Uchikura & Co Blog
2026-04-29
I Eat Eggs Anytime of the Day… Even Raw One thing that often surprises Americans is how casually many Japanese people eat eggs—not just for breakfast, but anytime of the day. For me, eggs are not...
2026-04-29
Japan Business Travel: Where Do You Stay in Tokyo—and How Do You Choose? When you travel to Tokyo for business, how do you decide where to stay? This is something I often wonder—not just for visi...
2026-04-28
Ignore Troll An internet troll is someone who deliberately posts provocative, aggressive, or disruptive comments online to upset others, create conflict, or derail meaningful discussion. Their goal i...
2026-04-28
Starbucks Took Almost 20 Years to Realize What Tottori Already Knew When Starbucks opened its first store in Japan’s Ginza district in 1996, it began a nationwide expansion that eventually reached ...
2026-04-27
Digital Marketing 101 for Business Owners JASSW is proud to host a special JAS-NET event in collaboration with PSPINC, focused on helping business owners better understand digital marketing in toda...
2026-04-27
Lower Taxes, Bigger Harvest: A Muromachi-Era Lesson Still Relevant Today During Japan’s Muromachi period, Ise Sōzui (later known as Hōjō Sōun) is often remembered not just as a military strategist,...
2026-04-27
When a government raises taxes aggressively, then penalizes people or businesses for leaving, it can look less like confidence and more like desperation. History offers examples. The United State...
2026-04-27
Japan has restarted TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 6 Nuclear Power Plant with a clear goal: reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Japan operates one of the world’s largest nuclear fleets, with 33 ope...
2026-04-26
When Politics Tells Business to Leave, Business Eventually Listens If a mayor—especially one driven more by ideology than economics—tells people to boycott companies that helped build and support t...
2026-04-25
Exceeding Expectations People don’t get excited when things go as planned—that’s expected. What creates impact is when something goes beyond. That small gap between expectation and reality turns ...