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When I was visiting Hiroshima in 2010, I stopped at a 'Japanese pizza' shop. It was nothing like actual pizza, but the staff and other customers in there were i
by slavik81 11y ago
When I was visiting Hiroshima in 2010, I stopped at a 'Japanese pizza' shop. It was nothing like actual pizza, but the staff and other customers in there were incredibly friendly, and we ended up trying to explain to each other where we from and what our hobbies were, among other things.
One of them was a man who sat down at the table next to me. We talked for a bit, and he explained that he worked at the Bank of Tokyo. I think he was trying to practice his English. He asked me 'What is the most famous bank in Canada?'
After thinking about the most famous Canadian bank for a bit, I told him it was probably Toronto Dominion (TD). Or maybe the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). Then I thought for a moment and said 'Though, the bank most famous in Canada is probably Lehman Brothers.'
He had such a look of sadness on his face when I said that.
- drak0n1c 11y agoIn Japan, the popular noun for the economic crisis is "Lehman-shock". A lot of weight is attached to Lehman - appropriately so, but it has the effect of sticking around in Japanese memory.