Double Happiness Equals to Double Engagements!

Our agency received the good news from Ms.Tanaka that she is engage. Then we received good news again that Ms Yasutake(F16068) is engaged. The gentlemen had visited the Tokyo office for an interview and express his concern that he was looking for a Japanese lady for marriage. He was a workaholic and wanted to meet someone to and spend the weekend together and have some fun. He was introduced to Ms Yasutake(F16068) and they had instant chemistry from the start and both decided to make a commitment to each other. Fateful encounter comes by chance and you never know about destiny and fate but it is important to realize that how we meet people can determine if there is a connection for the future in personal relationships.

Congratulations on Your Engagement!

”We are engaged!” Last week, I got good news from Miss Tanaka (F16064). The first time she came to Kaiwa-USA office for an interview from Aichi pref. was July of 2003. She started to correspond with a Japanese American man in Hawaii. They have been keeping in touch and have developed a good relationship since then. He came to Japan to see her last July, and she visited him in Hawaii last September. They have been to each other’s family, and everything went smoothly without any problems. You may think that her age 37 is old, but usually, Japanese women look very young for their age, especially she looks cute. Also she is well-educated, and careered. Since the man’s mother is Japanese, she is glad, too. (To keep a good relationship with mother in law is one of the good points for successful marriage as in Japan.) They will hold a wedding ceremony in Hawaii next spring. I am very happy to hear the unexpected good news. Congratulations on your engagement!

The Kaiwa-USA office is moved

The Kaiwa-USA office is moved.

Victory pose

In Japan, some gestures have similar meanings as they do in western countries but mostly, we don’t use it very often, and when using it, it seems not too aggressive but humbler than western ones. For example, when you win the game, you can express your joy of the victory with raising your arm high and making a fist. This sign could be universal, so a lot of scenes of this victory pose were shown in the Olympic games this summer. Although many Japanese JUDOISTs got gold medals, JUDOISTs in Japan are supposed to refrain from overt actions because the winner must respect the looser at the moment the game has finished. That is JUDO spirit. The same could be said not only for JUDO, but also for any kind of marshal arts in Japan. Sometimes, how you behave politely is prior to how you express your true feelings. However, all of the athletes in JAPAN including JUDOISTs can not help hiding this pleasant feeling. They must have a small victory pose in their mind.