Halloween in China and Japan

Today's Halloween in the U.S., and in Tokyo, Halloween is fairly new thing and it seems Halloween is being celebrated only by foreigners, to be exact, drunk foreigners. Yamanote subway line has beefed up security to prepare for any misconducts by the "crazy" Gaijins, such as taking off clothes and sleeping on the racks, taking off lights inside the cars, etc.


In Shanghai, Halloween is becoming trendy, even it is not as big as Christmas, but young people who like parties still embrace it as another excuse to have some fun.


On the food safety fronts, China is recalling Japanese soysource due to a chemical is found.


Japan's Air Self Defense Chief was forced to resign for saying publicly that Japan has not invaded Korea and China.


And China reports the news promptly.

Food and Finance Crisis

A this Wold's Food Day, more tainted foods were found in Japan that were imported from China, this time, frozen vegetables. However, Chinese denied anything went wrong in its side. (TBS News)


Finance market went further down, after Dow closed down by over 700 points, Tokyo Nikkei is now dipping below 9000 level. No end is seen yet to the current wide spread crisis. (Nikkei Net)


Smaller, Better for auto?
Would you like to drive a car shorter than 3 meters made by Toyoda? (TBS News)

Worldwide Stock Market Crash

The Dow Jones Index dropped 687 points, in three days, the stock market has down over 15 percent, if you think that is scare, consider this:


Tokyo Stock Market dropped over 1000 points this morning, to a new low of 8,100. The Market has to shut down temporarily due to overwhelming sale orders. The scare feeling of no site of a bottom can be seen cause a wide spread selling. Where are the bargain hunters?


China, fears even worse than Japan, the Shanghai market dropped to below 2000, and one analyst predicated that if the Shanghai Index touches 2,000 point, the next target is 1,000. Around the same time last year, Shanghai Index reached over 6,000, that means two thirds of value has evaporated in a single year.