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Jul29

Global multitasking: it’s in her DNA

Miho Natori is a Japanese woman that has lived in several countries and can speak different languages.

Global multitasking: it’s in her DNA

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20100626a1.html

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Jul26

Japanese Visitors to Australia

I’ve mentioned before that the number of Japanese tourists to Australia has been falling.

Number of Japanese Tourists Visiting Australia:

1997: 814,000
2009: 355,000

Last year there were less than half the number of visitors that were coming more than 10 years ago.

Recently the Australian government launched another campaign to attract more Japanese tourists.


Australia less desirable as a destination for Japanese
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/07/21/2960632.htm

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Jul22

Dalai Lama to Japanese youth: ‘Study English and see the world!’

The Dalai Lama is a popular figure with a lot of younger people who don’t like the fundamentalism of Western religions.

He recently advised young Japanese to study English so that they could learn more about the world.

Dalai Lama to Japanese youth: ‘Study English and see the world!’

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20100621p2a00m0na005000c.html

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Jul19

Australian Election

The new Australian prime minister just declared an election for August 21.

She has only been prime minister for a couple of weeks.  She became prime minister because of a coup in her party, so now she wants to seek a mandate from the Australian public and win a general election.

It looks as though it will be a close election, but I think she will win the election.

Australian federal elections are every 3 years.  In 2007 I was in Osaka, so I voted at the Australian consulate.

Australia is one of the few countries in the world that has compulsory voting – if you don’t vote in the election you get fined.

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Jul15

Hong Kong Transforming Apartment

A specially designed apartment in Hong Kong that is able to be rearranged.


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