* * * * * * * * * 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, April 01, 2012, Issue No. 656<br>
<br>+++ INDEX<br><br>- What's New -- Alcoholism in Japan, ebiz news from Japan<br>- News -- Pending earthquake could be severe<br>- Upcoming Events<br>- Japan Business Q&A -- Employee death expenses<br>- Corrections/Feedback -- KVH as a major DC player<br>
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not out yet. After a long coldish but not unbearable <br>winter, we've been hanging out and hoping for a nice spring<br>day to spread out the groundsheet, relax under the blooms, <br>and pop a few cans of beer, sake, or shochu. Maybe next <br>
weekend?<br><br>In heading out to the local park, riverside, or cemetery <br>(you can find excellent blossom viewing spots in Aoyama <br>Cemetry), we will be joining millions of others across the <br>country, who look forward to the comradery that comes <br>
from getting tipsy next to a group of unknown neighbors <br>doing the same thing. After a couple of hours, it's not <br>unusual to make new friends, enjoy their food, and swap <br>yarns and name cards, all as white and pink blossoms <br>
float gently to earth on the spring breezes.<br><br>Even this Saturday, Yoyogi Park was packed with parties <br>hoping to catch the first blossoms. They were disappointed,<br>but not for long, as the alcohol kicked in and turned the <br>
whole 134 acres into a jolly place. It's at times like <br>these that you can see the dichotomy of Japanese values, <br>where normally buttoned-down people release the pressures<br>in occasional public drunkenness. Those who have gone a bit <br>
too far are still tolerated as they mess up the sidewalks <br>and toilet areas. <br><br>Watching some of the partiers in the park, though, we <br>started thinking about alcoholism and just how bad it is <br>in Japan.<br><br>
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<br>---------- YOUR BOTTOM LINE IS OUR TOP PRIORITY------------<br><br>[...Article continues]<br><br>If you read the anti-alcohol stories that come up in the <br>news media from time-to-time, you might imagine that Japan <br>
is a nation of alcoholics and the business culture of going<br>out drinking to get to know colleagues and customers better<br>is ruining the health of yet another generation. And it is<br>true that there could be as many as 4m alcoholics in Japan.<br>
However, looking at the statistics, while Japan may have <br>alcohol substance abuse problems, it is not nearly as <br>severe as some other nations with similar economies.<br><br>We turned to the WHO 2005 figures in their 2011 Global <br>
Health Observatory report and compared the drinking habits <br>of Japanese, North Americans, and South Koreans. The <br>figures for South Korea are really quite eye opening. In <br>2007, the per capita consumption of alcohol in Japan was <br>
around 8 liters of pure alcohol per year, versus 9.4 for <br>the USA, and 14.8 for South Korea. Since the South Koreans <br>drink far more hard liquor than the Japanese or Americans, <br>they also have a far higher rate of disease and death <br>
because of alcohol. <br><br>WHO says that the rate of alcohol use disorders was 2.25% <br>of Japanese men, and 0.13% of women, while in the USA it <br>was double that number, at 5.48% and 1.92% respectively. In<br>South Korea, an astonishing 13.1% of men but just 0.41% of <br>
women had problems with alcohol. The death rate by liver <br>cirrhosis is also very telling. In Japan in 2005 it was <br>11.9 men and 3.6 women per 100,000 people. In the USA it <br>was 13.5 and 6.1, and for South Korea it was 33.1 and 6.9 <br>
respectively. In other words, Korea has almost 3 times more<br>people dying from alcoholism than Japan does.<br><br>We can think of several reasons why Japan has fewer <br>terminal alcoholics than some other developed countries. One<br>
of these is rather interesting, comprising a mutated <br>enzyme, aldehyde dehydrogenase, which helps to metabolize <br>alcohol. For some reason, Chinese and Japanese populations <br>have a high incidence of the mutated enzyme and therefore <br>
get drunk easily and demonstrate exaggerated aspects of <br>drunkenness with even a small amount of consumption, such as<br>increased blood flow to the face, raised heartbeat, <br>headaches and nausea, and heavy drowsiness. These effects <br>
of course mean that Japanese drinkers tend to stop much <br>sooner than, say, people from European, Polynesian, <br>Native American, and surprisingly, Korean ethnic groups, <br>whose enzyme is still intact.<br><br>You can find more about the Chinese-Japanese versus Korean <br>
linkage to mutated aldehyde dehydrogenase genes by looking<br>up the research of one Dr. Ting-Kai Li, a professor of <br>medicine and biochemistry at the Indiana University School <br>of Medicine in Indianapolis.<br><br>A second reason for the lower rate of alcoholism is <br>
probably related to the type of alcohol that Japanese drink<br>compared to other nations. According to WHO, in 2005, <br>Americans drank 53% beer and 31% spirits as a share of <br>overall alcohol consumption, and the South Koreans drank <br>
18% beer and a massive 81% spirits. The Japanese on the <br>other hand drank 22% beer, 42% spirits, and 33% "Other", <br>where "other" refers to sake and other fermented beverages <br>that can be considered types of wines or light beers. <br>
<br>Indeed, sake is considered by some to be healthy for you, <br>similar to partaking in moderation red wine by the French. <br>Yuji Matsumoto, the first Master Sake Sommelier in the USA <br>and one-time President of the Sake Institute of America, <br>
reckons that sake inhibits cancer formation, due to the <br>presence of a lymphocyte created during the lees pressing <br>process, known as sake kasu. He also describes the <br>benefits of sake in reducing the incidence of cirrhosis of <br>
the liver, arteriosclerosis, cardiac infarction, <br>osteoporosis, and senility. You can read more about his <br>theories here:<br><br><a href="http://bit.ly/H7fc2o">http://bit.ly/H7fc2o</a><br><br>Anyway, it's one of Japan's three main drinking seasons, <br>
the other two being harvest time in August-September and <br>year-end in December, so we encourage you to turn a blind <br>eye to the excesses and understand that mass drunkenness in <br>the park is not necessarily an epidemic. We also note, for <br>
anyone recently arrived in Japan that this country has one <br>of the world's strictest laws on drunk driving, and that <br>essentially driving with any amount of alcohol in the <br>blood is illegal. By "driving" we also mean human-powered <br>
vehicles such as bicycles and probably skateboards, <br>although we don't personally know of anyone who was <br>arrested for cycling after a Hanami party... :-)<br><br><br>...The information janitors/<br><br>***------------------------****-------------------------***<br>
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- Start of a bull market for Japan?<br><br><br><br>-> Pending earthquake could be severe<br><br>A new Science Ministry report says that the next big <br>earthquake to hit Tokyo could be a lot more severe than <br>previously thought. The standing assumption has been that <br>
if a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit Tokyo Bay, the city <br>would suffer 11,000 casualties and the loss of 850,000 <br>buildings. However, the new study has found that the focal <br>point of a quake under Tokyo may be much closer to the <br>
surface than predicted, and that shaking at the city <br>surface could peak at 7 on the Shindo scale of 1-7. ***Ed: <br>The Shindo scale is like the Mercalli scale, and measures <br>ground movement. At Shindo 6 you can't stand, and Shindo 7 <br>
you're being thrown about and fissures open up in the <br>ground. See the definitions here: <a href="http://bit.ly/Hd4CpY**">http://bit.ly/Hd4CpY**</a> <br>(Source: TT commentary from <a href="http://reuters.com">reuters.com</a>, Mar 31, 2012)<br>
<br><a href="http://reut.rs/H6BAhl">http://reut.rs/H6BAhl</a> <br><br>-> Japanese corporate taxes lower than in USA<br><br>Although it's not news, the comparison is nonetheless <br>interesting. After Japan's corporate tax rate drops to <br>
38.01% shortly (you'll remember that it was going to be <br>several percent lower still, but was increased again for 5 <br>years to help pay for the Tohoku reconstruction), the USA <br>will have the honor of having the highest corporate tax <br>
rate amongst developed nations. The OECD says that the <br>average 2012 corporate tax rate amongst its 34 member <br>countries is 25.4%. In the US, it's still 39.2%. ***Ed: <br>Obama has been preparing legislation to bring the US tax <br>
rate down to 28%, but when that will happen is anyone's <br>guess. In the meantime, the Japanese also really need to <br>bring their corporate tax down below 30%, else it will be<br>difficult to get Japanese multinationals to repatriate <br>
taxable income back to Japan.** (Source: TT commentary <br>from <a href="http://reuters.com">reuters.com</a>, Mar 30, 2012)<br><br><a href="http://reut.rs/H66HVo">http://reut.rs/H66HVo</a> <br><br>-> Ocean-based windmills become an option<br>
<br>Due to a lack of physical space as well as the vociferous <br>opposition of locals to having huge turbines in their <br>neighborhoods, especially now that low-frequency noise and <br>consequent negative health effects is so topical, the <br>
Japanese government and private companies are rolling out<br> some novel technologies to put wind turbines out at sea. <br>One such project is a floating platform wind farm being <br>built by Marubeni, Mitsubishi, and Nippon Steel, to be <br>
sited off the coast of Fukushima. The new wind farm will <br>generate 16MW and will be a floating implementation rather <br>than being built on fixed poles, due to the fact that the <br>water in that area is so deep. (Source: TT commentary from <br>
<a href="http://bloomberg.com">bloomberg.com</a>, Mar 29, 2012)<br><br><a href="http://bloom.bg/HwJAaD">http://bloom.bg/HwJAaD</a><br><br>-> Japan may shoot down N. Korean missile<br><br>The right wingers are having some excitement recently as <br>
the Defence Minister announced this last week that he has <br>permission from the Cabinet to order the Self-defence Force<br>to shoot down a North Korean missile should it threaten <br>Japanese territory. It's not clear if this means shooting <br>
the missile down for simply passing over Japanese <br>territory. South Korea has made a similar threat if the <br>missile passes over their nation. (Source: TT commentary <br>from <a href="http://independent.co.uk">independent.co.uk</a>, Mar 31, 2012)<br>
<br><a href="http://ind.pn/HwJvUy">http://ind.pn/HwJvUy</a><br><br>-> Start of a bull market for Japan?<br><br>Investment funds appear to be bullish on Japan's prospects <br>for a strong stock market recovery this year, coming hard <br>
on the heels of a market which has already moved up 23% <br>from 8,165 on November 24th 2011, to 10,083 on Friday, just<br>4 months later. They point to the Tohoku reconstruction <br>budget, the BoJ's recent statements on encouraging mild <br>
inflation, a banking sector largely cleansed of debts, and <br>major companies which have restructured and which have <br>substantially moved all their low-value work off shore. <br>Analysts are also noting that Japanese companies' shares <br>
are still relatively cheap compared to elsewhere, being <br>valued at 1x book value, compared to UK companies valued <br>at 1.7x and US firms at 2.3x. (Source: TT commentary from <br><a href="http://telegraph.co.uk">telegraph.co.uk</a>, Mar 30, 2012)<br>
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-----------------------------------------------------------<br><br>***------------------------****-------------------------***<br><br>+++ JAPAN BUSINESS Q&A<br><br>=> Question: Employee death expenses<br><br>One of our employees died recently, of a heart attack outside<br>
work hours. We don't think it was work related and there<br>doesn't appear to be any claim by the survivors to that effect.<br>Is the company obligated to pay anything to the surviving<br>family? If so, what is the legal or customary amount?<br>
<br>*** Answer<br><br>* Cause of Death<br><br>First of all, it is important to make sure the employee's<br>death is truly not work-related even if the employer and<br>the survivors are both convinced it is not.<br><br>
If an employee worked approximately 100 hours of overtime<br>in a month or 80 hours of overtime per month for 6 months<br>prior to his/her death, such death may be considered<br>work-related.<br><br>* Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance: Survivors' <br>
Benefit<br><br>If an employee dies while at work or commuting to/from work,<br>a surviving family member will receive a pension or a lump-sum<br>payment from the government.<br><br>* Workers’ Accident Compensation Insurance: Funeral Expenses<br>
<br>...To continue reading, click on the following link. (Answers<br>courtesy of Nagamine-mishima.)<br><br><a href="http://www.nagamine-mishima.com/archives/2691?lang=en">http://www.nagamine-mishima.com/archives/2691?lang=en</a><br>
------------------------------------------------------------<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 Terrie's Take 655 we discussed the increase in <br>datacenter usage in Japan following the earthquake and due <br>
to long-term trends in software usage. We had a number of <br>comments, including this one from Ras Scollay at KVH, <br>pointing out that there are some successful foreign players<br>in the market. Thanks Ras.<br><br>=> Reader Comment: Thanks for your newsletter - always <br>
interesting and especially so this week. We at KVH have <br>been closely watching the evolution of the cloud and <br>datacenter market and noticed the lack of foreign based <br>firms setting up platforms here. Every large global player <br>
has a cloud service in region, with the great majority in <br>Singapore, Hong Kong, or as you say in China. Our feeling <br>is that the Japanese market is simply too complex, and the <br>capex and operational costs make it unattractive to global <br>
companies. Which certainly puts KVH in a great position - <br>we are unique as a foreign-focused bilingual company <br>headquartered in Japan, with fibre optic network, <br>datacenters, cloud platforms - VDI, IaaS, Storage, Private <br>
Cloud, etc., all here. There are plenty of great home <br>grown Japanese operations but not so many serving the <br>foreign community, again as you say, unless they want to <br>have their data served from abroad. Interesting times and <br>
we are pleased to be a part of this dynamic and unique <br>market!<br><br>Ras Scollay<br>KVH<br><br>***------------------------****-------------------------***<br><br>***********************************************************<br>
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