{"id":24712,"date":"2012-04-16T23:51:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T03:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=24712"},"modified":"2012-04-16T23:51:58","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T03:51:58","slug":"wit-life-198-japans-economic-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/16\/wit-life-198-japans-economic-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"WIT Life #198: Japan’s Economic Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"

WIT Life<\/a> <\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em>is <\/strong><\/em>a periodic series written<\/strong><\/em> by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator <\/strong><\/em>Stacy Smith<\/strong><\/a> <\/em>(Kumamo<\/a><\/strong><\/em>to-ken<\/a> CIR, 2000-03). She starts<\/strong><\/em> her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she sha<\/strong><\/em>r<\/strong><\/em>es s<\/strong><\/em>ome of the interesting<\/strong><\/em> tidb<\/strong><\/em>its and t<\/strong><\/em>rends together with her own observations.<\/strong><\/em>\"\"<\/p>\n

Today’s New York Times features two article regarding Japan’s economic doldrums.\u00a0 The one from Martin Fackler<\/a> talks about Japan’s decline as a manufacturer, and what direction the new course the country should take will be.\u00a0 The other by Hiroko Tabuchi<\/a> discusses the fate of one of the manufacturers mentioned in Fackler’s article, Sony.\u00a0 Kazuo Hirai joined as the new CEO at the beginning of this month, and it remains to be seen what path he is planning to take the company on.\u00a0 Many commentators throughout say that Sony has failed to differentiate itself, and\u00a0the article closes with the quote, “The tarnish on their brand has definitely begun.”\u00a0 Happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WIT Life is a periodic series written by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03). She starts her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends together with her own observations. Today’s New York Times features two article regarding Japan’s economic doldrums.\u00a0 The one from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,36,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-translatinginterpreting","category-wit-life","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t