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Old October 30th 06, 04:30 PM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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Default Japanese ****box cars, electronics cursed with recent flood of recalls

here's something the liberal drive-by media press won't ever tell you
on the 6:00 news- the Japanese mfgrs. are dwindling WORSE than the USA
big three- that's why Toyota moved here while they had a chance- you
won't see this in CONSUMER REPORTS- who basically blasts USA made
cars,and pushes foreign crap to undermine out own economy

eat your crow with a side-dish of rice, Ricky and Boob...


http://www.timesleader.com/mld/times...s/15877907.htm

Recalls vex Japan

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer
KAWASAKI, Japan - Yasuhisa Konno is so proud of the fine-tuned skills
required to make metal parts at his greasy yet humming shop that he and
several like-minded neighborhood factory owners have formed a social
club called Republic of Manufacturing.

The club, which meets regularly over beer to trade notes, has one key
message: Japan Inc. was built on quality manufacturing delivered by
dedicated workers like the club members, and they deserve social
respect.

Konno, 40, isn't alone in fretting about the possible unraveling of
mighty manufacturing, long credited with helping modernize this nation
to become the world's second biggest economy.

Although such concerns have been around for some years, the recent
spate of recalls at top names in Japanese manufacturing - Sony Corp.,
Toyota Motor Corp., Canon Inc., to name a few - is serving as an all
too painful reminder that the fears are looming ever larger.

The concerns are especially relevant coming amid intensifying
competition from nearby China. A rapidly declining birth rate is
threatening Japan with a worker shortage that could chip away at its
craftsmanship tradition.

Konno is adamant the recent surge in recalls has nothing to do with
people like him who're trying to uphold pride in manufacturing.

"Those recalls aren't about true Japanese production," he said.

But even Konno acknowledged his company, which boasts some 200
corporate customers, has serious trouble attracting younger Japanese,
who look down on production work as dirty, dangerous and tough.

The number of people employed in manufacturing has gradually dwindled
to about 12 million, down 20 percent from about 15 million in 1990, as
jobs grew in retail and services, according to the government
Statistics Bureau.

The sense of crisis is great.

Tokyo has adopted as its buzzword for a national vision
"monozukuri," which means "making things," including not only
industrial production but also arts and crafts and other activities
that involve working with your hands. A declining birth rate is seen as
a threat to ensuring an adequate work force for monozukuri as the
Boomer generation approaches retirement age.

The government started a monozukuri campaign last year, earmarking
funds to dozens of robotics, nanotechnology, genome and other
technology projects, to survive global competition.

Many Japanese feel that much of this nation's economic success was
won through workaholic labor-intensive values.

Politicians, intellectuals and educators alike are engaging in
hand-wringing about how such qualities are dwindling among younger
Japanese, who are growing more like their Western counterparts in
job-hopping and seeking dot-com riches.

Workmanship that comes from years of on-the-job experience is getting
lost as more youngsters opt for white-collar work, said Seiichi Osawa,
an official at the Nagano Prefectural Institute of Technology, a
government training program set up especially to produce quality
workers in manufacturing.

"What's important is learning by getting your hands covered with
grease," he said. "But kids these days think everything can be done
by just sitting in front of a computer."

Japanese workers in manufacturing have been aging at a faster pace than
white-collar workers, according to a government "white paper" on
monozukuri released earlier this year.

In 1990, workers ages 15 to 29 made up 23 percent of the manufacturing
work force, but just 17.5 percent in 2005. School graduates who chose
jobs in manufacturing were about a third of the total in 1990, but have
shrunk to less than one-fifth in recent years, according to the white
paper.

Eighteen-year-old Chihiro Kawata is typical in looking for a clerical
job after odd jobs at fast-food chains and convenience stores. She is
considering work in elder care and nursery schools for the future.

"I never thought about it," she said of a manufacturing job. "My
parents recommend I get a basic office job."

No one is suggesting that respected names in Japanese manufacturing are
about to sink into oblivion. But the tales of trouble strike a sharp
contrast from the historical success stories of Japanese companies,
which depended more on fortitude, self-effacing team work and attention
to detail, rather than individualism and innovative breakthroughs.

Katsuaki Nagaike, professor of business and technology management at
Kyushu University, said the recalls highlight the adjustment problems
encountered by Japanese companies amid globalization.

Japanese strengths were based on developing core technology in-house
over a long period. But the recent price drops in electronics pitted
the old-style business model against a cost-cutting commodity model,
seen in companies like Dell, he said.

"The recalls are like mistakes in fielding during a baseball game
even for a good team," Nagaike said. "Chinese companies still have
a long way to go before they can catch up in design, engineering and
technology with Japanese companies."

Recent recalls

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Among the embarrassing list of Japan's recent recalls:

· Sony's massive recall of faulty lithium-ion batteries for laptop
computers numbering 9.6 million worldwide, affecting laptops from
practically every major maker in the world.

· Toyota has been tarnished by auto recalls in Japan, the U.S. and
China. President Katsuaki Watanabe has vowed to beef up quality control
by reviewing quality in every stage of development and production.

· Last month, digital camera and copy machine maker Canon said it
will inspect and provide free parts replacements for 1.87 million
copiers worldwide because some may catch fire.

· Matsu****a Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand
products, has recently recalled 6,000 batteries used in its laptops
that may overheat. But the company was plagued last year by a more
serious problem of thousands of heaters sold in Japan, suspected in two
deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.

· Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is still struggling to regain public trust
after a scandal first surfaced in 2000, in which the manufacturer
acknowledged it had systematically hid auto defects for more than 20
years.

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Old November 1st 06, 01:38 AM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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Default SO WHAT! THAT DOESN'T MEAN A THING


duty-honor-country wrote:
here's something the liberal drive-by media press won't ever tell you
on the 6:00 news- the Japanese mfgrs. are dwindling WORSE than the USA
big three- that's why Toyota moved here while they had a chance- you
won't see this in CONSUMER REPORTS- who basically blasts USA made
cars,and pushes foreign crap to undermine out own economy

eat your crow with a side-dish of rice, Ricky and Boob...


http://www.timesleader.com/mld/times...s/15877907.htm

Recalls vex Japan

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer
KAWASAKI, Japan - Yasuhisa Konno is so proud of the fine-tuned skills
required to make metal parts at his greasy yet humming shop that he and
several like-minded neighborhood factory owners have formed a social
club called Republic of Manufacturing.

The club, which meets regularly over beer to trade notes, has one key
message: Japan Inc. was built on quality manufacturing delivered by
dedicated workers like the club members, and they deserve social
respect.

Konno, 40, isn't alone in fretting about the possible unraveling of
mighty manufacturing, long credited with helping modernize this nation
to become the world's second biggest economy.

Although such concerns have been around for some years, the recent
spate of recalls at top names in Japanese manufacturing - Sony Corp.,
Toyota Motor Corp., Canon Inc., to name a few - is serving as an all
too painful reminder that the fears are looming ever larger.

The concerns are especially relevant coming amid intensifying
competition from nearby China. A rapidly declining birth rate is
threatening Japan with a worker shortage that could chip away at its
craftsmanship tradition.

Konno is adamant the recent surge in recalls has nothing to do with
people like him who're trying to uphold pride in manufacturing.

"Those recalls aren't about true Japanese production," he said.

But even Konno acknowledged his company, which boasts some 200
corporate customers, has serious trouble attracting younger Japanese,
who look down on production work as dirty, dangerous and tough.

The number of people employed in manufacturing has gradually dwindled
to about 12 million, down 20 percent from about 15 million in 1990, as
jobs grew in retail and services, according to the government
Statistics Bureau.

The sense of crisis is great.

Tokyo has adopted as its buzzword for a national vision
"monozukuri," which means "making things," including not only
industrial production but also arts and crafts and other activities
that involve working with your hands. A declining birth rate is seen as
a threat to ensuring an adequate work force for monozukuri as the
Boomer generation approaches retirement age.

The government started a monozukuri campaign last year, earmarking
funds to dozens of robotics, nanotechnology, genome and other
technology projects, to survive global competition.

Many Japanese feel that much of this nation's economic success was
won through workaholic labor-intensive values.

Politicians, intellectuals and educators alike are engaging in
hand-wringing about how such qualities are dwindling among younger
Japanese, who are growing more like their Western counterparts in
job-hopping and seeking dot-com riches.

Workmanship that comes from years of on-the-job experience is getting
lost as more youngsters opt for white-collar work, said Seiichi Osawa,
an official at the Nagano Prefectural Institute of Technology, a
government training program set up especially to produce quality
workers in manufacturing.

"What's important is learning by getting your hands covered with
grease," he said. "But kids these days think everything can be done
by just sitting in front of a computer."

Japanese workers in manufacturing have been aging at a faster pace than
white-collar workers, according to a government "white paper" on
monozukuri released earlier this year.

In 1990, workers ages 15 to 29 made up 23 percent of the manufacturing
work force, but just 17.5 percent in 2005. School graduates who chose
jobs in manufacturing were about a third of the total in 1990, but have
shrunk to less than one-fifth in recent years, according to the white
paper.

Eighteen-year-old Chihiro Kawata is typical in looking for a clerical
job after odd jobs at fast-food chains and convenience stores. She is
considering work in elder care and nursery schools for the future.

"I never thought about it," she said of a manufacturing job. "My
parents recommend I get a basic office job."

No one is suggesting that respected names in Japanese manufacturing are
about to sink into oblivion. But the tales of trouble strike a sharp
contrast from the historical success stories of Japanese companies,
which depended more on fortitude, self-effacing team work and attention
to detail, rather than individualism and innovative breakthroughs.

Katsuaki Nagaike, professor of business and technology management at
Kyushu University, said the recalls highlight the adjustment problems
encountered by Japanese companies amid globalization.

Japanese strengths were based on developing core technology in-house
over a long period. But the recent price drops in electronics pitted
the old-style business model against a cost-cutting commodity model,
seen in companies like Dell, he said.

"The recalls are like mistakes in fielding during a baseball game
even for a good team," Nagaike said. "Chinese companies still have
a long way to go before they can catch up in design, engineering and
technology with Japanese companies."

Recent recalls

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Among the embarrassing list of Japan's recent recalls:

· Sony's massive recall of faulty lithium-ion batteries for laptop
computers numbering 9.6 million worldwide, affecting laptops from
practically every major maker in the world.

· Toyota has been tarnished by auto recalls in Japan, the U.S. and
China. President Katsuaki Watanabe has vowed to beef up quality control
by reviewing quality in every stage of development and production.

· Last month, digital camera and copy machine maker Canon said it
will inspect and provide free parts replacements for 1.87 million
copiers worldwide because some may catch fire.

· Matsu****a Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand
products, has recently recalled 6,000 batteries used in its laptops
that may overheat. But the company was plagued last year by a more
serious problem of thousands of heaters sold in Japan, suspected in two
deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.

· Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is still struggling to regain public trust
after a scandal first surfaced in 2000, in which the manufacturer
acknowledged it had systematically hid auto defects for more than 20
years.


Duty Honor Country

So what!The USA is still the leader in recalls.It just doesn't happen
very often with cars made in Japan.Japan is still the leader in quality
and we do not hear very much regarding what is made there.I drive a
Japanese vehicle and it's still running great.It was made by Suzuki for
GM to be sold by GM in the USA.It is still a dependable little car and
I like it.It also is a 4X4,which can be handy in the winter.Plus,as I
have said before,the USA is still the leader in recalls and so what if
Japan has done some recalls recently.The Japanese auto and electronics
manufacturers have NEVER said that their stuff is perfect or
unfallible,they still need to be fixed when they are not performing the
proper way.For your information,I'd still rather buy a Toyota car than
some that was Found On The Road Dead,or something that needs to be
Fixed Or Repaired Daily or even a ****ed Over Remake Of Dodge.By the
way,the latter two giants never apologized for their mishaps regarding
those early model DEATHTRAP'S known as Pinto's or even the faulty locks
on their mini vans or the faulty seat belts that jammed when locked and
the person could not get out of them.Plus,didn't the Flipped Over,Read
Directions corporation,when they made the early classic Mustang cars
and simply put a drop-in fuel tank within the trunk area,which
automatically made that little car a DEATHTRAP,knowingly kept the
dangers of such from the public.

Plus,Lee Iacocca,who was the head of that Fallen Apart Or Rather
Disillusioned auto corporation at the time,knew that those cars were
dangerous but did not care.He simply wanted to make money and stay
ahead of the game.As a result of his greedy attitude,that company is
still paying up money in lawsuits to the families who lost loved ones
all because of those dangerously made cars.

Before you start criticizing another country's product,look at the
shady history of the corporations in this country and by
comparison,you'll probably find that the foreign makers are more honest
and concious of what is really going on and what the public truly
wants.

Next time,put your money where your mouth is.

I hope that everybody in here has a wonderful evening.Sincerely Frank
R.Schoonover

  #3  
Old November 1st 06, 02:27 AM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
duty-honor-country
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Posts: 587
Default SO WHAT! THAT DOESN'T MEAN A THING


frschoonover wrote:
duty-honor-country wrote:
here's something the liberal drive-by media press won't ever tell you
on the 6:00 news- the Japanese mfgrs. are dwindling WORSE than the USA
big three- that's why Toyota moved here while they had a chance- you
won't see this in CONSUMER REPORTS- who basically blasts USA made
cars,and pushes foreign crap to undermine out own economy

eat your crow with a side-dish of rice, Ricky and Boob...


http://www.timesleader.com/mld/times...s/15877907.htm

Recalls vex Japan

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer
KAWASAKI, Japan - Yasuhisa Konno is so proud of the fine-tuned skills
required to make metal parts at his greasy yet humming shop that he and
several like-minded neighborhood factory owners have formed a social
club called Republic of Manufacturing.

The club, which meets regularly over beer to trade notes, has one key
message: Japan Inc. was built on quality manufacturing delivered by
dedicated workers like the club members, and they deserve social
respect.

Konno, 40, isn't alone in fretting about the possible unraveling of
mighty manufacturing, long credited with helping modernize this nation
to become the world's second biggest economy.

Although such concerns have been around for some years, the recent
spate of recalls at top names in Japanese manufacturing - Sony Corp.,
Toyota Motor Corp., Canon Inc., to name a few - is serving as an all
too painful reminder that the fears are looming ever larger.

The concerns are especially relevant coming amid intensifying
competition from nearby China. A rapidly declining birth rate is
threatening Japan with a worker shortage that could chip away at its
craftsmanship tradition.

Konno is adamant the recent surge in recalls has nothing to do with
people like him who're trying to uphold pride in manufacturing.

"Those recalls aren't about true Japanese production," he said.

But even Konno acknowledged his company, which boasts some 200
corporate customers, has serious trouble attracting younger Japanese,
who look down on production work as dirty, dangerous and tough.

The number of people employed in manufacturing has gradually dwindled
to about 12 million, down 20 percent from about 15 million in 1990, as
jobs grew in retail and services, according to the government
Statistics Bureau.

The sense of crisis is great.

Tokyo has adopted as its buzzword for a national vision
"monozukuri," which means "making things," including not only
industrial production but also arts and crafts and other activities
that involve working with your hands. A declining birth rate is seen as
a threat to ensuring an adequate work force for monozukuri as the
Boomer generation approaches retirement age.

The government started a monozukuri campaign last year, earmarking
funds to dozens of robotics, nanotechnology, genome and other
technology projects, to survive global competition.

Many Japanese feel that much of this nation's economic success was
won through workaholic labor-intensive values.

Politicians, intellectuals and educators alike are engaging in
hand-wringing about how such qualities are dwindling among younger
Japanese, who are growing more like their Western counterparts in
job-hopping and seeking dot-com riches.

Workmanship that comes from years of on-the-job experience is getting
lost as more youngsters opt for white-collar work, said Seiichi Osawa,
an official at the Nagano Prefectural Institute of Technology, a
government training program set up especially to produce quality
workers in manufacturing.

"What's important is learning by getting your hands covered with
grease," he said. "But kids these days think everything can be done
by just sitting in front of a computer."

Japanese workers in manufacturing have been aging at a faster pace than
white-collar workers, according to a government "white paper" on
monozukuri released earlier this year.

In 1990, workers ages 15 to 29 made up 23 percent of the manufacturing
work force, but just 17.5 percent in 2005. School graduates who chose
jobs in manufacturing were about a third of the total in 1990, but have
shrunk to less than one-fifth in recent years, according to the white
paper.

Eighteen-year-old Chihiro Kawata is typical in looking for a clerical
job after odd jobs at fast-food chains and convenience stores. She is
considering work in elder care and nursery schools for the future.

"I never thought about it," she said of a manufacturing job. "My
parents recommend I get a basic office job."

No one is suggesting that respected names in Japanese manufacturing are
about to sink into oblivion. But the tales of trouble strike a sharp
contrast from the historical success stories of Japanese companies,
which depended more on fortitude, self-effacing team work and attention
to detail, rather than individualism and innovative breakthroughs.

Katsuaki Nagaike, professor of business and technology management at
Kyushu University, said the recalls highlight the adjustment problems
encountered by Japanese companies amid globalization.

Japanese strengths were based on developing core technology in-house
over a long period. But the recent price drops in electronics pitted
the old-style business model against a cost-cutting commodity model,
seen in companies like Dell, he said.

"The recalls are like mistakes in fielding during a baseball game
even for a good team," Nagaike said. "Chinese companies still have
a long way to go before they can catch up in design, engineering and
technology with Japanese companies."

Recent recalls

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Among the embarrassing list of Japan's recent recalls:

· Sony's massive recall of faulty lithium-ion batteries for laptop
computers numbering 9.6 million worldwide, affecting laptops from
practically every major maker in the world.

· Toyota has been tarnished by auto recalls in Japan, the U.S. and
China. President Katsuaki Watanabe has vowed to beef up quality control
by reviewing quality in every stage of development and production.

· Last month, digital camera and copy machine maker Canon said it
will inspect and provide free parts replacements for 1.87 million
copiers worldwide because some may catch fire.

· Matsu****a Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand
products, has recently recalled 6,000 batteries used in its laptops
that may overheat. But the company was plagued last year by a more
serious problem of thousands of heaters sold in Japan, suspected in two
deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.

· Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is still struggling to regain public trust
after a scandal first surfaced in 2000, in which the manufacturer
acknowledged it had systematically hid auto defects for more than 20
years.


Duty Honor Country

So what!The USA is still the leader in recalls.It just doesn't happen
very often with cars made in Japan.Japan is still the leader in quality
and we do not hear very much regarding what is made there.I drive a
Japanese vehicle and it's still running great.It was made by Suzuki for
GM to be sold by GM in the USA.It is still a dependable little car and
I like it.It also is a 4X4,which can be handy in the winter.Plus,as I
have said before,the USA is still the leader in recalls and so what if
Japan has done some recalls recently.The Japanese auto and electronics
manufacturers have NEVER said that their stuff is perfect or
unfallible,they still need to be fixed when they are not performing the
proper way.For your information,I'd still rather buy a Toyota car than
some that was Found On The Road Dead,or something that needs to be
Fixed Or Repaired Daily or even a ****ed Over Remake Of Dodge.By the
way,the latter two giants never apologized for their mishaps regarding
those early model DEATHTRAP'S known as Pinto's or even the faulty locks
on their mini vans or the faulty seat belts that jammed when locked and
the person could not get out of them.Plus,didn't the Flipped Over,Read
Directions corporation,when they made the early classic Mustang cars
and simply put a drop-in fuel tank within the trunk area,which
automatically made that little car a DEATHTRAP,knowingly kept the
dangers of such from the public.

Plus,Lee Iacocca,who was the head of that Fallen Apart Or Rather
Disillusioned auto corporation at the time,knew that those cars were
dangerous but did not care.He simply wanted to make money and stay
ahead of the game.As a result of his greedy attitude,that company is
still paying up money in lawsuits to the families who lost loved ones
all because of those dangerously made cars.

Before you start criticizing another country's product,look at the
shady history of the corporations in this country and by
comparison,you'll probably find that the foreign makers are more honest
and concious of what is really going on and what the public truly
wants.

Next time,put your money where your mouth is.

I hope that everybody in here has a wonderful evening.Sincerely Frank
R.Schoonover



It proves one thing- someone's not man enough to admit the truth. Down
the USA cars, when the Japs are doing worse ? That's what the press is
doing. They're pushing Jap crap down your throat- don't be foolish
enough to believe it- and buy it.

Buy American- preferably GM. And live good.

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Old November 1st 06, 05:15 AM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
frschoonover
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Default SO WHAT! THAT DOESN'T MEAN A THING! IT ALSO DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING!


duty-honor-country wrote:
frschoonover wrote:
duty-honor-country wrote:
here's something the liberal drive-by media press won't ever tell you
on the 6:00 news- the Japanese mfgrs. are dwindling WORSE than the USA
big three- that's why Toyota moved here while they had a chance- you
won't see this in CONSUMER REPORTS- who basically blasts USA made
cars,and pushes foreign crap to undermine out own economy

eat your crow with a side-dish of rice, Ricky and Boob...


http://www.timesleader.com/mld/times...s/15877907.htm

Recalls vex Japan

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer
KAWASAKI, Japan - Yasuhisa Konno is so proud of the fine-tuned skills
required to make metal parts at his greasy yet humming shop that he and
several like-minded neighborhood factory owners have formed a social
club called Republic of Manufacturing.

The club, which meets regularly over beer to trade notes, has one key
message: Japan Inc. was built on quality manufacturing delivered by
dedicated workers like the club members, and they deserve social
respect.

Konno, 40, isn't alone in fretting about the possible unraveling of
mighty manufacturing, long credited with helping modernize this nation
to become the world's second biggest economy.

Although such concerns have been around for some years, the recent
spate of recalls at top names in Japanese manufacturing - Sony Corp.,
Toyota Motor Corp., Canon Inc., to name a few - is serving as an all
too painful reminder that the fears are looming ever larger.

The concerns are especially relevant coming amid intensifying
competition from nearby China. A rapidly declining birth rate is
threatening Japan with a worker shortage that could chip away at its
craftsmanship tradition.

Konno is adamant the recent surge in recalls has nothing to do with
people like him who're trying to uphold pride in manufacturing.

"Those recalls aren't about true Japanese production," he said.

But even Konno acknowledged his company, which boasts some 200
corporate customers, has serious trouble attracting younger Japanese,
who look down on production work as dirty, dangerous and tough.

The number of people employed in manufacturing has gradually dwindled
to about 12 million, down 20 percent from about 15 million in 1990, as
jobs grew in retail and services, according to the government
Statistics Bureau.

The sense of crisis is great.

Tokyo has adopted as its buzzword for a national vision
"monozukuri," which means "making things," including not only
industrial production but also arts and crafts and other activities
that involve working with your hands. A declining birth rate is seen as
a threat to ensuring an adequate work force for monozukuri as the
Boomer generation approaches retirement age.

The government started a monozukuri campaign last year, earmarking
funds to dozens of robotics, nanotechnology, genome and other
technology projects, to survive global competition.

Many Japanese feel that much of this nation's economic success was
won through workaholic labor-intensive values.

Politicians, intellectuals and educators alike are engaging in
hand-wringing about how such qualities are dwindling among younger
Japanese, who are growing more like their Western counterparts in
job-hopping and seeking dot-com riches.

Workmanship that comes from years of on-the-job experience is getting
lost as more youngsters opt for white-collar work, said Seiichi Osawa,
an official at the Nagano Prefectural Institute of Technology, a
government training program set up especially to produce quality
workers in manufacturing.

"What's important is learning by getting your hands covered with
grease," he said. "But kids these days think everything can be done
by just sitting in front of a computer."

Japanese workers in manufacturing have been aging at a faster pace than
white-collar workers, according to a government "white paper" on
monozukuri released earlier this year.

In 1990, workers ages 15 to 29 made up 23 percent of the manufacturing
work force, but just 17.5 percent in 2005. School graduates who chose
jobs in manufacturing were about a third of the total in 1990, but have
shrunk to less than one-fifth in recent years, according to the white
paper.

Eighteen-year-old Chihiro Kawata is typical in looking for a clerical
job after odd jobs at fast-food chains and convenience stores. She is
considering work in elder care and nursery schools for the future.

"I never thought about it," she said of a manufacturing job. "My
parents recommend I get a basic office job."

No one is suggesting that respected names in Japanese manufacturing are
about to sink into oblivion. But the tales of trouble strike a sharp
contrast from the historical success stories of Japanese companies,
which depended more on fortitude, self-effacing team work and attention
to detail, rather than individualism and innovative breakthroughs.

Katsuaki Nagaike, professor of business and technology management at
Kyushu University, said the recalls highlight the adjustment problems
encountered by Japanese companies amid globalization.

Japanese strengths were based on developing core technology in-house
over a long period. But the recent price drops in electronics pitted
the old-style business model against a cost-cutting commodity model,
seen in companies like Dell, he said.

"The recalls are like mistakes in fielding during a baseball game
even for a good team," Nagaike said. "Chinese companies still have
a long way to go before they can catch up in design, engineering and
technology with Japanese companies."

Recent recalls

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Among the embarrassing list of Japan's recent recalls:

· Sony's massive recall of faulty lithium-ion batteries for laptop
computers numbering 9.6 million worldwide, affecting laptops from
practically every major maker in the world.

· Toyota has been tarnished by auto recalls in Japan, the U.S. and
China. President Katsuaki Watanabe has vowed to beef up quality control
by reviewing quality in every stage of development and production.

· Last month, digital camera and copy machine maker Canon said it
will inspect and provide free parts replacements for 1.87 million
copiers worldwide because some may catch fire.

· Matsu****a Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand
products, has recently recalled 6,000 batteries used in its laptops
that may overheat. But the company was plagued last year by a more
serious problem of thousands of heaters sold in Japan, suspected in two
deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.

· Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is still struggling to regain public trust
after a scandal first surfaced in 2000, in which the manufacturer
acknowledged it had systematically hid auto defects for more than 20
years.


Duty Honor Country

So what!The USA is still the leader in recalls.It just doesn't happen
very often with cars made in Japan.Japan is still the leader in quality
and we do not hear very much regarding what is made there.I drive a
Japanese vehicle and it's still running great.It was made by Suzuki for
GM to be sold by GM in the USA.It is still a dependable little car and
I like it.It also is a 4X4,which can be handy in the winter.Plus,as I
have said before,the USA is still the leader in recalls and so what if
Japan has done some recalls recently.The Japanese auto and electronics
manufacturers have NEVER said that their stuff is perfect or
unfallible,they still need to be fixed when they are not performing the
proper way.For your information,I'd still rather buy a Toyota car than
some that was Found On The Road Dead,or something that needs to be
Fixed Or Repaired Daily or even a ****ed Over Remake Of Dodge.By the
way,the latter two giants never apologized for their mishaps regarding
those early model DEATHTRAP'S known as Pinto's or even the faulty locks
on their mini vans or the faulty seat belts that jammed when locked and
the person could not get out of them.Plus,didn't the Flipped Over,Read
Directions corporation,when they made the early classic Mustang cars
and simply put a drop-in fuel tank within the trunk area,which
automatically made that little car a DEATHTRAP,knowingly kept the
dangers of such from the public.

Plus,Lee Iacocca,who was the head of that Fallen Apart Or Rather
Disillusioned auto corporation at the time,knew that those cars were
dangerous but did not care.He simply wanted to make money and stay
ahead of the game.As a result of his greedy attitude,that company is
still paying up money in lawsuits to the families who lost loved ones
all because of those dangerously made cars.

Before you start criticizing another country's product,look at the
shady history of the corporations in this country and by
comparison,you'll probably find that the foreign makers are more honest
and concious of what is really going on and what the public truly
wants.

Next time,put your money where your mouth is.

I hope that everybody in here has a wonderful evening.Sincerely Frank
R.Schoonover



It proves one thing- someone's not man enough to admit the truth. Down
the USA cars, when the Japs are doing worse ? That's what the press is
doing. They're pushing Jap crap down your throat- don't be foolish
enough to believe it- and buy it.

Buy American- preferably GM. And live good.


Duty-Honor-Country

I've said it before.I'll say it again.The USA is still the leader in
recalls.Each and every time you watch or read the news there is always
a recall of USA made automobiles and trucks.It gets monotonous after a
while and you also get sick of hearing it after a while.Not only
that,most American cars in the early years were gas guzzlers with big
V8 engines that drank gas as fast as fish drank water.I know that today
it has changed and there are quite a few economical cars made by USA
auto makers,but still it does not change the fact that this country
alone is the leader in recalls.The Japanese still make better stuff
than we do and their quality is still second to none.But again,the
Japanese NEVER said that their stuff was perfect.Their products still
need fixing once in a while if they do fail.Nothing is perfect.Plus,it
also shows in how you take care of things.The way you take care of
things determines it's life and longevity.

Not only that,have you forgotten that most 8-Track players were
actually made in Japan?It's true.They were.I still have a few 8-Track
players,such as my Bradford player,that were made in Japan and they
still work.They still play beautifully.

By the way,I am living good.I do not have to have a GM vehicle to do
so.I am happy with my Suzuki made little car that was specially made
for GM.It still runs.It's still dependable and it still gets me from
Point A to Point B.Again,I still would rather buy another Toyota or
even a Honda anyday.I have had three consecutive Toyota's and they were
good cars.I only bought what I have now because I wanted to have
something different for a change.It is a 4X4,which is stil handy in the
winter.

Need I Say More?

Again,I hope that everybody in here has a wonderful evening.Sincerely
Frank R.Schoonover

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Old November 1st 06, 06:22 AM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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On 31 Oct 2006 16:38:51 -0800, "frschoonover"
wrote:

Before you start criticizing another country's product,look at the
shady history of the corporations in this country and by
comparison,you'll probably find that the foreign makers are more honest
and concious of what is really going on and what the public truly
wants. snip


Frank, you can't expect Charlie Nudo to understand much of anything.
Hell, he doesn't even read long posts and fully understand them, and
has to plagierize his posts from other sources.

His brain is too small to allow him to express original thoughts. Just
kill file him like I did...problem solved.

Kill file these addresses:





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frschoonover wrote:

Duty Honor Country

So what!The USA is still the leader in recalls.It just doesn't happen
very often with cars made in Japan.Japan is still the leader in quality
and we do not hear very much regarding what is made there.I drive a
Japanese vehicle and it's still running great.It was made by Suzuki for
GM to be sold by GM in the USA.It is still a dependable little car and
I like it.It also is a 4X4,which can be handy in the winter.Plus,as I
have said before,the USA is still the leader in recalls and so what if
Japan has done some recalls recently.The Japanese auto and electronics
manufacturers have NEVER said that their stuff is perfect or
unfallible,they still need to be fixed when they are not performing the
proper way.For your information,I'd still rather buy a Toyota car than
some that was Found On The Road Dead,or something that needs to be
Fixed Or Repaired Daily or even a ****ed Over Remake Of Dodge.By the
way,the latter two giants never apologized for their mishaps regarding
those early model DEATHTRAP'S known as Pinto's or even the faulty locks
on their mini vans or the faulty seat belts that jammed when locked and
the person could not get out of them.Plus,didn't the Flipped Over,Read
Directions corporation,when they made the early classic Mustang cars
and simply put a drop-in fuel tank within the trunk area,which
automatically made that little car a DEATHTRAP,knowingly kept the
dangers of such from the public.

Plus,Lee Iacocca,who was the head of that Fallen Apart Or Rather
Disillusioned auto corporation at the time,knew that those cars were
dangerous but did not care.He simply wanted to make money and stay
ahead of the game.As a result of his greedy attitude,that company is
still paying up money in lawsuits to the families who lost loved ones
all because of those dangerously made cars.

Before you start criticizing another country's product,look at the
shady history of the corporations in this country and by
comparison,you'll probably find that the foreign makers are more honest
and concious of what is really going on and what the public truly
wants.

Next time,put your money where your mouth is.

I hope that everybody in here has a wonderful evening.Sincerely Frank
R.Schoonover


Frank,

You're wasting your time trying to reason with an idiot. He seems to
think the only reason to buy a vehicle is for an investment. Of course
he doesn't own any such vehicles, but that's besides the point.

I have owned countless vehicles, many American and many Japanese. I've
had a '69 Nova and a '69 Firebird when I first started driving. The
Firebird was my first car, it was a ragged out junker, but it was still
a cool car for a high school kid. A few years ago I had a 1977 Buick
LeSabre and after that a 1976 Buick Electra 4 Door Hardtop (it had 60k
on it and I bought it for $900 back in 2000). It was in mint condition
but it was hit broadside at an intersection and thus ended that.

Yeah, they were nice vehicles but today they wouldn't be practical to
carry a family or to use to tow our camper. They have a place and that
place doesn't fit in with my lifestyle. In Charlies eyes, that makes a
person "un-American". That kind of thinking is just stupid. I currently
own 3 Hondas, all bought to do a particular job, not because I was
looking for a so-called investment, that has nothing to do with my
purchase. Granted their resell value will be heads above any American
car of the same year, but that's just a plus for me down the road when
it's time for another. I didn't buy them with some wild dream they are
going to increase in value, I bought one to haul kayaks, one to haul a
camper and another to haul kids. If I want a car for an investment, I
would simply go and buy one, nothing is stopping me, I'm just not
interested in that sort of thing.

Charlie brags about this and that and yet he currently owns some old
cars that are not worth much at all. I've got a two Colnago bicycles
that are worth more than all of Charlie's vehicle put together. In the
real world it doesn't mean squat.

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Old November 1st 06, 06:55 PM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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On 1 Nov 2006 08:00:47 -0800, "Triple D, The Dumpster Diver from
Drums." wrote:

Charlie brags about this and that and yet he currently owns some old
cars that are not worth much at all. I've got a two Colnago bicycles
that are worth more than all of Charlie's vehicle put together. In the
real world it doesn't mean squat. snip


I wonder wehre he stole that pic of that Olds convertible? The one of
that Fireturd he keeps raving about, as you earlier pointed out, is a
scan of a photo...odd, for someone who has a digital camera.

Hey Noodles!

"Jam up...and jelly tight,
Noodles is a moron, and his brain isn't right!"
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Old November 2nd 06, 03:46 PM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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duty-honor-country wrote:
here's something the liberal drive-by media press won't ever tell you
on the 6:00 news- the Japanese mfgrs. are dwindling WORSE than the USA
big three- that's why Toyota moved here while they had a chance- you
won't see this in CONSUMER REPORTS- who basically blasts USA made
cars,and pushes foreign crap to undermine out own economy

eat your crow with a side-dish of rice, Ricky and Boob...


http://www.timesleader.com/mld/times...s/15877907.htm

Recalls vex Japan

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer
KAWASAKI, Japan - Yasuhisa Konno is so proud of the fine-tuned skills
required to make metal parts at his greasy yet humming shop that he and
several like-minded neighborhood factory owners have formed a social
club called Republic of Manufacturing.

The club, which meets regularly over beer to trade notes, has one key
message: Japan Inc. was built on quality manufacturing delivered by
dedicated workers like the club members, and they deserve social
respect.

Konno, 40, isn't alone in fretting about the possible unraveling of
mighty manufacturing, long credited with helping modernize this nation
to become the world's second biggest economy.

Although such concerns have been around for some years, the recent
spate of recalls at top names in Japanese manufacturing - Sony Corp.,
Toyota Motor Corp., Canon Inc., to name a few - is serving as an all
too painful reminder that the fears are looming ever larger.

The concerns are especially relevant coming amid intensifying
competition from nearby China. A rapidly declining birth rate is
threatening Japan with a worker shortage that could chip away at its
craftsmanship tradition.

Konno is adamant the recent surge in recalls has nothing to do with
people like him who're trying to uphold pride in manufacturing.

"Those recalls aren't about true Japanese production," he said.

But even Konno acknowledged his company, which boasts some 200
corporate customers, has serious trouble attracting younger Japanese,
who look down on production work as dirty, dangerous and tough.

The number of people employed in manufacturing has gradually dwindled
to about 12 million, down 20 percent from about 15 million in 1990, as
jobs grew in retail and services, according to the government
Statistics Bureau.

The sense of crisis is great.

Tokyo has adopted as its buzzword for a national vision
"monozukuri," which means "making things," including not only
industrial production but also arts and crafts and other activities
that involve working with your hands. A declining birth rate is seen as
a threat to ensuring an adequate work force for monozukuri as the
Boomer generation approaches retirement age.

The government started a monozukuri campaign last year, earmarking
funds to dozens of robotics, nanotechnology, genome and other
technology projects, to survive global competition.

Many Japanese feel that much of this nation's economic success was
won through workaholic labor-intensive values.

Politicians, intellectuals and educators alike are engaging in
hand-wringing about how such qualities are dwindling among younger
Japanese, who are growing more like their Western counterparts in
job-hopping and seeking dot-com riches.

Workmanship that comes from years of on-the-job experience is getting
lost as more youngsters opt for white-collar work, said Seiichi Osawa,
an official at the Nagano Prefectural Institute of Technology, a
government training program set up especially to produce quality
workers in manufacturing.

"What's important is learning by getting your hands covered with
grease," he said. "But kids these days think everything can be done
by just sitting in front of a computer."

Japanese workers in manufacturing have been aging at a faster pace than
white-collar workers, according to a government "white paper" on
monozukuri released earlier this year.

In 1990, workers ages 15 to 29 made up 23 percent of the manufacturing
work force, but just 17.5 percent in 2005. School graduates who chose
jobs in manufacturing were about a third of the total in 1990, but have
shrunk to less than one-fifth in recent years, according to the white
paper.

Eighteen-year-old Chihiro Kawata is typical in looking for a clerical
job after odd jobs at fast-food chains and convenience stores. She is
considering work in elder care and nursery schools for the future.

"I never thought about it," she said of a manufacturing job. "My
parents recommend I get a basic office job."

No one is suggesting that respected names in Japanese manufacturing are
about to sink into oblivion. But the tales of trouble strike a sharp
contrast from the historical success stories of Japanese companies,
which depended more on fortitude, self-effacing team work and attention
to detail, rather than individualism and innovative breakthroughs.

Katsuaki Nagaike, professor of business and technology management at
Kyushu University, said the recalls highlight the adjustment problems
encountered by Japanese companies amid globalization.

Japanese strengths were based on developing core technology in-house
over a long period. But the recent price drops in electronics pitted
the old-style business model against a cost-cutting commodity model,
seen in companies like Dell, he said.

"The recalls are like mistakes in fielding during a baseball game
even for a good team," Nagaike said. "Chinese companies still have
a long way to go before they can catch up in design, engineering and
technology with Japanese companies."

Recent recalls

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Among the embarrassing list of Japan's recent recalls:

· Sony's massive recall of faulty lithium-ion batteries for laptop
computers numbering 9.6 million worldwide, affecting laptops from
practically every major maker in the world.

· Toyota has been tarnished by auto recalls in Japan, the U.S. and
China. President Katsuaki Watanabe has vowed to beef up quality control
by reviewing quality in every stage of development and production.

· Last month, digital camera and copy machine maker Canon said it
will inspect and provide free parts replacements for 1.87 million
copiers worldwide because some may catch fire.

· Matsu****a Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand
products, has recently recalled 6,000 batteries used in its laptops
that may overheat. But the company was plagued last year by a more
serious problem of thousands of heaters sold in Japan, suspected in two
deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.

· Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is still struggling to regain public trust
after a scandal first surfaced in 2000, in which the manufacturer
acknowledged it had systematically hid auto defects for more than 20
years.


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Hey Noodles!

"Jam up...and jelly tight,
Noodles is a moron, and his brain isn't right!"

Here you're going to be snowbound soon (no working plow or tractor)
and all your Google Groups access will soon be gone. What WILL you
do...besides squat on your jelly jar collection? BWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!
 




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