Thursday, April 1, 2010

Pasta!

I was walking during lunch with a co-worker, and we had a great conversation about how Japan is changing its textbooks to lessen (or edit-out) the truth of what happened when Japan invaded China and Korea. Here's a wiki article that's interesting.

Oh, I suppose I can't just point the finger at Japan without turning around and taking a good hard look at America. Or, should I say Texas? Yeah, editing our textbooks too. Though, I'm not sure why that first link about Texas doesn't include the part about them cutting out Thomas Jefferson from a list of figures whose writings inspired revolutions. The truth isn't that god put us here, it isn't that we evolved after this Big Bang thing; it's actually that the Flying Spaghetti Monster designed us. Be touched...by his noodly appendage.

Is this post sort of short? Yes. Did I try to artificially lengthen it by including links for you to read? Yes, and no. I also think they are important links to keeping you informed. Informed about things you may not care about...meh. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to do more research on the correlation between the number of pirates decreasing and the global temperature increasing.

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About Me

Hi, I'm Greg, but you can call me by my Japanese name, Gureggu, if you'd like. I'm writing this blog to explain effective ways to do business with Japan and Japanese companies. Why? Japanese companies are notoriously difficult to understand, and doing business in Japan has a unique set of hurdles.

Why I'm qualified to write about Japan: I have worked in Japan for a total of 8 years. I worked sales at a Japanese import/export company (subsidiary of a much larger corporation) as the only foreigner in the company. Before that, I taught for 2 years at High Schools and 3 years teaching elementary and middle school in Aomori Prefecture. I have lived the life of a salaryman and experienced firsthand the institutions that shape Japanese people in their most formative years.