Uchikura & Co Blog
2010-08-25
I read a very interesting article this morning. Yes, I do read sometime called Is Your Business Ready for The New Normal?The only thing that you have control as a business is the cost. How do you redu...
2010-08-24
Would you buy "MADE IN THE USA" even if the product is more expensive?The answer is ... "NO"Let's not kid ourselves by thinking products made in the USA would sell. It used to be true. Why? Because Ma...
2010-08-24
From time to time, I will select a product that is available in both US and Japan and compare a price for you based on the current currency exchange.LEXUS LS 460 Base ModelUS Retail $66,000JP Retail Y...
2010-08-24
Mayumi Nakamura, president of PSPINC, flew to Long Beach this morning. She will have over 10 meetings in 3 days with several Japanese corporations headquartered in southern California.I think we are e...
2010-08-23
Travelex ... You have seen them at airport. They say NO FEE foreign currency exchange. This is a rip off. The current Japanese Yen to US Dollar is about 86 yen to 1 dollar. At this stand they sell Jap...
2010-08-23
I took this picture this morning at out side of baggage claim at SEATAC this morning. This area used to be smoking area for the airport but it is not more. However, it is used as a smoking area anyway...
2010-08-23
Today, PSPINC deployed the new rule for detecting SPAM email on our SPAM Filter. It should detect another 70% plus SPAM coming to your mailbox. Please let me know if we stamp any valid email as SPAM.W...
2010-08-23
I was at the SEATAC airport waiting for people on DELAT 182. The arrival notice said it is arriving little after 3pm. Originally it was supposed to arrive at 11:30am. I waited until 4:30pm and found o...
2010-08-20
Today I attended Seattle Executives Association Golf Tournament. It was really a nice day. Although we shot 9 under par (scramble format), best team shot 4 strokes better than we did.We did not win bu...
2010-08-20
All States, Counties and cities are having budget crisis. They are short of revenue and forced to cut services ... or are they?There is a small part near out office called Highland Park. There are two...