Category: urban
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Wiener Staatsoper – who is the owner?
One of my friends asked me who the owner of the Vienna State Opera House is Wiener Staatsoper organization and ownership, as for Austria’s top 5 Theater Houses, is determined by the “Bundestheaterorganisationsgesetz” (BThOG) One of my friends asked me the question “Who owns the Wiener Staatsoper these days by the way?”. This is easy […]
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Keep fit and save electricity: climb the stairs the geeky way
Keep fit and save electricity Geeky way to persuade people climb the stairs – see in in Tokyo/Shibuya Its not easy to persuade people to climb the stairs instead of taking the elevator. Tokyu Hands store in Shibuya found a geeky way to persuade people to Keep fit and save electricity at the same time: […]
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Social media revolutionize how we market brands (Ray Bremner, President & CEO, Unilever Japan)
Ray Bremner, President & CEO of Unilever Japan gave a talk at Waseda University From Advertising to consumers to mattering to people My key take-away is that social media have made the top-down “begin told” way of advertising obsolete, and replaced it by finding, sharing and engaging. About Unilever: Unilever was founded in 1929 by […]
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Alexa Meade paints MINI @109 in Shibuya
Found Alexa Meade’s art in Shibuya today: Who is Alexa Meade? Watch Alexa Meade’s TED talk: Alexa Meade // Sheila Vand
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Kyoto, Nara, Uji – tips
Kyoto tips: tell me the top-10 things to see! I wrote the first version of this Kyoto tips page for my god-daughter who visited Japan with her boyfriend last year, and she asked me “Gerhard – tell me the top-10 things to do in Kyoto!”… Kyoto is both a town (Kyoto-Shi 京都市) and a Province […]
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Tips for Vienna (Wien) – enjoy your time in Vienna like a real Wiener
Vienna: have fun in Wien like a real Wiener Here are some tips for Vienna, if you visit Vienna for holidays or conferences, or live in Vienna! Vienna: Lots of friends ask me for recommendations when visiting Vienna, so I wrote up some tips here, I’ll keep updating these tips, so let me know any […]
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Entrepreneurs Roundtable – “Risk Aversion During Crisis Event”
I was one of the two keynote speakers at today’s Tokyo Executive’s Round Table Event about “Riek aversion during crisis events”. William Saito and myself discussed with a group of about 20-30 entrepreneurs and Tokyo based business people about how our organizations, our customers, our staff and ourselves coped with the March 11, 2011 disaster, […]
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Smart has the brains stupid has the balls (Fashion store in San Francisco)
Seen in a fashion store in San Francisco:
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Coffee with the Foreign Minister of Austria in Tokyo, Mr Michael Spindelegger
Was invited to coffee with the Foreign Minister of Austria, Mr Michael Spindelegger, at the Embassy in Tokyo. Minister Spindelegger is in Tokyo for celebrating 140 years of Austria-Japan diplomatic relations, and he gave a short presentation. Another reason for the Minister’s visit to Japan is that both Japan and Austria are non-permanent members of […]
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Speech by Japan’s Chief-Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (河村建夫)
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (河村建夫) gave a speech at the Foreign Correspondents Club on December 17th, 2008. Kawamura is born in Hagi (Kawaguchi-ken – a beautiful Castle Town in the west of Japan’s main island, which is also host to many famous potters). Kawaguchi was Education Minister in Prime Minister Aso’s cabinet. In […]
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Modo Gakuen Cocoon Tower in Tokyo Shinjuku (モード学園コクーンタワー)
Modo Gakuen Cocoon Tower in Tokyo Shinjuku (モード学園コクーンタワー) Purpose: shared by three Universities and schools, and others 4 underground floors + 50 above ground floors building started: May 1, 2006 opened: October 15, 2008 Architects: Tange Associates (丹下都市建築設計) Building company: Shimizu (清水建設) Copyright (c) 2013 ·Eurotechnology Japan KK All Rights Reserved
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LDP President (and candidates for the next Prime Minister) present their messag
The candidates for the next President of the LDP (Liberal Democratic Party) of Japan presented their views and answered questions at the FCCJ in Tokyo to the foreign press. An LDP party electoral college (387 Diet members + 141 regional representatives, in total 528 votes) will vote to select the president on September 22, 2008, […]
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50 years European Union celebration in Tokyo
50 Years European Union 50 years European Union – 50 Years Treaty of Rome Today was the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome which was at the beginning of the European Union. The Treaty of Rome (Wikipedia) (“Treaty establishing the European Economic Community”) was signed on 25 March 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, […]
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St. Patrick’s Day Tokyo: Green Tokyo Tower on St. Patrick’s Day
Tokyo Tower was illuminated in green color on St Patrick’s Day – (when I took these photographs a Japanese policeman guarding the Russian Embassy nearby asked me if Tokyo Tower from now on will always be green – so I explained St. Patrick’s Day to the Japanese policeman): I took these photographs standing close to […]
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Kamakura – three hours in Japan’s ancient capital
published in The Wallstreet Journal’s “three hours in…” series (this is the unedited original manuscript, Wall Street Journal printed an edited and shorter version) Guest guide Gerhard Fasol takes you to his favorite town in Japan. Kamakura – Your Guide: Gerhard Fasol, Founder and CEO of Eurotechnology Japan KK, a group of hands-on Japan experts, […]
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QR codes everywhere
QR codes are everywhere in Tokyo – they have become probably one of the most important input tools for mobile phones… We published our brand-new QR code report today Copyright·©1997-2013 ·Eurotechnology Japan KK·All Rights Reserved·
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Ig Nobel Prize for Peace to the inventor of Karaoke
There is a saying the that the Prophet is not recognized within his/her own country – and I think that the inventor of Karaoke, Inoue Daisuke (井上 大佑) is not as famous in his own country as he deserves – but he was now recognized for his outstanding invention by the “Ig Nobel Prize” committee […]
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“Crisis and opportunities in Japan’s Research and Development World – an entrepreneurs perspective”
Gerhard Fasol gave an evening Colloquium talk at the beautiful Magnus-Haus in the center of Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, December 1st, 1998 at 19:30. The talk was followed by a buffet reception, where we continued discussions until late at night. Title: “Crisis and opportunities in Japan’s Research and Development World – an entrepreneurs perspective” (Audience: […]