* * * * * * * * * T E R R I E 'S T A K E * * * * * * *<br>A weekly roundup of news & information from Terrie Lloyd.<br>(<a href="http://www.terrie.com">http://www.terrie.com</a>)<br><br>General Edition Sunday, September 05, 2010 Issue No. 580<br>
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or call: 03-4550-2557.<br><br>------------- PBXL is Business Communications -------------<br><br><br>+++ WHAT'S NEW<br><br>There was a disturbing news item in the Nikkei this week <br>about many young singles in Japan falling below the poverty <br>
line and having to live at home to make ends meet. While <br>the world was fascinated with parasite singles some years <br>ago, it seems now that many young people are forced by the <br>economy rather than by choice to live with their parents.<br>
<br>According to the Labor Ministry, which is starting to <br>reveal facts and figures about poverty in Japan that were <br>previously kept quiet by the LDP, fully 69.7% of young <br>singles aged 15-34 who work outside of full-time <br>
employment are unable to support themselves from their job<br>income alone. Since 32.9% of Japan's 64m-person employed <br>workforce consists of people aged 15-34, and about 1/3 of <br>them are part-time or contract workers, then we can surmise<br>
that somewhere around 4.4m young people are unable to live <br>from their work incomes alone.<br><br>The report notes that most of those people unable to <br>support themselves through their jobs are working in the <br>IT, communications, hospitality and food services <br>
industries. No surprise there. IT may sound technical, but <br>on the low end you are talking about help desk work that <br>essentially consists of being nice on the phone and <br>learning some basic responses and escalation strategies. <br>
Waiting tables, tending bars, or flipping burgers are <br>famously underpaid in any country, but with no tipping <br>system and plummeting patronage, it makes more sense<br>to go live in Okinawa on the beach and register as <br>
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the minimum wage numbers for their workforces, and in Tokyo<br>this was set at JPY821/hour, up 30 yen from last year. At <br>that rate, a person working 160 hours a month would make <br>JPY131,360, barely enough to pay rent, food, and transport,<br>
and not much more. Yes, this is the minimum wage, but if <br>you look at what part-time work is paying recently in the <br>arbeit magazines, the going wages are not much more than <br>this.<br><br>Indeed, a recent poll by employment information company DIP<br>
found that nationwide temps (and these are the better jobs <br>which yield sufficient profit for the temp agencies to be <br>brokering them) were earning JPY1,349/hour in July, down <br>0.7% over the month before. Employment agency Recruit found<br>
through its survey that the nation's average income for <br>temp workers in June was JPY1,450, the 24th straight <br>monthly drop. <br><br>These numbers do put a worker above the poverty level, but <br>not by much. And if you're in hospitality or similar area <br>
of business, then the chances are that if you're under 30, <br>you're also under the JPY2m/year poverty line.<br><br>The problem is that in days gone by, kids with lesser <br>education could still access a stable job by first sweating <br>
out an entry level position in office administration. Over <br>time and with hard work, these positions would convert <br>into regular employment and maybe management <br>responsibility. However, with the difficult economy, <br>
companies other than some exporters are still cutting <br>their back office positions significantly. <br><br>And things are probably going to get worse, not least of <br>which because of a growing trend to outsource lower end <br>
work to other countries. You have companies such as <br>InfoDeliver, a Tokyo-based Business Process Outsourcing <br>(BPO) firm that plans to increase its office staff in <br>Dalian to 2,000 Chinese nationals by the end of this year. <br>
The company outsources Japanese-language data entry, <br>accounting, and HR tasks from insurance companies and <br>took JPY1.74bn of orders last year. This year it plans to <br>record revenues of JPY3.32bn -- a two-fold increase. <br>
<br>There are many other players in this space, including the <br>likes of Transcosmos (300 employees planned in Suzhou), <br>Pasona Tech (200 employees in Dalian), and Nomura Research,<br>with an undisclosed employee headcount. Research firm <br>
Gartner reckons that the Japanese BPO market last year was <br>worth around JPY1.28trn, and will hit 1.45trn in the next <br>four years. Fewer of those jobs will go to the current temp and<br>contracting generation of workers, and thus the spiral will<br>
worsen.<br><br>There is something seriously wrong when young workers can't<br>support themselves. Yes, in any country, getting started <br>with your working life when under educated is a struggle. <br>But given that these same people comprise 1/6 of the tax <br>
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Web: <a href="http://www.biosjp.com">www.biosjp.com</a><br>-----------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br>+++ NEWS<br><br>- Uniqlo shine wearing off?<br>- Takeda buys license for obesity drug<br>- 2.06% annual interest on 35-year loans<br>
- Foreign institutions pushing up yen?<br>- Officially the hottest summer<br><br><br><br>-> Uniqlo shine wearing off?<br><br>Uniqlo's Fast Retailing said that store sales were down <br>9.3% in August versus the same period a year ago, although <br>
sales for the year ending August were up by 4.7%. ***Ed: <br>Analysts are giving various reasons why Uniqlo's sales are <br>down, ranging from the hot weather spiking what should have<br>been a strong Autumn fashion release, through to the <br>
ongoing recession causing people to spend less. We think <br>the main reason is that Uniqlo simply isn't so fashionable <br>as it was a year ago. The company definitely didn't do a <br>good job with its summer line-up, with lots of stock that <br>
LOOKED cheap, and seems to have lost some of its fashion <br>edge. We imagine that the demand for thermal underwear will<br>boost winter numbers again, but the company really needs to<br>pay more attention to design and materials for the warmer <br>
months.** (Source: TT commentary from <a href="http://bloomberg.com">bloomberg.com</a>, Sep 2,<br>2010)<br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2eamluj">http://tinyurl.com/2eamluj</a><br><br>-> Takeda buys license for obesity drug<br>
<br>Japan's largest pharma company, Takeda, has struck a <br>potentially major deal with US-based Orexigen Therapeutics,<br>involving the Americas marketing rights for Orexigen's <br>obesity drug Contrave. Takeda will pay Orexigen an upfront <br>
fee of US$50m for exclusive marketing rights in the USA, <br>Mexico, and Canada, and will pay out up to US$1bn if <br>Orexigen is able to get the drug approved by the US Food <br>and Drug Administration. ***Ed: Takeda made a similar size <br>
deal with another company last year and has said that it is<br>targeting obesity as a growth market in coming years. <br>(Source: <a href="http://thepharmaletter.com">thepharmaletter.com</a>, Sep 3, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2bzjskk">http://tinyurl.com/2bzjskk</a><br>
<br>-> 2.06% annual interest on 35-year loans<br><br>The government's Housing Finance Agency, which buys <br>mortgages from banks then securitizes and sells them to <br>institutional investors, has said that its Flat 35 <br>
fixed-rate mortgages will move to a minimum interest rate <br>of 2.06% in September, the lowest rate ever. Flat 35 <br>mortgage rates drop by 1% to the new low rate for the first<br>10 years of a mortgage when the borrower is building an <br>
energy-efficient, earthquake-resistant home. (Source: TT <br>commentary from <a href="http://e.nikkei.com">e.nikkei.com</a>, Sep 2, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100902D02JFN01.htm">http://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100902D02JFN01.htm</a><br>
<br>-> Foreign institutions pushing up yen?<br><br>There has been a lot of speculation as to why the yen keeps<br>getting stronger. We think the main reason is simply that <br>the U.S. through Quantitive Easing is playing a game of <br>
"beggar thy neighbor" and the Europeans are more aware of <br>how the game is played than Japan is. The Nikkei this week <br>gives a more up-close view of what is happening by saying <br>that foreign institutional investors have found Japan to be<br>
a safe haven for their funds, and are buying huge amounts <br>of yen as a hedge against the slowing U.S. economy. <br>Previously the blame was put on speculators. (Source: TT <br>commentary from <a href="http://e.nikkei.com">e.nikkei.com</a>, Sep 2, 2010)<br>
<br><a href="http://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100901D01JFA02.htm">http://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100901D01JFA02.htm</a><br><br>-> Officially the hottest summer<br><br>OK, so you know it's hot, and it's been like this for about<br>
8 weeks, with probably another 2-3 weeks to go. Now it's <br>official that this summer has been the hottest since <br>records started in 1898, according to the Japan <br>Meteorological Agency. The average temperature was 1.64 <br>
degrees Celsius hotter than average between June and August<br>-- compared to the previous hottest spell in 1994, which <br>was an average 1.36 degrees. As a result there have been at <br>least 132 heat-related deaths and 30,000 heat stroke <br>
admissions to hospital, nationwide. (Source: TT commentary <br>from <a href="http://google.com">google.com</a>, Sep 2, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/26fpunh">http://tinyurl.com/26fpunh</a><br><br><br>NOTE: Broken links<br>
Many online news sources remove their articles after just a<br>few days of posting them, thus breaking our links -- we<br>apologize for the inconvenience.<br><br>***------------------------****-------------------------***<br>
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your core duties you will manage lead generation to sales <br>closure for Small and Medium sized Business, take ownership<br>and direct the metrics of lead generation and opportunity, <br>and lead accounts and take an active role in <br>
troubleshooting any changes or issues.<br><br>The successful candidate in this role will have more than <br>6 years experience in IT software sales, ideally with the <br>SaaS background forming part or all of this, and will also <br>
have 2 years experience managing a sales team to successful<br>meet and beat targets on a regular basis. In addition to <br>this, although not mandatory, the most desirable candidates<br>will have some form of telemarketing and/or telesales <br>
experience, and will finally have experience managing <br>Japanese customers in direct sales.<br><br>Remuneration is up to JPY16m depending on your experience <br>and level<br><br>** POSITIONS VACANT<br><br>- APAC HR Director, Singapore, JP17m JPY21m<br>
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<br>Corporate Tax and Supply Chain<br>- Corporate Tax Update<br>- Supply Chain Restructurings<br><br>Indirect Tax<br><br>Date: Thursday, 28th September 1:30pm-5:00pm<br>Venue: Arcadia Ichigaya: 5F Daisetsu East<br>Speaker: Professionals from Ernst & Young <br>
Number of Seats: 50 seats<br>Language: English<br>Fees: 20,000JPY+Tax<br>Register: <a href="https://www.cch-japan.jp/contents/register/form">https://www.cch-japan.jp/contents/register/form</a><br><br>For more details, Please Contact us at: <a href="mailto:support@cch.co.jp">support@cch.co.jp</a>,<br>
or 03-3265-1161, <a href="http://www.cch-japan.jp">www.cch-japan.jp</a>.<br>-----------------------------------------------------------<br>***------------------------****-------------------------***<br><br>+++ CORRECTIONS/FEEDBACK<br>
<br>In this section we run comments and corrections submitted<br>by readers. We encourage you to spot our mistakes and<br>amplify our points, by email, to <a href="mailto:editors@terrie.com">editors@terrie.com</a>.<br><br>
*** In TT577 we carried a news item that recent research <br>proves that not all sugars are the same, even though them <br>may appear to be closely chemically related. In TT578, a <br>reader provided an interesting reference to a YouTube video<br>
which appears to prove that indeed, High Fructose Corn <br>Syrup in particular is killing a generation of Americans. <br>The video is very convincing. <br><br>However, we have a reader who feels that our preference for<br>
honey over sugar is misplaced and makes the following <br>comment.<br><br>==> Reader: It's been well known for decades that different<br>sugars are metabolized differently; I remember learning <br>about the difference between e.g. sucrose and glucose in <br>
grade 12 biology back in the 80s.<br><br>And in particular, high-fructose corn syrup has been over <br>the past decade or two been looming as potentially a Bad <br>Thing, in terms of public health. It seems to me still an <br>
open question, but at least we can see how there could be <br>a mechanism for this sort of thing.<br><br>But before you get all excited about honey, you might want <br>to have a quick look at what's really in it. From Wikipedia's <br>
entry on honey:<br>* With respect to carbohydrates, honey is mainly fructose <br>(about 38.5%) and glucose (about 31.0%),[1] making it <br>similar to the synthetically produced inverted sugar syrup <br>which is approximately 48% fructose, 47% glucose, and 5% <br>
sucrose.<br><br>And from the entry on high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS):<br><br>* Honey typically has a fructose/glucose ratio similar to <br>HFCS 55, as well as containing some sucrose and other <br>sugars. Like HFCS, honey contains water and has <br>
approximately 3 kcal per gram. Because of its similar sugar<br>profile and lower price, HFCS has been used illegally to <br>"stretch" honey. As a result, checks for adulteration no <br>longer test for sugar but instead test for minute <br>
quantities of proteins that can be used to differentiate <br>between HFCS and honey. <br><br>==> We respond: Because something is written by a crowd <br>sourced online application doesn't mean that it is correct.<br>
Indeed, even if it's written by doctors doesn't mean that <br>it's correct. We note that in the same article, above the <br>honey comment, is the sentence: "Studies by The American <br>Medical Association suggest 'it appears unlikely that HFCS <br>
contributes more to obesity or other conditions than <br>sucrose' but call for further independent research on the <br>subject..."<br><br>One could imagine that the AMA is the last word on this <br>subject, but of course as the video we highlighted in TT578<br>
shows, this is not necessarily the case and in fact HFCS <br>could well become the Thalidomide of our generation. <br>Wikipedia is a great tool, and the majority opinion is <br>often right, but not always. Given the choice of surviving <br>
a month down a tunnel with either a pot of honey or a pot <br>of HFCS, we know what we'd choose. Mankind has been eating <br>copious amounts of honey for generations without apparent <br>side effects other than potentially a toothache. We cannot <br>
say the same thing about HFCS.<br><br>If you have the time, watch this video, it's very <br>convincing, and the presenter has the credentials to make <br>it so:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM</a><br>
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