http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/04/30/japanese-billionaires/ Photos, Stories and articles on East Asia Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:36:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/04/30/japanese-billionaires/comment-page-1/#comment-334620 Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Japan’s richest people, 2009 edition Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:01:22 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/04/30/japanese-billionaires/#comment-334620 [...] had some more commentary on the “usual suspects” back in 2005: Saji, Itoyama and the late Mr. Takei were all on [...] [...] had some more commentary on the “usual suspects” back in 2005: Saji, Itoyama and the late Mr. Takei were all on [...]

]]> http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/04/30/japanese-billionaires/comment-page-1/#comment-37148 Mutant Frog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Aiful dog to be put to sleep? One can only hope! Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:26:25 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/04/30/japanese-billionaires/#comment-37148 [...] This practice of usurious lending has humongous social ramifications in Japan. Just about every other story on ZAKZAK is about some schmuck with a pachinko habit who started embezzling or robbing people to pay back “consumer debt.” Ads for the numerous companies block the mountains, and one can find “ATMs” which are actually unmanned loan application terminals, can be found on city streetcorners, never far from a pachinko establishment. Meanwhile, the founders of these companies have made themselves billionaires. But for some reason, according to the Nikkei, the government doesn’t plan on reigning in the lenders, but instead will place restrictions on how much individuals can borrow: [...] [...] This practice of usurious lending has humongous social ramifications in Japan. Just about every other story on ZAKZAK is about some schmuck with a pachinko habit who started embezzling or robbing people to pay back “consumer debt.” Ads for the numerous companies block the mountains, and one can find “ATMs” which are actually unmanned loan application terminals, can be found on city streetcorners, never far from a pachinko establishment. Meanwhile, the founders of these companies have made themselves billionaires. But for some reason, according to the Nikkei, the government doesn’t plan on reigning in the lenders, but instead will place restrictions on how much individuals can borrow: [...]

]]> http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/04/30/japanese-billionaires/comment-page-1/#comment-24387 TARA TAN KITAOKA Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:58:04 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/04/30/japanese-billionaires/#comment-24387 PLS SEND ME ANY INFO OF ASIAN BILLION OR MILLIONARES. PLS SEND ME ANY INFO OF ASIAN BILLION OR MILLIONARES.

]]> http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/04/30/japanese-billionaires/comment-page-1/#comment-4483 Daehee Sun, 01 May 2005 13:55:28 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/04/30/japanese-billionaires/#comment-4483 Nobutada looks like the cover-guy on Ichi the Killer Nobutada looks like the cover-guy on Ichi the Killer

]]> http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/04/30/japanese-billionaires/comment-page-1/#comment-4460 Curzon Sat, 30 Apr 2005 15:57:39 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/04/30/japanese-billionaires/#comment-4460 I know this guy called Kuri-bou who has all these nutty plans about real estate in Japan... he might just be up in that list someday. I know this guy called Kuri-bou who has all these nutty plans about real estate in Japan… he might just be up in that list someday.

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