While I have been diligently twittering away, I have not been such a good blogger. From the tweet I read, I found out Acumen Fund just celebrated its 8th anniversary today! Congratulations! Jacqueline Novogratz was doing a book reading and signing at Tribeca last night. I dropped by to see how it was. There were [...]
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Hello April 1 – A little update
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged tokyo, Jacqueline Novogratz, The Blue Sweater, alan webber, Rules of Thumb, Miyakejima, Learning from Disaster, New Orleans on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Garden at I-House
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged tokyo, International House of Japan, traditional Japanese garden on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the loveliest places in Tokyo is the International House of Japan’s exquisite traditional Japanese garden. The large picture windows in The Garden Tea Lounge open up to one of the most beautiful settings for breakfast (lunch or dinner). If you stay at I-House, a stroll through the garden is a “must [...]
GDP BLUES REDUX
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 100 yen shop, Azabu Juban, consumer demand, daniel rosenblum, David Resler, exports, gdp, Japan, nomura, tokyo on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some days before leaving for Tokyo, I fretted about the state of the global economy, and Japan’s economy in particular.
In my January 30 post, GDP Blues, I mentioned David Resler, Managing Director & Chief Economist at Nomura Securities International, Inc., predicting that Japan’s 4th quarter GDP for 2008 could drop 9 pct or more.
That number, announced [...]
How’s Your Financial Center Doing?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged academyhills, corporate program, Financial markets, Heizo Takenaka, Hong Kong, Japan Society, Kotaro Tamura, London, New York, Robert Feldman, Singapore, tokyo, webcast on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s time to bring out the big guns and talk about the relative competitiveness of financial centers – Tokyo vs London vs New York etc. At least that was the plan six months ago. Now it’s more a matter of how to salvage a global financial trainwreck. Should make for an interesting discussion.
Capital Market Competitiveness: Burnishing Tokyo’s [...]
GDP Blues
Posted in U.S.-Japan, Uncategorized, tagged daniel rosenblum, economics, gdp, Japan, Japan Society, nomura, recession, tokyo, U.S., womens bond club on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Watching Wall Street implode from Japan last September, it was easy to hope that after a couple of bailouts life would quickly return to normal.
Clearly, that’s not the case. As I prepare to return to Tokyo next week, I wonder how the people and the city are holding up under the strain of a seemingly intractable global recession.
At Japan Society last night we hosted a [...]
Enlightenment in a Tokyo Taxi and a Shoeshine Booth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged daniel rosenblum, Japan, leisure, meaning, new otani hotel, retirement, salaryman, search for meaning, shoeshine, taxi, tokyo, work on September 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes attitudes towards work – especially work considered by some Americans to be “menial” - can offer insights into Japanese society. Recently I was chatting with a Tokyo taxi driver when I asked him how long he’d been a cabbie.
“Five years,” he answered.
“And before that?”
“I was a regular salary man.”
“Why did you decide to become a taxi driver?” I [...]
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