v_kurtzel comments

Yipee... Please take my tax money and flush it down the drain.

The consequences of failing to renew one's visa on time can potentially result in death by immigration authorities.

How will this affect the call for highly skilled immigrants ?

The solution lies in ..... robots . carry on ...nothing to see here.

Love the commentary from main stream media about Tesla pricing, pure fiction, and completely devoid of analysis, all opinions based on fictional naratives.

....and...

Nevermind the massive drop in battery cathode pricing...AND Tesla motors no longer using rare earths minerals, or that Tesla will refine Lithium shortly, or that vertical integration is increasing within Tesla, or that delivery costs has improved due to market/time matching with production....

https://www.bestmag.co.uk/average-cost-lithium-ion-battery-cells-fall-below-100kwh-2023/

Elsewhere, real analysis, with cost plans from tear downs from the likes of Munro Associates are saying Tesla Model Y and 3 can tolerate additiinal 30% price cut and still be profitable compared with best of legacy auto brands.

Sigh....

Ooh.. someone aint buying the syndicated news. Wish I could upvote 10x

If you knew anything about Akio Toyoda, you would not say "nepotism". In the auto world, they guy is a legend.

Akio is one of the most knowledgable, focused, car-loving people around who didn't just climb the ranks like anyone else, but did so by personally creating their renowned Gazoo Racing Team as a race driver himself, and he developed the team from zero up to now being top-ranked performers despite his father (and the rest of Toyota) shunning his efforts. 

Actually, at first he had team work in secret so as not to get shut down by the head office, using discontinued models nobody cared about, creating the name "Gazoo" to fly under the radar, and driving in races himself (including the 24hr Nurgurgring) under a fake name so he wouldn't get caught.

But Toyota eventually realized how important and effective the race engineering was for innovation, and they now uses Gazoo racing team as the main testing platform for their standard vehicle development.

I learnt more from this comment than the article itself. Keep an open mind people.

Btw .. My take is new guy is merely fall guy for upcoming failures. To publicly acknowledge market share degradation. Then Akio will re-join & share go ka-boom.

Olympics followed by defense spending..while we have largest percentage of elder care burden !

is this the best use of taxes ?

young Japanese have a huge load to bear with no safety net. Not a good look.

Kill bill : Vol 3 is being shot there ?

Perhaps its a ploy to attract an investor for a JV. Just like Sony did a few months back.

Attn: Mayoshi San - Please fund this ridiculous startup idea !

This is a rather one-sided article. There is no supporting argument in the entire article for its grand title. "At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before"

Perhaps the writer needs to be reminded of the 21 month emergency imposed in 1975 by Ms.Gandhi when quite literally democracy was suspended.

A maker, a genius extraordinaire. He will be sorely missed.

I truly hope they immortalize his works by creating a museum or exhibit for the key works.

Replace Elvis with Martin Luther King or Muhammed Ali. Individuals who never sought to claw money from the masses. Not that Elvis did .. but it sends a message that licensing companies are dispensable.

The most feasible explanation is Sven Asai's. Looks very much like a loan shark case.

Sadly the trolls downvote it. Lately I notice the number of downvotes upvotes. Time for the platform to start rationing downvotes.

Japan will soon face a perfect storm.

The wealthy business owners will love the depreciated yen as it benefits their export oriented business. They themselves are impervious to the inflation induced by the depreciated yen. However they have no interest in procreation - preferring poodles instead.

The working class who toil for their low salaries are further burdened from inflation. They want to procreate - but it will have to wait.

The only way out of this is wealth creation -via startups- but at a startup execution is everything. And execution requires a good talent pool. ... which is scare because of ... .

Any way out of this cyclical vortex ?

I sense a spark between them :)

Ok. Its a start. .. Nice to see a non-zero number.

Consider this a meta-warning

Nice spot of positive news. Japan sure could use the employment this alliance will bring. Plus these are long-term industries.

Politically the border policy is very beneficial for the govt. Polls overwhelmingly show that locals want to continue the border ban. Especially so outside of Tokyo.

In the short run it may the right response to the pandemic.

But in the long run it will deter highly qualified workers (tech) from choosing Japan. These cohort will choose Germany or Switzerland and slowly create wealth there. The effect is almost imperceptible in the short run. But in the long run when there is no new companies and new jobs. Everyone will feel the pinch. While they may choose to retreat into a shell, the cost of goods will escalate & others more prosperous than Japan will have the means to purchase & influence the price of these goods.

The frog in the pan .. boils slowly...

Note the placement of the bed next to the altar. How thoughtful & convenient.

That's a gorgeous car ! Photographer to the right please.

The detail and volume of allegations are concerning. There is bound to be a lot of truth in these allegations. it doesn't sound like like a matter of perception.

A masterpiece of creative writing ! I had as much fun reading it as perhaps the author did writing it !

The choice of heading picture for the article is remarkable. It serves to re-iterate stereotypes of India & is a start contrast to the picture the article paints. We should learn about diverse upcoming countries like India. Not perpetuate past stereotypes.

This is a master pun. Fastest PC indeed !

What a spot of sunshine ! My eyes welled up reading this. Newsworthy venture.

*mob

US corporate culture is the most result oriented environment in the world. It accepts and elevates performers.

Both US management principles and Indian IT need to be commended here.

Nice to see some diversity in their C-suite.

Nice spot of sunshine in corporate Japan.

Filed under - solution for a problem no one has.

Right next to the hanko robot from last year.