Uchikura & Co Blog
2026-05-12
Cheap Does Not Always Mean Low QualityPeople often misunderstand the word “cheap.” Cheap does not always mean low quality. Sometimes it simply means a company operates efficiently and does not wast...
2026-05-11
Toyota Crown 2.5L Hybrid and the Amazing A25A-FXS Engine The 2023 Toyota Crown Hybrid uses a 2.5L engine called the A25A-FXS, part of Toyota’s “Dynamic Force Engine” family. Most people probably ne...
2026-05-11
Something I Did Not Know About “Top Gun”I arrived in San Diego this morning from Seattle. San Diego is famous as a major U.S. Navy city, but I recently learned something interesting that I did not ...
2026-05-11
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud are all excellent platforms. I absolutely recommend them for companies that have their own internal IT teams to manage and maintain systems. But for many ...
2026-05-11
Japanese manufacturers like Toyota and Nissan absolutely knew the Supra and GT-R had far more potential than the factory numbers suggested. That was not an accident — it was part engineering philosop...
2026-05-10
Luffy and Modern Management One Piece’s Luffy may not look like a traditional leader, but he represents many qualities modern management needs. He does not lead through fear, authority, or compli...
2026-05-10
Quality vs Quantity — History Repeats Itself People often say “quality beats quantity,” and in many ways that is true. High-quality products usually perform better, last longer, and earn stronger t...
2026-05-10
Japanese Companies Losing on Price — But Was That Really the Right Choice?Boston’s subway and commuter rail system introduced railcars made by the Chinese manufacturer CRRC after the company won cont...
2026-05-10
It always amazes me how much humans can learn from nature. Recently, I saw a comparison picture showing the side profile of a falcon — or hayabusa in Japanese — next to the B-2 Spirit stealth bombe...
2026-05-09
Japan’s ALFA-X is one of the most advanced high-speed rail test trains ever built. Developed by JR East, the experimental Shinkansen began testing in 2019 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines....