/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Two Japanese men were caught on the train to Switzerland (from Italy) carrying 134 million dollar worth of bonds in their suitcase.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=ayy1QKcwcGN0

>The government will pay thousands of dollars to fly Mrs. Yamaoka; her husband, who is a Brazilian citizen of Japanese descent; and their family back to Brazil. But in exchange, Mrs. Yamaoka and her husband must agree never to seek to work in Japan again.

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106964/Japan-Pays-Foreign-Workers-to-Go-Home

At the height of the property bubble in Japan, the Imperial Palace and the tiny property surrounding it was worth more than all the land in Canada!

So remember kids; when people try to tell that Japan's economy was horrible throughout the 90's by pointing out the Nikkei Index chart or GDP numbers, tell them that it wasn't, it only fell from a height that was not sustainable to begin with.

Unemployment rate at its worst in Japan was half of what it is in the US which suffers a similar crisis now.

America lost 25% of its GDP in the Great Depression, that lased for years. Japan lost 12,7% in just a year!

How will this affect us weaboos? I mean, surely the anime studios will have trouble making high quality stuff now that they're attacked on two fronts (piracy, and the recession).

And what will happen to all those English teachers out there?!

A few days ago I told you how I lost my motivation. I suddenly got it back, and I've been practicing Japanese. It's quite fun, and giving. Much like match it's brain gymnastics at the highest level.

Even if you don't like Japan, I think you should learn the language. It gives you self-esteem and a faster brain.

any decent investment strategies or books on investing that'll help me achieve successful returns in the Japanese stock market?