Uchikura & Co Blog
2026-07-26
When Being a "Fool" Is a Compliment In English, calling someone a fool or an idiot is almost always an insult. In Japanese, however, the word baka (馬鹿) can sometimes mean something surprisingly pos...
2026-07-25
Learn from History, Not Just Your Own Mistakes One of the best-known sayings in Japan is: "愚者は経験に学び、賢者は歴史に学ぶ"(Gusha wa keiken ni manabi, kensha wa rekishi ni manabu.) It is commonly translated ...
2026-07-25
The Power Behind the Scenes – 縁の下の力持ち (En no Shita no Chikaramochi) Every successful person, company, or project has someone working behind the scenes. In Japanese, that person is called en no shita ...
2026-07-24
Never Stop ClimbingYuichiro Miura: The Oldest Person to Summit Mount Everest—And He Never Stopped Climbing When people think about climbing Mount Everest, they usually picture elite athletes in the...
2026-07-24
Finding the Landing Point One Japanese expression that has no perfect English equivalent is otoshidokoro (落とし所), literally "the place to bring something down." It refers to finding a solution where e...
2026-07-24
Bushidō Is Not a Lesson—It Is a Way of Living Bushidō (武士道), often translated as "the way of the warrior," is frequently described as a code that teaches honor, courage, loyalty, and integrity. But B...
2026-07-24
One thing I find interesting about many posts promoting Chinese innovation is that they often highlight the achievement but rarely identify the individual inventor, research team, or company behind i...
2026-07-24
An Edo-Period Crime That Still Exists Today Japan has an old name for a crime that still happens today: tsutsumotase (美人局). Tsutsumotase is a form of extortion involving romantic or sexual entrap...
2026-07-24
Hisashige Tanaka — Birth of TOSHIBA When people think of Japan's technology industry, companies like Toshiba often come to mind. Few realize that its roots trace back to one remarkable inventor: Hi...
2026-07-24
Hankyu Didn't Just Build a Railway. It Built a City. When people think about successful railway companies, they often assume the key is building faster trains or longer rail lines. But one of Japan's...