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They would have been the first class engineers for your job, Neil, as it was not easy to communicate in English for ordinary engineers.
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They would have been the first class engineers for your job, Neil, as it was not easy to communicate in English for ordinary engineers.The Japanese impression of western- particularly American culture- is interesting. When I worked for the American electronics company Burr-Brown Corporation, we had a main sales office in Atsugi. It was managed and staffed by well-qualified Japanese who moved quite well in each culture and we were very successful.
According to my quick research, Mr. H. Nakamura and Mr. M. Yumura of Nagase & Co., Ltd. seem to have committed the Ektachem 700 as chemists.An interesting experience with a training session at Eastman Kodak, Rochester, New York, occurred winter 1986. We were to learn to service the Ektachem 700 blood analyser. Along with service reps from around the U.S., were two men from Japan where the E700 was to be introduced. The Japanese men were the head of Negase, the company that would market the Ektachem in Japan, and the Tokyo Negase district manager. Some of the U.S. students were surprised at their ages and high positions of the Japanese men. In my very limited understanding of the Japanese system, I commented although they may never make service calls themselves, they would be expected to know everything the employees who serviced the equipment would know. The very first day, heavy snow and wind, as we walked into the classroom, the two Japanese students were there early, standing as a receiving line, erect with a very slight head bow. Their "Good Morning"s were received by a line of us covered with snow, a cup of coffee, and a partially open overcoat, and a series of "Mornin". The rest of the six weeks, we always found them already at their instrument when we arrived.
Another interesting social custom I noticed during trouble shooting sessions, the younger man, if he found the "bug" first, would lead his senior to the problem to allow him to find it first.
Another interesting social thing was, as we (two men to a machine) would trouble shoot our individual problems separated by only a divider from the other teams, the discussions could get loud. On occasion when the Japanese language was loud, my lab partner would say "What?", and the two Japanese men in the next cubicle would then speak very quietly.
These two men were very impressive, especially as they told us they had learned English for only six months before coming to the U.S.
Our Japanese representatives were first-class engineers who worked closely with customers to solve their problems. They, and our company, was highly respected in Japan as well as in Asia.They would have been the first class engineers for your job, Neil, as it was not easy to communicate in English for ordinary engineers.
For the security, the guy in the video Makoto Ishizaka's profile -You are understanding Japan and Japanese very well, Neil. I am much impressed.
In the case of interview with a non-Japanese company in Japan. This is a different world as it would be impossible for the 90% Japanese companies to handle job seekers like this because this system is almost derailing from tradition.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLCMMyphPhY&t=62s
Your questions about the Japanese students identity caused me to probe my memory. I suddenly remembered Kodak took a class picture at the last day of each class, and somewhere I may have them. Today, I found them along with proof of fading memory. The class was for the earlier E400, not the 700, and the dates were 10 JAN to 9 FEB 1984, not 1986. Revealed are Kazumasa Sakagami as the older man and Minoru Ohtake. It was quite a trip down memory lane, as the class seems so young.Correct or not, Mr. Nakamura in 2004 and Mr. Yumura in 2015
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Thanks for your additional information, ed.Your questions about the Japanese students identity caused me to probe my memory. I suddenly remembered Kodak took a class picture at the last day of each class, and somewhere I may have them. Today, I found them along with proof of fading memory. The class was for the earlier E400, not the 700, and the dates were 10 JAN to 9 FEB 1984, not 1986. Revealed are Kazumasa Sakagami as the older man and Minoru Ohtake. It was quite a trip down memory lane, as the class seems so young.
TEPCO corrects the leak amount of contaminated liquid at Fukushima Dai-ichi.I don't eat food from Fukushima since my brother died of cancer there three years ago.
News dated October 26.
"5 workers at Fukushima plant doused with radioactive fluid.
Five workers were accidentally splashed with liquid containing radioactive materials while cleaning at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. Two of the five workers were hospitalized for decontamination treatment and medical observation, the utility reported on Oct. 26.
A doctor determined the possibility of both men sustaining burns due to radiation exposure was low, according to TEPCO......."