PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Nothing is what it seems.

8月

10日

Look at the email above. Doesn't it look like it came from AMAZON.COM?

I don't know where it came from. But it did not come from AMAZON.COM. This is what we call "phishing". This email try to get your credit card information. Do not click on the email like this. At any point, if it takes you to non AMAZON.COM URL, do not proceed.

It is very easy to fake the actual site. But nobody can fake the URL which is the AMAZON.COM part. If you see something like AMAZON.________.COM, it is not AMAZON.

#Computer #Internet

If it sounds too good to be ture...

8月

10日

It sounds like you could bid on the item and get it for really cheap. I found this site on the facebook advertisement. I check the site about what people are saying. It sounds like a scam. If you see it, do not register. There are many sites like this around the world. Do not go there. Use your common sense. You know you cannot get 2010 HONDA CIVIC for $1,600 ot Canon SLR Digital Camera for $30.

http://www.swipebids.com

#Computer #Internet

Outdoor Footwear Worn in Japan

8月

10日

Jika-Tabi (tabi that contact the ground") is a type of outdoor footwear worn in Japan. It was invented in the 20th century.

Also known (outside Japan) as "tabi boots", they are modelled on tabi, traditional split-toe Japanese socks. Like other tabi, jika-tabi have a divided toe area so that they can in theory be worn with slip-on thonged footwear, but they are heavy-duty, and resemble boots.

Shojiro Ishibashi, the founder of Bridgestone Corporation, is credited with their invention.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jika-tabi

#Life #Politics #Society

Virus and SPAM

8月

10日

Last few weeks, the number of virus and SPAM email has increased a lot. To counter that, we have tighten the filtering software setting yesterday afternoon. Hopefully you are seeing less SPAM today than yesterday.

We will keep this setting for 1 ~ 2 weeks to see how well it works. If there are still more SPAM emails, we will make it even tighter. If we start stamping non SPAM as SPAM, please let us know.

We are striving to make your email experience SPAM free. Thank you for your support.

#Computer #Internet

What can you sell to people in China?

8月

10日

Whole lot of Chinese people come to Japan to buy small electronics goods like rice cooker in Japan. Although, some of those items are made in China, but not available in China.

Do not think Chinese people are poor. Even if only 10% people are wealthy, that 10% is more than the population of Japan. There are over 1.3 billion people in China. 10% of that is 130 million people. That is more than 1/3 of the population of the US.

People around the world made mistake by thinking Chinese can only afford inexpensive goods. They do buy cheap things. They buy expensive things. Thing that they cannot yet to make.

#Business #Marketing

Fluent in Japanese

8月

10日

When you do translation, interpretation, or localization in Japanese language, you need someone native with business experience. There is no way someone who is not native Japanese can do any of those things at professional level no matter how fluent one is.

Even with native Japanese, if one has no business experience, that person will be able to create an acceptable Japanese language documents.

You need to hire a professional Japanese writer or hire a professional company or just do not do any Japanese translation. It is better to keep it in English than bad Japanese.

PSPINC (http://www.pspinc.com) has done Japanese localization of software for over 100 titles before it started its Internet Web hosting business in 1996.
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The T-shirt says, I am looking for a Japanese girl friend.

#Business #Marketing

2010 Japan Night at Mariners Game

8月

9日

40+ people from Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. will be at Mariners game tonight.

#Love

In search of radio station.

8月

9日

I used to listen to TALK radio stations. Then I realized most of the commercials that I hear on those radio stations are:

(1) Get out of debt
(2) Credit card relief
(3) Low rate mortgage

That means many people who listen to those radio stations are in debt. I don't think I want to be labeled as such. So, now I am shopping around the radio stations to find the right commercials.

Have you every paid attention to the commercials on the station that you are listening to? If not, you might want to try.

#Life #Politics #Society

At Lenny Wilkens' Charity Dinner

8月

9日

This picture was taken at Friday Night's Lenny Wilkens Charity Dinner. The gentleman I took a picture with is Mr. Tommy Davis. He played for Los Angles Dodgers from September 22, 1959. That was 24 days after I was born. I was very honored to share a table with this and other sports celebrities.

#Life #Politics #Society