2014年1月7日火曜日

Cats through the window

Cats through the window

2014年1月3日金曜日

Hakone Ekiden

An annual new year event "Hakone Ekiden" is my favorite time to spend at home.
It's really exciting to watch youth athletes power every year.
I admire their strong passion and consistent effort.
I expect their great aspiration will make the way to the next age.




2014年1月2日木曜日

Social business

Do you know 'Social Business' to help poor people to unite the difference of the price.
I've heard that Uniqlo had founded the shops in Bangladesh and joined the Grameen Bank.
So the name is "Grameen Uniqlo".
It's a challenging business to open the door for the Social Business.

Grameen Uniqlo

Thirty-five years ago, I did not know that I would start a bank, and that I would lend to poor people, especially to poor rural women. Like many other teachers, I was busy teaching in the classroom, far from the realities on the ground. But Jobra village took my future into a completely different direction. I saw, first hand, how the loan sharks enslaved the villagers; I thought that if I were to lend money to the poor, then the villagers could be free from the grasp of the loan sharks. That is what I did.
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A Letter Addressed to Grameen Bank Members from Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus on the Occasion of his departure from Grameen Bank

Date: May 15, 2011




2014年1月1日水曜日