http://www.stippy.com/japan-news-and-media/an-old-apple-a-day-keeps-jobs-san-away-higuchi-joins-microsoft-japan/ A fresh look at Japan, by gaijins for gaijins! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:17:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.stippy.com/japan-news-and-media/an-old-apple-a-day-keeps-jobs-san-away-higuchi-joins-microsoft-japan/#comment-4929 Mr. Mori Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:10:09 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-news-and-media/an-old-apple-a-day-keeps-jobs-san-away-higuchi-joins-microsoft-japan/#comment-4929 Richmond, you're missing the point. Daiei is more than just a grocery store. Daiei is - or should I say was - the jewel in the crown of the entire IRCJ project. The list of people who quit high profile, well paying jobs to join the IRCJ (on a much smaller salary) in order to serve their country was amazing. Higuchi was one of many. While the job won't have been easy, he'll look back with pride on taking on the challenge and saving the jobs of so many Watanabe-sans. You've gotta give someone like that credit for taking such a huge pay cut in order to help his fellow countrymen. I don't have much of a view on the relative merrits of Microsoft, but his choice to go work for a "grocery store" was high quality. Cheers to the man. Richmond, you’re missing the point. Daiei is more than just a grocery store. Daiei is - or should I say was - the jewel in the crown of the entire IRCJ project. The list of people who quit high profile, well paying jobs to join the IRCJ (on a much smaller salary) in order to serve their country was amazing. Higuchi was one of many. While the job won’t have been easy, he’ll look back with pride on taking on the challenge and saving the jobs of so many Watanabe-sans. You’ve gotta give someone like that credit for taking such a huge pay cut in order to help his fellow countrymen. I don’t have much of a view on the relative merrits of Microsoft, but his choice to go work for a “grocery store” was high quality. Cheers to the man.

]]> http://www.stippy.com/japan-news-and-media/an-old-apple-a-day-keeps-jobs-san-away-higuchi-joins-microsoft-japan/#comment-4926 Richmond Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:37:17 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-news-and-media/an-old-apple-a-day-keeps-jobs-san-away-higuchi-joins-microsoft-japan/#comment-4926 You paint this guy in a positive light, Red, but if he was such a great IT man, how did he end up working for a grocery store anyway? You paint this guy in a positive light, Red, but if he was such a great IT man, how did he end up working for a grocery store anyway?

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