Hello Today is the story of a person who is writing animation in Japan. The Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs and others held a symposium on the theme of the work environment of people involved in animation production in Tokyo. The target is a director, a scenario writer, etc. mainly focusing on jobs called animators that draw pictures, In addition to distributing questionnaires to approximately 1,500 people, 382 people answered calling for cooperation on the Internet. The average annual income for the whole was about 4,410,000 yen, which was an increase of about 1 million yen compared to the survey conducted 5 years ago last time. This is about 90,000 more than the average annual income of all industries. From the age of 20 to 24, the average annual income is about 1.55 million yen, and the average annual income of all industries is less than 1 million yen. According to the group that conducted the survey, it is said that young animators in charge of animation prod...

Honda announced in Tokyo that it will close the Swindon plant in southern England by 2022. Honda's president denies the relationship between the withdrawal of the EU and the closing of the factory as a reason for closing the factory "Although it is part of the worldwide rebuilding that can proceed while shifting to electric vehicles", the departure of the European Union in the UK I think that. It is expected that 3,500 employees who had produced the compact car "Civic" at the Swindon factory will be dismissed. Nissan announced that it will withdraw its production plan for the new "X-TRAIL" planned at the Sunderland plant in the northeastern United Kingdom. It seems that Toyota Motor, which manufactures at the Burnaston factory in the UK, is considering production suspension In other Japanese companies Sony and Panasonic are relocating to the Netherlands. There seems to be speculation that Japanese companies based in the UK are trying to av...

Japan McDonald's announced that consolidated sales will increase by 3.8% to 282.5 billion yen. We will introduce a new service that delivers products to audience seats at about half of the stores nationwide, with all store sales up to the record high since listing, we will aim to improve profit by investing in renovating existing stores. New service "TABLE DELIVERY" where a customer receives an order item at a seat "Mobile orders" where orders and settlements are completed before coming to the store Hamburger and chicken crisp Because it is 100 yen including tax, since I do not need real consumption tax, I bought about 10 pieces Convenient than 100 yen shop. You need a set Mac is in fashion I am stingy so I ordered hamburgers and chicken crisps separately and brought home But young people are asked to order a lot and I am surprised to pay 1,500 yen I can eat it at a nice shop if I can make it as much money! I am thinking This is Cospa if you...

Announced that the Japanese eating out chain will close 7 stores in 11 stores of "Suddenly Steak" which had opened in New York from February 2017. In September 18, it was the first Japanese restaurant chain to be listed on the Nasdaq ex Stock Exchange for the first time. I tried a cheap and easy "Japanese style" in the authentic American steak, but I understood that it was not profitable Change the business style to the fast food steak shop "Pepper lunch" Steak is American food culture Although customers are not coming as long as they are as cheap as in Japan Not specially cheap That narrow table is not suitable for Westerners I think that it would be easier for families, friends and couples to come in a normal table in Japan, though Even though fast food is relaxing now But then it is not "suddenly steak" Eat stomach is narrow in the busy Japanese food culture and does not match with Americans America has a steady expec...

日本には敬語があるけど、海外というか英語には敬語ってあるの？ 部下が上司と会話するとき、英語だとどうなるの？ 基本的には助動詞を変化させるパターンが有名だけど (can→could、will→wouldとか) 英語の場合は、単語自体にくだけているか正式であるかという格付けがある hiは同格か目下だけどhelloは目上もいけるとかね 表現の違いもあるっちゃある(I wantはくだけた言い方でI'd likeは丁寧とか) 英語にも目上や顧客に対する丁寧なものの言い方や、オブラートにかぶせた婉曲表現みたいなのあるよね 英語の場合、日本語みたいに語尾変化（活用）するような敬語はないけど 目上にはいわゆる丁寧表現を使います 簡単な例で言えば、呼び掛ける時に Hey とは言わず Sir や Ma'am 疑問文のときもいわゆる 5W1H (where とか how）を文頭に置かず Where is the bathroom?（トイレはどこですか？）ではなく Could you tell me where the bathroom is?（トイレがどこにあるか教えてもらえますか？）のように言う Could you please ～ だとさらに丁寧 最大限に丁寧に言いたいときは Would you mind if I asked you where the bathroom is? (もし私がトイレがどこにあるかを尋ねても気を悪くなさらないですか？）と言う こういう丁寧表現が段階的にあるので、それを相手に応じて使い分けます 基本的には please と sir (ma'am) を最後に入れれば大丈夫 Pass the salt to me.（塩取って） "Please" would be nice.（プリーズくらい付けろよ → 塩取ってください、だろ） みたいなやり取りもあります ネットで必死に調べたって感じだな そこまで頭良さそうなフリしたいの？ > Could you tell me where the bathroom is? where the bathroom is? じゃなくて where is the bathroom? だろ 中一レベルの英...