On 7 May 1946, after the end of World War II, Masaru Ibuka started a radio repair shop in a bomb-damaged Shirokiya department store building in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo. The next year, he was joined by his colleague, Akio Morita, and they founded a company called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo[1] (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation). The company built Japan's first tape recorder, called the Type-G.[1] In the early 1950s, Ibuka traveled in the United States and heard about Bell Labs' invention
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Robots to paint nails at Tokyo Expo Technology Thursday 7 November 2013 - 9:08am Japan's machine maker Toyo Riki displays a nail decoration robot 'Robo Nailist' which picks brushes, colours with nail gel and decorates with Swarovski crystals for a demonstration at the annual Internatinal Robot Exhibition in Tokyo. Picture: Getty Images TOKYO - Pneumatic muscle suits and a walking stick that behaves like a guide dog competed for attention with an industrial robot that can paint fingernails at
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------------------------------------------------- Going Bigger in Tokyo: Swatch Group Is Latest In Rush for Megastores. (cover story) Source: WWD: Women's Wear Daily; 6/13/2007, Vol. 193 Issue 125, p1-12, 2p, 2 Color Photographs Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *RETAIL stores *CORPORATIONS -- Growth WRIST watches Geographic Terms: JAPAN Company/Entity: SWATCH Group Ltd. DUNS Number: : 103286126 Abstract: This article reports on a megastore that was opened by swatch company Swatch
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design the apartment block in 1956. The apartments were constructed in Harumi 2, a reclaimed area in Tokyo Bay which was developed by the Japanese Housing Corporation as a part of a systematic effort to solve Tokyo’s housing crisis. Along the time, Tokyo Bay has been the scenario of most of the revolutionary ideas, since the megastructures of the Metabolist group, until the new projects for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. The Harumi project was one of the corporation’s first experiment with such a large-scale
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Introduction and Motivation Japan is a country that has always fascinated me. I love to travel. I have been to Europe, South America, Canada, and most states in the U.S. However, what draws me to Japan is the distinct difference in culture from anything I have seen before. Japan is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. There is an era of mystique behind the culture. One of the main reasons why I would like to see Japan is because I am curious about what the culture is like. My
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Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa’s Biography 11/12/12 Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa’s Biography Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa was born on July 13, 1915 in Tokyo. He attended the University of Tokyo and graduated in 1939 with a doctorate of philosophy in chemical engineering. The University of Tokyo is considered the most prestigious university in Japan and ranks as the highest in Asia and 21st in the world in 2011 according to Academic Ranking of World Universities. Throughout this biography I will be discussing
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Seven-Eleven Japan was first established in 1973. They set up their first store in Koto-ku, Tokyo, in 1974 and the company was first listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the month of October, in 1979. In 2004, it was owned by the Ito-Yokado group which alongside the Seven-Eleven stores, managed a chain of supermarkets in Japan and owned a majority share in southland-the company managing Seven-Eleven in the United States. The founder of both Ito-Yokado and Seven-Eleven Japan, Masatoshi Ito, started
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Marketing Mix – Place Place stands for distribution channels. The Hooters restaurant chain currently operates in 28 countries, over 430 locations. One of them is Japan, Tokyo The Hooters system is currently comprised of over 430 locations in 28 countries The fourth P in the marketing mix is the place where your product or service is actually sold. Develop the habit of reviewing and reflecting upon the exact location where the customer meets the salesperson. Sometimes a change in place can
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the earthquake was what would we do on the Monday morning when we had to supposedly return to the office and recommence business Cause The earthquake in the afternoon of March 11 was, although it struck 520 kilometers from Tokyo, it was an extremely strong one for us in Tokyo. The buildings shook severely two or three times, and then many, many times thereafter because of the aftershocks. On at least two occasions we had to go under our desks with our helmets on and literally hold on to the legs
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For the exclusive use of Q. Yang, 2014. 9-673-057 REV: JULY 20, 2004 W. EARL SASSER Benihana of Tokyo Some restaurateurs like myself have more fun than others, says Hiroaki (Rocky) Aoki, youthful president of Benihana of Tokyo. Between 1964, when he opened his first location, and 1972 he had gone from deficit net worth to being president of a chain of 15 restaurants that grossed over $12 million per year. Background By 1972 Benihana was basically a steakhouse with a difference--the
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