iPhone is popular in Japan as well as Americas and Europe. But here is no Nokia, Android(not yet), and other major mobile companies. This article is about that Vodafone will make the new big platform for mobile-data services. I wonder how …

I found out a visual rock band called Ange Noir, when I searched about Japanese visual-kei band which is my favorite field of music. Suprisingly, Ange Noir is a Russian band. Their costume looks like visual kei, which means they represent …

Face value (Tony Hsieh, Zappos.com) http://www.economist.com/people/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13490041 I didn't know Zappos.com, a shoes shop website. Although this week's Face value focuses on Zappos's outstanding customer service, I doub…

Face value: Yuzaburo Mogi http://www.economist.com/people/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13443693 Yuzaburo Mogi is the CEO of Kikkoman. He raise Kikkoman as a most renowned global brand of soy sauce. The company started marketing activity in th…

I found some good free online sheet music for piano. There are standard piano tunes such as Hanon and Cherny. Surely I have the scores, but sometimes I need another sheet. This Tuesday I happened to play the piano after work, so it was use…

I found brilliant live videos of the pianist Vladimir Horowitz. He played at the White House in 1978 when President Jimmy Carter invited him to perform. Please listen. I like all of them so much. Especially I recommend you to listen to the…

Face value: Sir Moir Lockhead http://www.economist.com/people/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13403819 British public transport is miserable. I remember the accident which was happened when I went trip to the UK. In 2005, I went through London a…

Face value:Ann Moore http://www.economist.com/people/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13325379 The struggling big magazine publisher, Times Inc, is considering the way to get revenue from their online content, as well as implement integration to …

Face Value: Tony Fernandes http://www.economist.com/people/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13325379 Par. 1. Who he is. He borned in Malaysia, and studied in London since he was 12 years old. He dreamed to his own low-cost airline as he couldn't …

Face value: John Paulson http://www.economist.com/people/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13277415 Paragraph 1: Who he is. He is an investor who continues to win during this financial crisis. His hedge funds marked over 100% returns in 2007, bett…