Daily Life, Travels and Events in Reiwa

July 29, 2021: I got the first vaccine in pediatrics. It was not as bad as I had expected. https://tedsogo2021.blogspot.com/2021/08/july-29-aug-19-2021covid-19-vaccination.html?m=1

 June 6, 2021: Had a Korean BBQ lunch on Sunday afternoon. It's been a really long time since I last had it here in Senri Chuo, Osaka. 

 May 3, 2021: Hattori Ryokuchi Park https://tedsogo2021.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-3-2021-hattori-ryokuchi-park.html?m=1

2019-2021: Spring scenery in Osaka https://tedsogo2021.blogspot.com/2021/04/2019-2021-spring-scenery-in-osaka.html?m=1

April 3, 2021: Body-blown cherry blossoms in Hattori Ryokuchi Park🌸  https://tedsogo2021.blogspot.com/2021/04/april-3-2021-body-blown-cherry-blossoms.html?m=1

The Japan Bearing Industry Association Journal “Bearing” (March 2021) https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/TETSUYASOGO/jbia-essay-with-english-translation-march-2021

“What I have learned in the trend of Globalization” -Essay for The Japan Bearing Industry Association Journal, Bearing (March 2021)- Tetsuya Sogo, CFO of NTN Corporation      When I was 29 years old, I participated in the start-up of a new plant to manufacture HUB bearings for automobiles as a chief engineer in the suburbs of Chicago, USA. This was my first overseas assignment for seven and a half years from 1989 to 1996. Although we introduced the most advanced production equipment and technology of the time from Japan, we struggled in a situation where productivity was much lower than that of the mother factory in Japan. In my first overseas assignment, I faced problems such as low employee skills, high absenteeism and turnover rates. I wondered what the essential management problem was and what needed to be changed. I eventually learned how I could maximize the motivation of local human resources, as well as how to evaluate and treat them fairly, in other words, I real...