Thanks to http://blog.outer-court.com for the tip on this interview with the CEO of Google Japan.
Japan believes in making its office a fun place for its employees to work in. As soon as you walk into the huge cavernous office, the first thing you see is a pool table, then some massage chairs, a kitchen, snack food, coffee counter and a few other leisure facilities. You feel like you are at home.
It's a far cry from two years ago when Google first set up shop in Japan as a one-man office. Today, there are around 30 staff as the Internet search engine company continues to grow and consolidate its place in the Japanese market.
Heading the operation is Norio Murakami, an amiable, laid-back guy from Oita Prefecture. Murakami has been in the information industry one way or another since graduating from Kyoto University in resource engineering. He spent seven years with Hitachi, then 17 years at Digital Japan, including five years in Boston, before moving on to companies such as Infomix, Northern Telecom and Docent. He joined Google on April 1 this year.
Although Google is well known to Internet users overseas, it is not yet a household name in Japan. One of the main tasks for Murakami and his team is raising awareness through consumer education and by increasing the number of advertisers and partners, among them Nifty, Biglobe, Yahoo, Excite, etc.
1. HELLO.
I AM METAMA SULE, I AM THE PERSONAL ASSISTANTS TO THE
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT OF THE {AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP}. I
ACTUALY WANTED TO DICUSS WITH YOU ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT
OCCURED LAST TWO YEARS IN KENYA , THAT IS AN AIR CRAFT
CRASHED AND AMONG THE DECEASED WAS A CLIENT OF MY BANK THAT
I HAPPEN TO KNOW VERY WELL HIS NAME IS ENGINEER EDWARDS
HECK , HE IS A CITIZEN OF YOUR COUNTRY AND ALSO A BUSINESS
TYCOON AND HANDLES VERIOUS PETROLUM IN AFRICA.
HE HAS ABOUT {US$9.5M} NINE MILLION FIVEHUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS, WITH US IN HIS ACCOUNT. AND I KNOW
OTHER BANKS AT WHICH HE BANK'S WITH. NOW SINCE LAST YEAR NO
ONE HAS COME TO CLAIM HIS MONEY AS THE NEXT OF KIN.I HAVE
PERSONALY AND SECRETLY PREPARED HIS ACCOUNT BALANCE SHEET
READY FOR PAYMENT.
THUS ALL THAT REMAINS IS FOR FOREIGNER LIKE YOU TO CONTACT
THE LEGAL ADIVISER OF OUR BANK WHO WOULD ASK YOU FOR
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WHICH WOULD QUALIFY YOU AS THE REAL
NEXT OF KIN TO LATE EDWARDS, AFTER WHICH THE LEGAL ADIVISER
WOULD NOW INSTRUCT {THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT} MY OFFICE TO
PREPARE THE NECESSARY ACCOUNTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE NEXT
OF KIN.I WANT TO KNOW IF I CAN DO BUSINESS WITH YOU BECAUSE
I HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION ABOUT ENGR EDWARDS.
IF WE DONT COLLECT THIS FUNDS NOW,BY THIS SAME TIME NEXT
YEAR THE FUNDS WOULD HAVE CHANGED TO A DOMANT ACCOUNT AND
THE MONEY AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES THE BANK'S LIQUIDITY ASSET.
SO PLEASE MAILME IMMEDIATELY AND LET'S DICUSS ON HOW TO GO
ABOUT EVERYTHING THANKS , YOU CAN AS WELL SEND DOWN YOUR
PHONE AND FAX SO I CAN REACH YOU.
YOURS SINCERELY,
METAMA SULE. {ASSISTANT CHIEF ACCOUNTANT}
Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by metama sule