Here is the number of people studying abroad by country. (1) China 510,842 (2) India 184,801 (3) Korea 115,464 (4) Germany 94,408 (5) Turkey 65,459 (6) France 63,081 (7) Japan 52,849 (8) USA 52,328 (9) Canada 45,157 (10) Italy 42,443 (11) Iran 39,983 (12) Poland 38,641 (13) Indonesia 36,786 (14) Hong Kong 34,...

Since I got to Japan, I have been waking up around 4 in the morning ... that makes a day very long. Tomorrow will be the last day in Japan for analog TV broadcasting. Every channel on TV will go digital tomorrow noon. There is a rash of TV buying going on in Japan. Digital TVs cost about twice there compared to the ...

Many manufacturing jobs have moved to China and other cheap labor countries. But manufacturing jobs are the core for the economic recovery. Without them, money you make will only flow out of the country. So, it really makes me happy to see "MADE IN USA" on anything. I saw this container at Canyons last night. It may ...

There is a budget talk going on in Washington. So I did little study trying to find out why the government has so much debt. Of cause, the government is spending more than what they have. They need to cut the cost but how about the income side? I found out from the little research that US government used to tax 50% incom...

Chevron at 148th and NE 8th in Bellevue has regular gas for 3.699. That is cheaper than some ARCO gas around here. Why is the gasoline so expensive? Gas companies are making too much money.

One of the biggest pop star in Japan is NOT even living human being. It is a digital creation of anime character. REALLY?

Mayumi Nakamura, President/CEO of PSPINC, is now a graduate of University of Washington ... kind of. It is.

Would you buy something just because it is made in USA? Recently it is becoming harder and harder to buy something that is made in USA. I am looking at my desk and I don't think anything on my desk is made in USA or any other industrial nations. Recently, I came across a coupon that give me 50% off anything on the sit...

I had a chance to look at two of the high riser condominiums downtown Bellevue. I really like to design and layout of Bellevue Tower. It was built in 2009 with North and South Tower with about 500 units. Out of that 62% of those units were never been sold ... I don't see any economic recovery. At least not yet.

My daughter passed away at Swedish Hospital in January 25, 2011. She was in the hospital since November 14, 2010. I just happen to see a bill for 1/1 to 1/25/2011 because we switch insurance on 1/1/2011. She was in the hospital for her seizure but died from other reasons. The bill is over $950,000 for 25 days. I wou...