November 2022: Best Content on Japan

Nov 30, 2022

Reads

CEOWORLD magazine: Wealthiest People in Japan (November 12, 2022)
Reuters: Follow the money - Warren Buffet is still long Japan: Puts additional billions into Japan’s five biggest trading companies, including ITOCHU
Marketplace: Tower Records stores have actually been thriving all this time — in Japan
Japan Times: Former Japanese PM, and former leader of the Olympic committee who was sacked after sexist remarks is at it again… This time he’s attacking Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy for causing “unnecessary” suffering
The Mainichi: About Nintendo's pivot from video games to entertainment. Mainichi is adding fuel to my theory that Nintendo is competing head-to-head with Disney in becoming an entertainment empire, well beyond video games.
- Read more about my analysis of Nintendo here:
  Konichi-Value
  [Stock-Analysis] Why the Nintendo Stock is Undervalued
  TLDR: I think betting on the Nintendo stock is a bet that they can pivot to new money-making areas like theme parks and movies which will fuel their already strong merchandise arm. I believe that in 3-5 years, these new segments could make up for more revenue than their present gaming segment…
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  4 years ago · Rei Saito

Answer in Progress: Why Japan's internet is weirdly designed
Life where I’m from: What Happens to Garbage in Japan - One of my favorite Youtuber’s on Japan has just released a video on what happens to all that garbage you never see when you live here:

Did Shinkai (often called the next Miyazaki) Make Another Masterpiece? (Suzume no Tojimari Review)