At the beginning of October The Chinese government published a draft, providing for a reorganization of the electricity prices. New to a three-stage, progressive payment model regulate electricity prices.The first stage Price covers the basic needs for electricity and should be kept low. At the second stage with a slight price collection by 10% the average consumer to pay, to cover the rising cost of electricity works partially. (more…)
Oct
29
Power Hungry China
Oct
27
The highest-paid part-time job in the world
The Domino's pizza delivery Has invented the world for its 25th anniversary in Japan and the 50-year anniversary with a special surprise. The company is seeking a part-time workers for 1 hour. The salary: 2.5 million yen. This is the equivalent of € 22,000 or 2174 working hours of a normal employee of Domino's. (more…)
Oct
26
The slightly different succession
Masayoshi Son has risen as the owner of the telecom company Softbank and Yahoo Japan's largest shareholder of the fourth-most Japanese. So run the business successfully in the future, the 53-year-old businessman, a school for the future generation of leaders of the Group has established, as the Wall Street Journal reports. (more…)
Oct
23
The end of a cult object
Cassette Walkman, Sony has dominated the life of a whole generation. In July 1979, with the TPSL-2, the first of its kind on the market. The triumphal march of the mobile playback device lasted almost two decades until the electronics manufacturer Apple with the iPod, the digital revolution ushered. (more…)
Oct
21
The maglev train one step closer
The railway company JR Tokai makes forward with the construction of a high-speed maglev train between Tokyo and Nagoya. So far, three possible routes for the new building were available for selection. An independent commission has now decided for economic reasons for the direct route between the two cities. (more…)
Oct
20
The Achilles heel of Southeast Asia
The Asian countries have recovered thanks to increased exports from the economic crisis. According to the Asian Development Bank are located in the Southeast Asian countries, growth rates averaged 7.4 percent this year. In China's gross domestic product will grow by 9.6 percent did.The strong dependence on exports is also one of the biggest risks for the region. (more…)
Oct
19
Wahaha to billionaire
Hu Run, a Luxembourg reporter named Rupert Hoogewerf published its monthly magazine, The Hurun Report. Since 1999, he published it a year, the China Rich List, a list of the richest Chinese in the country. Included in the list of who has a fortune of more than one billion RMB, the average age of the listed person is 51 years. (more…)
Oct
17
A truck without a driver
Government research organization New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization has developed an autopilot for trucks. At a media conference in Ibaraki prefecture, the novelty was first presented. Two trucks drove in a convoy on a test track with the aid of an autopilot behind behind a manned trucks. (more…)
Oct
16
The cheap fun is over
On 1 October will open in Japan increases the tobacco tax by 40 percent. This is still much less than in Western Europe or the U.S., but in Japan it is the highest price increase for 4 years.According Chain smokers have begun a large supply of cigarettes to store. A man in Tokyo who bought cigarettes in the same 1000 value of 300,000 yen. (more…)
Oct
13
The gift of money to the landlord
Rent an apartment in Japan is one of the big chance that you have to pay to the owner of a so-called “cash gift” in the form of up to 2 months rent. The deposit is not included. As the word suggests gift of money is a refund of the amount paid after the end of the lease is not possible.With the economic crisis and falling property prices could be the 100 year old tradition of gift money, however, soon be over. (more…)