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by nihonde 7y ago
I don’t buy into the idea that big law firms are more accountable than anyone else. I’ve spent too much time behind the scenes to fall for that anymore. Can you imagine trying to sue a global law firm for malpractice? Are you aware that eve
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by nihonde 7y ago
Silicon Valley has consistently failed to disrupt legal markets, not just because lawyers are a protectionist guild, but also because clients seem to want to overpay. It’s a pathology that has something to do with the idea that the higher c
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by nihonde 7y ago
I’m a lawyer who uses Word’s track changes as an integral component of my work. I haven’t seen a single meaningful improvement in that feature in 20 years. Right down to the fact that I have to open “compare...” from within a document, but
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by nihonde 7y ago
I’m going to overlook your incredibly insulting tone and just cite a few readily-available sources in English: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/25/national/politi... http://www.a
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by nihonde 7y ago
In Japan, stealing even a small amount is treated harshly. Recently, I recall that a member of Abe’s cabinet lost his political career because his staff mis-allocated a few hundred dollars worth of lunch receipts, which were erroneously cha
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by nihonde 7y ago
He left Japan while the decision about his guilt was pending. He chose to work in Japan, so he has to play by the same rules as the rest of us here. It’s a law and order country. If the prosecutor wants you, you’re in big trouble. To be hon
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by nihonde 7y ago
Weird comment. I also lived there for many years. Odd that you feel the need to dispute my impression of a place. Says more about you than Toyota-shi.
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by nihonde 7y ago
Toyota city in Aichi is a pretty futuristic place already, even by Japanese standards. They even have a world-class modern art museum.
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by nihonde 7y ago
Part of the reason that Toyota continues to pursue hydrogen fuel has to do with a Japan’s energy needs. It’s a pragmatic approach that acknowledges that energy needs to be stored and shipped long distances in order to avoid generating fuel
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by nihonde 7y ago
This is fantastic first-hand feedback. Thanks for sharing this.
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by nihonde 7y ago
This has been going on since the 1990’s. Take a look at TrustE/TrustArc: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrustArc
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by nihonde 7y ago
One of the greatest audiobooks, too. Narrated by Derek Jacobi, so you know it’s top-notch.
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by nihonde 7y ago
The big innovation of 7/11 Japan that launched the convenience store craze in Japan was keeping as much stock as possible in lots of retail outlets and ready at point of sale instead of in warehouses.
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by nihonde 7y ago
Typical Japanese household trash separation and disposal rules (pdf link): http://www.city.nagoya.jp/en/cmsfiles/contents/0000022/22536...
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by nihonde 7y ago
I’ve been a lawyer practicing in this area since the mid-90s. Nothing meaningful has changed since then. They pass laws and regs, consultants and lawyers get rich by scaring their clients about upcoming rule changes, and the regulators hand
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by nihonde 7y ago
Hands down, the most useful non-technical book I’ve read is The True Believer by Eric Hoffer. Written in 1951, but utterly timeless, it unlocks a new way to view your fellow man by revealing the impulses that lead someone toward fanatical m
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by nihonde 7y ago
As is hubris
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by nihonde 7y ago
There is a hell of a lot of money that doesn’t have a safe home. If you’re wealthy in 2019, it may cost you money just to stash it somewhere low risk. Now extend that to sovereign funds, etc., and you can start to see why these obvious shen
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by nihonde 7y ago
I think it’s a given that Softbank’s involvement means the target market is global, with expansion in EMEA through acquisitions or mergers with other portfolio companies.
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by nihonde 7y ago
They basically bought control of the company for ~$15B. Any valuation north of $20B ought to put them in the black.
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by nihonde 7y ago
Only time will tell, but SoftBank has the ability to combine WeWork with competing brands and unify the global strategy to unlock Asian markets. Also, getting rid of the old leadership is a net positive, IMO. There’s still a business case h
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by nihonde 7y ago
Except if the company has a right of first refusal.
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by nihonde 7y ago
We have lockboxes in my building in Japan. They’re just part of the infrastructure of a high-end condo here. You tap your key to get in the lobby door. A chime and recorded voice tells you that a package is waiting. You tap your key again i
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by nihonde 7y ago
I’ve got a site that requires non-technical people to post, and I’m looking into using Contentful or Netlify CMS as their content editing UI, which in turn triggers a build and deploy. (I use Middleman but Gatsby should be able to do the sa
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by nihonde 7y ago
I also don’t mean to judge, but (right or wrong) marijuana use in Japan is still absolutely scandalous and seen as a major transgression that ends careers. That might explain why someone misjudged the appetite for this “scandal”.
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by nihonde 7y ago
Softbank’s MO seems to be making big bets on lots of competing companies and letting the chips fall where they may. I’m guessing (pure speculation) that they have a stake in some, if not all, of the Asian companies that will operate in WeWo
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by nihonde 7y ago
Who knows, really? This is as close as I come to a reliable source: https://mobile.twitter.com/i/status/1171140556472442880
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by nihonde 7y ago
Not to take away from your point, but Japanese baked goods—especially breads and pastries—are extremely high quality, even if they’ve got a local spin that might turn off the hardcore purists. By the way, I just bought a homemade kurogoma d
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by nihonde 7y ago
The same argument works in the other direction, except then it’s 9 to 1. Don’t get me wrong: I’m a friend of the working person. I’m just aware that people are projecting their own values onto this situation in ways that are unfortunately n
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by nihonde 7y ago
They want the overtime because they have families. These are often itinerant workers who want to come to a factory, work hard for a while, send their wages back to their home town, and then return. There are many who resent efforts to “sa

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