I went to one of COSTCO stores in Japan at Amagasaki. Even though it was Monday, the store was so full. When COSTCO came to Japan, people thought nobody will pay membership fee to buy so much volume. But now people are buying them like people in the US.
I think Japan is very unique in the sense that people here adopt to new cultures a lot faster than any other cultures in the world. But it is also true the businesses in Japan are very slow to react to world changes. Japan is a very interesting country.
I was in Kyoto today to take care of some business. But there were lots of people both side of the street. I was told that there will be a parade this afternoon. I decided to stay to watch it.
This is the Hankyu Rail system. One of many public rail system interconnecting cities in Japan. All of those public rail system in Japan is privately (may be publicly traded) owned and is regulated by the government for its safety.
I really think this model of privately owned public transportation will make sense in the US as well. When the project of this nature is funded by tax money, there is no incentive for the people running it to make it self efficient.
I don't write checks. I don't manage particular project. I don't do many things that corporate management do. But I make lots of mistakes. Yes, my job is to make mistakes ... not intentionally but many things that I do come out that way.
WHY?
Because what you see as products of PSPINC ware designed years ago. I don't deal with them much. My job is to come up with something we will be doing years from now. By doing so, many of the things that I create come out ... well, rather bad.
Here is the one of the quotes that I like. "You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."
I can not say I am that innovative. I do not have unlimited resource to
everything I want to do. But I do my best. That what I think I do everyday.
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. T. E. Lawrence
Every service that we offer, Every product that we developed, started as a dream.
Have you ever exported your products to Japan?
If you have not, it is a very good time to export considering how strong the Japanese currency is against US $.
You can even just go to the outlet and pickup some products and sell them to Japan. Even with the shipping cost, you will be saving people in Japan lots of money.
Did you know only 4% of companies in Washington State sell products overseas. That is very small number considering current state of global market. I am not expert in selling anything overseas except to Japan. But I see many opportunities for many of products sold in Washington to be exported to Japan.
When you consider current exchange rate of very strong Japanese Yen over US Dollar, there is no reason why you could not sell anything to Japan. From the computers to candies, jewels to toys, even products made in Japan are cheaper here by 20 to 50%.
That is the reason why Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is restarting its products shopping and fulfilling service from the US to Japan. For more information, please contact me.
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