Why We Work

If you predict from the above title that this article would be about the introduction of New Balance, you must be a big fan of sneakers. Indeed, it is said that Ralph Lauren praised the New Balance M1300 as “It’s like walking on the clouds.” Speaking of New Balance, it’s one of the three major sneaker brands in Japan, with Nike and Adidas. According to a research, Nike a...

I didn’t know until recently that people rarely eat blowfish outside Japan. As you know, the blowfish poison, tetrodotoxin is very strong. A popular Japanese blowfish can kill about 10 people. I guess Japanese people may look crazy and reckless, but I assure you that Japan is the safest place in the world to eat blowfish because everything is strictly controlled by law, ...

Have you ever heard your recorded voice? How do you like it? Don’t worry. You’re not the only one. I know most of us really don’t like our own recorded voice. As evidence of that, if you put the words “own voice” in the Google search box in Japanese, the top co-occurrence word is “ugly.” Me? Of course, I hate my recorded voice and always wish my voice sounded like Don La...