonald’s. My first visit to a McDonald’s was in Germany to get a salad, then a cafe latte in a McCafe in Macau (McAu?) in lieu of going to a casino as […]

by Pernille Rudlin on 2 November, 2019 at 5:16 pm

I’ve made a screencast (12 minutes with captions – ably edited by my son) of my keynote speech at a Dutch Embassy event for Japanese companies on a clipper ship on the Thames last month. It looks at the challenges … The post Japanese […]

by Pernille Rudlin on 31 October, 2019 at 11:36 am

Myth 1. Young Japanese aren’t loyal to their employers “They just use the company as a stepping stone” Japanese companies have been worrying for a while now that young people are job hopping far more than previous generations. A Mynavi […]

by Pernille Rudlin on 14 October, 2019 at 2:26 pm

by Motoko Hunt on 4 November, 2019 at 9:59 pm

There were several of my articles about International SEO published on the web and printed magazine. Here are some of them: Global vs. Local Websites: Which is Right for You? – Search Engine Journal Using the Localization Process to Resonate with Travel […]

by Motoko Hunt on 6 September, 2019 at 2:49 pm

Most of the time, the SEO work is handled either by the in-house SEO person/team or by the SEO agency. Unlike most of the other departments who have focused job function and areas of responsibility, SEO work involves numerous focused areas such as web design, […]

by Motoko Hunt on 26 July, 2019 at 6:36 pm

Baidu SEO is becoming more important for many website owners as China is becoming a big target market. However, not many websites are getting the Baidu SEO right. Largely, this is due to the fact that their SEO work is highly focused on Google search engine. […]

by N R Bhanumurthy on 20 November, 2019 at 11:00 am

Author: NR Bhanumurthy, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy The government of India has set a new medium-term macro growth target, hoping the economy will grow to US$5 trillion by the end of 2024–25. Currently, it sits at US$2.3 trillion. […]

by Anil Sigdel on 19 November, 2019 at 11:00 pm

Author: Anil Sigdel, Nepal Matters for America After upwards of 80 international trips, Chinese President Xi Jinping finally visited his South Asian neighbour, Nepal. The primary motive behind Xi’s visit was not China’s Belt and Road Initiative […]

by Takemasa Sekine on 19 November, 2019 at 11:00 am

Author: Takemasa Sekine, NUCB The recent announcement of the US–Japan Trade Agreement (USJTA) must have come as a surprise to many in Japan given its unusual expeditiousness. The agreement was concluded just six months after negotiations began — a […]