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- Age: 27 (October 14, 1988)
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- Draft: Round 11 (2011, STL)
- MLB Debut: 05/03/2013
- School: East Carolina
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I was very impressed with the restaurant, I was expecting with decor differnet then any other seafood restaurant, but it was very nice inside, and extremely clean. We were seated immediately and our waiter Chris was fast and helpful. We order the raw oysters on the half shell for appetizers we ate them all. I ordered the fried shrimp and fried oysters they where amazing, beer battered awesome which were perfectly seasoned, my husband had the fired catfish and fries and he says it was awesome. Prices were good for a nice seafood restaurant, our ticket was about under $40. Plus we took are food home and had leftovers the next night. We will for sure be going back.
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I was very impressed with the restaurant, I was expecting tacky decor like every other seafood restaurant, but it was very nice inside, and extremely clean. We were seated immediately and our waiter was fast and helpful. We ordered mozzarella sticks for our appetizer, they we amazing, beer battered and served kind of fancy. I ordered the grilled jumbo shrimp, mashed potatoes and vegetables, all of which were perfectly seasoned, my husband had the cracker crusted fried shrimp and fries and he says it was awesome. Prices were good for a nice seafood restaurant, our ticket was about $32. We will for sure be going back.
Visiting my sister in Port Arthur and I wanted to go to papadeaux's or Floyd's for seafood. My sister suggested this oyster bar and I was astonished! It is a hidden gem in this town and the food is phenomenal! The tilapia and oysters were great and the price was so much better than Papa's. I am definitely going to make sure I stop by here every time I'm in town. The staff was knowledgable and the owner suggested a key lime pie. I am so glad I did, because she says she hand squeezes the key limes. Great food, great price


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With a stay at Orlando's Sunshine Resort in Orlando (Tangelo Park), you'll be minutes from Fun Spot USA and close to Universal Studios Florida®. This hotel is within close proximity of Festival Bay Mall at International Drive and Congo River Golf - Orlando I-Drive.
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Castle Square Apartment, Warsaw
- Free WiFi
Main amenities
- 2 smoke-free apartments
- 20 restaurants
- Convenience store
- ATM/banking services
- Self-serve laundry
- Gift shops/newsstands
- Luggage storage
What's around
- In Old Town
- Royal Castle (0.1 mi / 0.1 km)
- Old Town Square (0.2 mi / 0.3 km)
- St. Kazimierz Church (0.2 mi / 0.4 km)
- Grand Theatre (0.3 mi / 0.5 km)
- Presidential Palace (0.4 mi / 0.6 km)
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Sofa bed
- Kitchenette
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Stovetop
Castle Square Apartment, Warsaw
Hotel Info: 01 65 69 441from €127
- Apartment, 2 Bedrooms
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 2 rooms
- Check-in time 1 PM-11 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
- Express check-out
Required at check in
- Cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- No pets or service animals allowed
Extra people
- Rollaway beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
Other information
- Smoke-free property
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In the hotel
- 20 restaurants
- Coffee shop/café
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- ATM/banking
In the room
- Espresso maker
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Washer/dryer
- Sofa bed
- Sofa bed size double
- Premium bedding
- Individually decorated
- Individually furnished
- Separate living room
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 40-inch LCD TV
- Cable TV channels
- DVD player
- Free WiFi
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Kitchenette
- Stovetop
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Dishwasher
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This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
This property does not have elevators.
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Outstanding 4.7 /5 from 18 reviews
It is a beautiful apartment. The owner had breakfast items in the refrigerator that lasted us for our entire stay! That was nice. My only complaint is that the washer was very small and there is no dryer. The weather was quite hot and humid when we were there and it took forever for the clothes to dry. It would have been really nice to have a fan available just to circulate the air. I realize that clothes dryers are not common in Europe but something to help dry the clothes faster would have been nice. I brought a travel clothes line which was a good thing as there was no drying rack available either. Also, it was advertised as a 2 bedroom and there is really only one bed and a pull out sofa. That was a bit misleading. The owner only takes CASH for the apartment which was really inconvenient.
This is actualy an apartment rather than a hotel. It's in a great location in Warsaw Old Town and as such right near all the shops, restaurants, cafes and sight-seeing (like the Castle). Apartment is a decent size with a large living/dining/kitchen area and then a seperate bedroom and bathroom. Well worth it if you want to feel like you're staying a bit more like a local with in an authentic apartment... but it wasn't serviced over the 3 days I was there so if you're expecting more of a hotel experience then look elsewhere.
Beautiful apartment, exactly as in the photos we previewed. Unbeatable location. Sleeps family of four (with two adult children). Super clean accommodation with comfortable beds, lovely decor and stocked fridge, thanks to the friendly owner. Note that blow up mattress appears to have a slow leak but I'm sure it's nothing that can't be fixed. Great stay overall!
My only complaint (and a small one) was that it was a little hard to coordinate arrival time as we did not have a cell phone when visiting Europe. Otherwise, they were friendly and quick to respond via email so it all worked out. Great apartment! Spacious, clean, very conveniently located. Couldn't have asked for a better stay! This apartment went above and beyond with little touches such as breakfast foods, soaps, shampoo, laundry soap, etc.
This is an apartment rather than a traditional hotel. Perfect location. Host delightful and communicative. Fridge was stocked for us to make breakfast in the kitchen. Very clean. Absolute gem.
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SDCC: 'Aliens' Cast, Crew & Fans Unite to Celebrate 30th Anniversary
James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Paxton and more gathered to reminisce and celebrate the legacy of their lasting sci-fi/horror classic.
James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Paxton and more gathered to reminisce and celebrate the legacy of their lasting sci-fi/horror classic.
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Fox touted sequels to "Deadpool," "Avatar" and "Independence Day," and screened footage from such films as "Trolls" and "Assassin's Creed"
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WavestoreUSA, a provider of professional digital video and audio recording solutions for surveillance applications, today announced the availability of the latest version of its open platform video management software platform. Wavestore V5 is an intuitive VMS solution that enables users to integrate 360-degree cameras into existing surveillance systems. A new licensing structure also streamlines the user experience and reduces upfront and long-term investment.
V5 facilitates the recording of original fisheye images captured by a 360-degree or hemispheric camera, and simultaneously displays the dewarped images alongside captured images from other cameras in a multi-image display. The original images captured by the 360-degree cameras are stored unaltered in the event video data must be presented in a court of law.
Based on Linux-based server design, V5 supports 360-degree and panoramic cameras from leading manufacturers, including AMGPanogenics, Axis, Geovision, MOBOTIX, Oncam Global and VIVOTEK. The addition of hemispheric camera support to V5 delivers significant cost savings to users, as one 360-degree camera can replace up to four traditional cameras and no moving parts leads to less maintenance. The system's hybrid structure also supports analog, IP, megapixel, HD and thermal cameras from a wide variety of manufacturers.
V5 also offers digital PTZ controls, without the need for third-party SDK integration. With the use of a three-axis mouse, operators can manipulate a 360-degree image, such as overlapping the entire image into a panoramic view, define and save custom virtual views, and call up views as a virtual camera. The robust software platform also offers the ability to create unique video clips that dynamically track one or many individuals using the virtual PTZ function.
Additional features of V5 include instantaneous search and display of specific events within live and archived video data, authentication and encryption of video and audio content, and searchable metadata functionality for integrated video analytics, including facial recognition and people counting. The system can also integrate third-party POS data.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Venafi, the Immune System for the Internet™ and the leading provider of Next Generation Trust Protection, will exhibit at @DevOpsSummit at 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Venafi is the Immune System for the Internet™ that protects the foundation of all cybersecurity – cryptographic keys and digital certificates – so they can't be misused by bad guys in attacks...
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The best-practices for building IoT applications with Go Code that attendees can use to build their own IoT applications. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Indraneel Mitra, Senior Solutions Architect & Technology Evangelist at Cognizant, provided valuable information and resources for both novice and experienced developers on how to get started with IoT and Golang in a day. He also provided information on how to use Intel Arduino Kit, Go Robotics API and AWS IoT stack to build an application tha...
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Amazon has gradually rolled out parts of its IoT offerings in the last year, but these are just the tip of the iceberg. In addition to optimizing their back-end AWS offerings, Amazon is laying the ground work to be a major force in IoT – especially in the connected home and office. Amazon is extending its reach by building on its dominant Cloud IoT platform, its Dash Button strategy, recently announced Replenishment Services, the Echo/Alexa voice recognition control platform, the 6-7 strategic...
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For basic one-to-one voice or video calling solutions, WebRTC has proven to be a very powerful technology. Although WebRTC's core functionality is to provide secure, real-time p2p media streaming, leveraging native platform features and server-side components brings up new communication capabilities for web and native mobile applications, allowing for advanced multi-user use cases such as video broadcasting, conferencing, and media recording.
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IoT generates lots of temporal data. But how do you unlock its value? You need to discover patterns that are repeatable in vast quantities of data, understand their meaning, and implement scalable monitoring across multiple data streams in order to monetize the discoveries and insights. Motif discovery and deep learning platforms are emerging to visualize sensor data, to search for patterns and to build application that can monitor real time streams efficiently. In his session at @ThingsExpo, ...
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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) have entered into a definitive agreement under which Verizon will acquire Yahoo's operating business for approximately $4.83 billion in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments. Yahoo informs, connects and entertains a global audience of more than 1 billion monthly active users** -- including 600 million monthly active mobile users*** through its search, communications and digital content products. Yahoo also co...
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There will be new vendors providing applications, middleware, and connected devices to support the thriving IoT ecosystem. This essentially means that electronic device manufacturers will also be in the software business. Many will be new to building embedded software or robust software. This creates an increased importance on software quality, particularly within the Industrial Internet of Things where business-critical applications are becoming dependent on products controlled by software. Qua...
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In addition to all the benefits, IoT is also bringing new kind of customer experience challenges - cars that unlock themselves, thermostats turning houses into saunas and baby video monitors broadcasting over the internet. This list can only increase because while IoT services should be intuitive and simple to use, the delivery ecosystem is a myriad of potential problems as IoT explodes complexity. So finding a performance issue is like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack.
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Machine Learning helps make complex systems more efficient. By applying advanced Machine Learning techniques such as Cognitive Fingerprinting, wind project operators can utilize these tools to learn from collected data, detect regular patterns, and optimize their own operations. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Stuart Gillen, Director of Business Development at SparkCognition, discussed how research has demonstrated the value of Machine Learning in delivering next generation analytics to imp...
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Large scale deployments present unique planning challenges, system commissioning hurdles between IT and OT and demand careful system hand-off orchestration. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jeff Smith, Senior Director and a founding member of Incenergy, will discuss some of the key tactics to ensure delivery success based on his experience of the last two years deploying Industrial IoT systems across four continents.
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The 19th International Cloud Expo has announced that its Call for Papers is open. Cloud Expo, to be held November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, brings together Cloud Computing, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps, Digital Transformation, Microservices and WebRTC to one location. With cloud computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to plant your flag in this fast-expanding business opportuni...
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The Internet of Things will challenge the status quo of how IT and development organizations operate. Or will it? Certainly the fog layer of IoT requires special insights about data ontology, security and transactional integrity. But the developmental challenges are the same: People, Process and Platform. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Craig Sproule, CEO of Metavine, demonstrated how to move beyond today's coding paradigm and shared the must-have mindsets for removing complexity from the develo...
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Basho Technologies has announced the latest release of Basho Riak TS, version 1.3. Riak TS is an enterprise-grade NoSQL database optimized for Internet of Things (IoT). The open source version enables developers to download the software for free and use it in production as well as make contributions to the code and develop applications around Riak TS. Enhancements to Riak TS make it quick, easy and cost-effective to spin up an instance to test new ideas and build IoT applications. In addition to...
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Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with the 19th International Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world and ThingsExpo Silicon Valley Call for Papers is now open.
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IoT is rapidly changing the way enterprises are using data to improve business decision-making. In order to derive business value, organizations must unlock insights from the data gathered and then act on these. In their session at @ThingsExpo, Eric Hoffman, Vice President at EastBanc Technologies, and Peter Shashkin, Head of Development Department at EastBanc Technologies, discussed how one organization leveraged IoT, cloud technology and data analysis to improve customer experiences and effi...
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With 15% of enterprises adopting a hybrid IT strategy, you need to set a plan to integrate hybrid cloud throughout your infrastructure. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Steven Dreher, Director of Solutions Architecture at Green House Data, discussed how to plan for shifting resource requirements, overcome challenges, and implement hybrid IT alongside your existing data center assets. Highlights included anticipating workload, cost and resource calculations, integrating services on both sides...
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Manufacturers are embracing the Industrial Internet the same way consumers are leveraging Fitbits – to improve overall health and wellness. Both can provide consistent measurement, visibility, and suggest performance improvements customized to help reach goals. Fitbit users can view real-time data and make adjustments to increase their activity. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Mark Bernardo Professional Services Leader, Americas, at GE Digital, discussed how leveraging the Industrial Internet a...
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Dorney Court is one of England's finest stately homes. It is a Grade 1 listed building, renowned for its architectural importance and historical significance, and any visit is a fascinating and unique experience.
Built in the 15th century, the Tudor Manor House has been lived in by the Palmer family for more than 450 years – this remarkable and characterful building has been passed from father to son over thirteen generations.
"Dorney" is the ancient Saxon word for "island of bees" and the estate remains famous for its honey which is still produced to this day. The very first pineapple to be raised in England was grown at Dorney Court and presented to Charles II in 1661 and the spectre of a bald lady haunts the wood panelled hallways.
Dorney Court is very much a family home and visitors will find that the House and Grounds have an easy charm and a warmth of welcome that reflect continuing family use and the passion and love of everyone involved with the Estate.
Dorney Court has been used as a film and TV location since the 1970s. The House and Grounds have featured in a wide range of productions including Elizabeth: The Golden Age, The Other Boleyn Girl, Inspector Morse and Poirot.
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If you have an interest in furniture and its history, you will be intrigued by the pieces at Dorney Court.
The great majority of it dates from the Restoration but look in the Great Hall and you will see a massive table, created from one piece of oak, bearing the notches and scars that suggest it dates from a much earlier period in history.
Four poster beds, lacquer cabinets and contemporary designs all found favour for practical purposes. Few were collected simply for their aesthetic quality. The imposing bed in the Great Chamber is of the tester style not just to offer privacy but more importantly to provide a waterproof canopy as protection from a leaking roof. The lacquer furniture was used on campaign by Palmers serving on Eastern fronts, particularly by Field Marshall Sir Donald Stewart, and the modern pieces show the determination of the Palmer family to make use of wood from the Estate.
Each of the thirteen generations of the Palmer Family is represented in the wonderfully complete catalogue of family portraits that tell a most compelling and intimate story of a redoubtable family that has epitomised the English squirearchy.
Paintings by Lely, Kneller, Janssen and others cover the walls. In the Parlour you will discover the Palmer Needlework depicting the achievements of 17th-century Palmer triplets and which has been described as "one of the rarest in England".
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The house is surrounded by beautiful gardens and acres of mature parkland. The lawns are divided by ancient yew hedges and herbaceous borders.
The adjacent 13th-Century church of St James the Less, with its Norman front and Tudor tower, are also open to the public.
Dorney Court Kitchen Garden, a high quality garden centre, situated next to the House serves cream teas and light lunches throughout the year.
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House opens at 1.30pm and closes at 5pm.
May 2016: Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd, Sunday 29th and Monday 30th.
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- Val RAscot, United KingdomTrip Type:Friends getawayA fascinating place, full of historyThursday, 14th July 2016Our group of U3A members had a really interesting and informative guided tour of this wonderful house and the adjoining parish church, followed by a delicious lunch at the Dorney Court Kitchen Garden... Read full review
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text: Home > Business Smuggling behind fuel price spike in Sulu? ABS-CBN News Posted at Jul 13 2014 03:49 PM | Updated as of Jul 13 2014 11:49 PM Share Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Pinterest MANILA -- Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla said the government is willing to make arrangements with oil firms to resolve the fuel supply situation in the province of Sulu. In an interview with ANC, Petilla said the rise in gasoline prices in Sulu, which has reached P110 per liter, may have been due to smuggling, He immediately clarified, however, that he is referring to gasoline purchased by "bote-bote" or bottles and not those coming from the tanks. "There is suspicion, but this is not a definite statement… We got a report that Malaysia has now tightened its border up to the extent that deliveries to Sulu has been affected," he said, adding local players have shied away from putting up business there because of the "competition from fuels with no taxes." But Petilla lamented that the Department of Energy can only do so much when it comes to smuggling. "I can't make plans regarding smuggling because that's the job of the Bureau of Customs. Not that I'm washing my hands, but even if I wanted to, I can't apprehend them," he said. The DOE can help monitor the situation, however, he offered. In terms of supply, a local depot will have deliveries on Monday, which could help ease the situation, Petilla said. "With the tight supply there, the [oil firms] may be encouraged to do more frequent deliveries," he said. Share Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Pinterest Read More: smuggling malaysia Sulu Jericho Petilla /news/07/23/16/ex-pres-ramos-accepts-special-envoy-to-china-post/sports/07/23/16/pacquiao-willing-to-face-crawford-claims-arum/news/07/23/16/look-what-duterte-partner-honeylet-will-wear-to-the-sona/sports/07/23/16/tnt-repulses-sister-team-meralco/entertainment/07/23/16/eric-quizon-shocked-by-zsa-zsa-conrad-breakup


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Green Bay - Here is a summary of coach Mike McCarthy's post-practice press conference Tuesday afternoon:
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- I hope they blitz us again. Be in different environment. Had some openings when they blitz. Pleased with the way we played offensively.
- Don't care about statistics. It's different playing in that enviroment (Metrodome). This is the atmosphere you prefer. I prefer game outdoors. Definitely tilts the field toward us. Focused on making sure our game plan reflects we just played a team a few days ago. Feel very good about Saturday night. Going to be cold. We hope they're challenged with that.
- With experience, understand what it means to have a guy like Rodgers.
- Like tendency of bouncing back. We know we have to do things differently than this past week. Our guys have responded. Very well rounded team.
- I just think having Charles Woodson back helps our football team, his experience, play-making ability. Glad to have him back on the field.
- People have tendency to overplay the runner. Important to play the run defense. Felt that was the case on Sunday. He had a great game, but we're focused on playing our run defense.
- Gap control with Peterson is important. We had gaps filled and guys peaked and lost focus what we were.
- Six days playing a common opponent is probably the best you can imagine in this type of situation. We're glad to get this going. We were smart with the players today and will continue to get work done rest of week.
- It's a typical week. Can't change how we prepare for the game.
- Have more information on Jordy Nelson tomorrow. Same with Jerel Worthy.
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Japanese Presidents of listed companies usually receive remuneration around 10-20 times the average salary of other employees of their company – in contrast to US or UK top listed companies, where the multiples are more like >300 in the case of the US and >180 in the case of the UK.
So it's no surprise that in order to attract non-Japanese directors, Japanese companies are having to fork out above the average sums. According to Tokyo Shoko Research, 7 of the top 10 best paid directors are non-Japanese and around 20% of the top 100 best paid directors are non-Japanese.
Top earner by far in 2015/6 was Softbank's recently departed Nikesh Arora on Y6478m (around $65m or £50m).
Others were
2. Joseph Michael DePinto of chainstore 7-Eleven $21m
3. Ronald Fisher of Softbank $20m
4. Michiyoshi Ohnishi of Aoi Electronics $11m
5. Carlos Ghosn Nissan $10m
6. Kazuo Okada Universal Entertainment (gaming and casinos) $9.5m
7. Christophe Weber, Takeda $9m
8. John Domme, Hitachi $9m
9. Kohji Tanabe, U-Shin (access mechanisms for vehicles) $8.8m
10. Ralph Alavarez Skylark restaurant chain $8.6m
Other Top 30 Japanese companies in Europe:
11. Kazuo Hirai of Sony $7.9m
15. Didier Leroy of Toyota $7m
21. Tim Andree of Dentsu $4.8m
27. Yasuchika Hasegawa of Takeda $4.5m
29. Fujitaka Komori of Fujifilm $4.4m
30. Andrew Plump, Takeda $4.2m
Interesting comment from Brussels based trade lawyer and economist Hosuk Lee-Makiyama on any future Japan-UK trade negotations, in oral evidence to the Treasure Committee on the future of the UK's economic relationship with the European Union (July 13th 2016):
"Japan is quite an exception from this [the UK having interests that are sensitive to the counterpart country], because the outstanding issues in the EU-Japan negotiations are basically products where Europe is asking for TPP-plus concessions. Europe would like to have more from Japan than what Japan has given to the United States, Australia and New Zealand, because our offensive interest in agriculture towards the Japanese consumer market is different from the ones for the United States. The United States is interested in exporting rice, made in California, to Japan. We do not export rice. Our interests are primarily in dairy, high-quality cheeses and wines, pasta, certain types of meat. It is not an offensive interest of the UK. We could probably sign a deal with Japan tomorrow. However, the question is whether Japan would be interested in doing so, because if you look at the Japanese firms—and this applies to not only Japan but most of the third country economies— they have invested in the UK after 1973 on a specific guarantee that the UK will be a part of the single market. I am not really sure that the rationale exists, although the defensive interests are less."
Confirms my previous posts that 1) agricultural trade is hugely sensitive for Japan (and in that respect, the UK has less to worry about in negotiations with Japan) 2) What's important to UK-Japan economic relations is the direct investment that has been made by Japanese companies into the UK over the past 40 years on the premise that the UK was part of the Single Market, not "offensive vs defensive" mercantilist bilateral dealing in modern day counterparts of silk, wool and tea.
I saw Dominic Raab, pro Brexit Tory MP, claiming in the Times that the UK could offer Japan a better deal to export Mazdas to the UK outside the EU because they could be tariff-free rather than the current 10% the EU imposes on cars. It's telling that he chose Mazda of course, because it is the only Top 5 Japanese car company that does not have a factory in the European Union or Turkey (which is inside the EU customs union). So as a bargaining chip, tariff free cars does not really present much of an incentive to Japan to open up its public procurement, or reduce non-tariff trade barriers such as pharmaceuticals regulations, in return.
Maybe in these highly globalised times it is OK to rock up to any country with a fantastic product or service, good command of English and a well thumbed copy of Getting to Yes, but I somehow doubt it, especially when it comes to negotiating at government level.
I attended a talk by the new Japanese Ambassador to the UK, H.E. Mr Koji Tsuruoka earlier this week. He gave a detailed explanation of his most recent role, as chief negotiator in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP, not to be confused with TTIP) talks. These started in 2010 between the 8 countries of New Zealand, Singapore, Chile, Brunei, USA, Australia, Peru and Vietnam and were finally concluded (but not yet ratified by any participant countries) in February 2016 between 12 countries, Japan having joined in 2013, along with Malaysia (2011) and Mexico and Canada (2012).
The 12 countries represent 40% of world GDP (US and Japan being the main) and 10% of the world's population. A consequence of the treaty will be the percentage of Japan's trade covered by Free Trade Agreements increasing from 22.3% to 37.2% (higher than the EU). Areas covered were not just tariffs but also liberalisation of services and investment, Intellectual Property, electronic commerce and government sector business.
I took three lessons from Tsuruoka's talk:
1. Be clear from the start about non-negotiables
For Japan the most contentious area was agricultural products. Although most participating countries reached nearly 100% removal of tariffs on agricultural products, Japan refused to liberalise its "Five Sacred Product Categories" of rice, wheat, beef and pork, dairy products, and sugar, so only reached around 85%. Tsuruoka said Japan was able to do this, despite coming late to the negotiations, by saying loudly and clearly, from the beginning, that these were "non negotiable".
2. Polite persistence
A team of 300-400 Japanese negotiators then visited each country repeatedly, patiently going through item by item each country's individual requests. Japan showed that it would not give up – after each defeat, it would pick itself up and start again, but always politely and respectfully.
3. Sincerity
Tsuruoka said being "seijitsu" – sincere or honest, was the key point. He also mentioned humility and "kenmei" – wisdom or prudence – as being specifically Japanese characteristics which came in useful.
It's going to take time
What are the lessons for the UK as it faces rounds of trade negotiations? Firstly, multilateral free trade agreements take time. TPP took 6 years, and has still not been ratified by any country. This is a problem for post Brexit negotiations, not only because of the uncertainty it would cause for investors in the UK in the meantime but also because global markets are so fast moving. Agreements that would have made sense years ago for specific products or services are outdated by the time they are ratified.
Get comfortable with uncertainty
It's sometimes said that the traditional Japanese "awase" (adjusting style) of negotiation is better in this situation than the more American "erabi" (selecting style) – where you can adjust to an ever changing environment rather than turn up with a game plan, and expect both sides to make choices leading to a desired goal. But this may not be acceptable if you are trying to avoid uncertainty and ambiguity. You can already spot American trade negotiators advising that the UK needs to put all its cards on the table – tough when the UK still isn't sure what hand it has been dealt – by itself or by the EU.
Bilateral is better?
So would it be better to go for quicker bilateral agreements? That seems to be the wish of the British politicians heading up negotiations – but would any counterpart countries be willing to give up time to do this, when they are still negotiating these multilateral agreements – Japan-EU and TTIP most obviously springing to mind – and no clarity on what the UK will agree with the EU? And would the UK really be able to get any better a bilateral deal than these multilateral deals anyway?
Inexperience vs opportunity
Secondly – not an original point I know – but think for a minute about how a fresh, new, bright-eyed and bushy tailed but completely inexperienced bunch of Brits would fare, coming up against 300-400 experienced Japanese trade negotiators who already know what their non-negotiables are and are masters of "polite persistence".
As to why the UK should care about Japan in terms of Brexit and trade negotiations, and vice versa, 16% of Japanese exports to the EU go to the UK, and 45% of its investment in the EU is in the UK. The UK's biggest export to Japan is services – the 4th biggest UK balance of trade surplus after EU, USA and Switzerland. Further evidence, I would argue, that this is not going to be a negotiation about tariffs on wool and tea, rather UK's role within Europe as a service provider to Japanese companies invested there.
Tsuruoka was kind enough to say that he agrees that the UK needs time to prepare before triggering Article 50, and that it would be irresponsible to trigger it "just to see what happens". He also said that Japanese companies should make constructive proposals, and not just be negative and complain about Brexit. The other Japanese people on my table did indeed mention how surprised they were by their British colleagues' ability to bounce back quickly, see the positive side of Brexit and start looking for business opportunities. My response was "what other choice do we have?"
A book about the British way of life – "The British clear cut, simple way of working: How they achieve results with the minimum necessary effort" – has just been published in Japan, written by Kazuya Yamazaki, who lived in the UK for 12 years, practising as an architect. He recommends that Japan adopt the British attitude as a way of dealing with an ageing, post-industrial society. This does, however, mean that Japan has to drop its "customer is god" belief.
He asserts Japanese business people experience unnecessary stress being pushed around by unreasonable demands from their colleagues and customers. The UK has the image of a mature, "country of gentlemen" where people try to get to the pub before it gets dark and give the impression of not working that hard. However Yamazaki says, through meeting many types of British people in the course of his work, that British people have the knowledge of how to live in a matured country and not to struggle for impossible growth.
He contrasts this with the "majime" of Japanese people. Majime is one of those untranslatable Japanese concepts – a mix of serious, earnest, honest, diligent, solemn. Japanese "read the air", "are strict about punctuality", "rigorous in their provision of customer service", "try to do their work perfectly" it is said. Majime is of course meant positively, but can be the cause of excessive stress, he says, and I cannot but agree. And this is particularly bad, I understand, in Japanese architectural firms where I have heard it is the norm to sleep under the desk at night.
Yamazaki is keen to say he does not mean the British are not serious, rather that they have the secret of how to "unhunch" their shoulders and produce results, step by step. The key is to be warikitta "clear cut", or rational in your thinking, Yamazaki stresses. For example, rather than aiming for 100%, aim for 70% if it achieves your objectives.
The customer and the supplier are equal in the UK, says Yamazaki. The British way of communicating reflects this. It may seem like they are being argumentative, but the idea is to debate, exchange opinions and through this find areas of compromise and pitfalls in each others arguments. "Good enough" may feel to Japanese like they have given up, but for the British there is no such negative connotation. It has two meanings – firstly, for present purposes, it is sufficient, and it is a decision not to make unnecessary efforts. Secondly, rather than try to achieve what has been decided, keep calculating backwards from the objective. Japanese people instead think too much about what should be, trying to do what has been decided in the way it was decided it should be done. Of course it is important to carry out what has been decided, says Yamazaki, but if you try to do it perfectly you end up taking unnecessary steps, which is a waste.
In a way it's easier not to change, to just carry out what you have been told is the decision. To be flexible, and change as necessary, reviewing the problem, requires wide knowledge and experience. It may sound as if a "matured country" has no further way to develop, but Yamazaki thinks that if Japan could be more "clear cut" about what to choose and what to throw out, it could clear a path to the future.
To understand the sheer scale of the proposed £24bn Softbank acquisition of UK based chip designer ARM – we estimate it would increase investment by Japanese companies in the UK by over a half of the current cumulative total. Britain benefits more from Japanese investment than any other country in the world apart from the US and this deal would certainly maintain that claim, despite Brexit. By the end of 2014, the total value of Japanese investment in the UK was £38bn – to which should be added Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance's acquisition of Amlin for £3.5bn in 2015.
There have been plenty of other acquisitions these past 15 years of UK iconic companies by Japanese companies, such as Nippon Sheet Glass acquiring Pilkington for £2.2bn in 2006 (interesting to note that ARM's chairman is Stuart Chambers, who was CEO of Pilkington when NSG acquired it). The number of acquisitions probably accounts for the discrepancy between the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimate of the number of Japanese companies in the UK of 879 – rather lower than that of the Teikoku Databank figure of 1380 noted previously. Of these, 470 are classified as incorporated (as opposed to branch offices) and many, as we pointed out previously, cover the whole European region. As well as concerns about losing "financial passporting" and the impact of tariffs on supply chains, a further 158 are R&D or design centres, which may well benefit from EU funds – which may mean relocating should those funds no longer be available post-Brexit.
JETRO, the Japan External Trade Relations Organisation surveyed 54 Japanese companies in the UK just before the EU referendum vote. 64.8% saw Brexit as having a negative impact on their business, with "Don't know" 25.9% and "no impact" 9.3%. Several responded that they were looking at relocating to Germany, the Netherlands or Ireland. As JETRO points out, all three countries have strong economic links to the UK, so relocation there will not avoid being influenced by what happens to the UK and how Brexit impacts the EU.
The Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry in the UK has compiled the UK-Japan trade statistics for the past 15 years and it is noticeable that there is no clear trend in imports from Japan – fluctuating between a high of £9bn in 2001 and a low of £6.7bn in 2009, and currently at £6.9bn for 2015. There has been an upward trend in UK exports to Japan, from around £3.5bn 15 years' ago to over £4.5bn in recent years. A £3bn or so trade surplus in Japan's favour nonetheless persists.
The Japan-EU Free Trade Agreement is supposed to be finalised by the end of the year, and apparently may be worth £5bn a year to the UK. It will mean the elimination of the vast majority of trade tariffs, boosting imports and exports in agriculture, car manufacturing and clothing. There are still issues to be resolved on auto and agricultural tariffs as well as government procurement. And of course, how it will apply to the UK once it leaves the EU is a big unknown. No doubt Softbank will be keen to know what impact Brexit will have on the export of chip designs – the Japan-EU FTA is meant to cover services as well as products but the EU single market in services has not progressed for a while and it looks like the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which would cover EU-USA services, is faltering.
A friend from business school days phoned me last week to ask for my advice on negotiating with Japanese business people. He was about to fly out to Japan to meet a potential joint venture partner. "I suspect my usual negotiating style might cause offence", he said. "And apparently I may already have committed a faux pas, because when we met with them in the UK, I tossed my business cards around the table".
After explaining how to exchange business cards with slightly more finesse, I asked him for full details of the company and people he was going to meet. One lesson we learned during our negotiation course at business school, which is applicable whatever the culture you are dealing with, was "prepare, prepare, prepare". This means not only knowing as much as you can about the people and company you are meeting, but also being an expert in every single detail of your company and its products or services.
I warned him that other approaches we learnt at business school may not work so well if his counterparts are traditional Japanese business people rather than MBA wielding 'young guns'. Traditional Japanese business people want to be reassured that you are someone they can trust in the long term. If they spot that you are using tricks and tactics in your negotiation, they may worry that you are insincere and that in the future, if something goes wrong in the deal, you will be adversarial rather than cooperative. For example, it is better to open with a reasonable offer price, rather than a deliberately outrageous position from which you expect to be beaten down by half.
Other negotiating tactics, such as having a BATNA (best alternative to negotiated agreement) may be useful, and indeed you may be asked who else you are talking with or supplying to. Too much focus on a written negotiated agreement may be a mistake however, as it will not be the endpoint with a Japanese partner, rather the start of a relationship, subject to change and unofficial amendments in the future. Also, your Japanese counterparts may need to have further internal discussions, so do not expect to come out of a meeting with the final deal.
The amount of time this takes, and the seemingly unending questions may result in the Western side beginning to wonder if they are trusted, and if the deal will ever happen. Westerners prefer to make step by step concessions, expecting give and take, particularly when it comes to divulging sensitive information. Japanese negotiators want to know and even see everything before they make any commitments. This is due to risk aversion – they know that none of the executives on their side will want to agree to anything unless every single possible risk and issue has been uncovered and dealt with. But of course this can be a deal breaker for the Western side, who do not want to show all their intellectual property or 'dirty laundry' until they can be reasonably sure of good faith on the other side, that the deal will go ahead.
Indeed much of the concrete detail may be settled outside the negotiating room. When I was working in building material sales in Japan, our Zimbabwean suppliers used to visit once a year to negotiate prices and shipping schedules. The first time I participated in the negotiation meeting I was surprised to find that we spent the first day exchanging data and views on industry trends. During a coffee break I asked one of the Zimbabweans when we would get down to the 'real' negotiation and talk about prices.
"Don't worry," he said, "tonight your boss and my boss will go out for a Korean barbecue and some beers, and they'll settle the prices then. It happens every year." Sure enough, the next day, as if by magic, a piece of paper with agreed prices appeared.
This article by Pernille Rudlin originally appeared in the Nikkei Weekly. This and other articles are available as an e-book "Omoiyari: 6 Steps to Getting it Right with Japanese Customers"
Both Nomura and Toyota have moved to reassure their employees their jobs in the UK are safe – for the time being. The devil is in the detail of course – Toyota says plans through to 6 or 7 years from now have already been made, after which, no one can predict anyway, and Nomura's new COO says London will remain the main brokerage in Europe and there are no plans to move jobs to elsewhere in Europe in the next two years.
Both companies are in our Top 30 Japanese companies in the UK, employing around 5,500 between them. Toyo Keizai magazine's recent article on whether Japanese companies will move away from the UK has helped us update the ranking further, and we can now say just under 100,000 people are employed by the Top 30. The article goes on to speculate what Hitachi might do about its rail business if the UK was to leave the single market and default to tariffs of 10%. The global headquarters were moved to the UK in 2014 and a factory has been built in Newton Aycliffe. Hitachi is competing with Bombardier (Canada), Siemens (Germany) and Alsthom (France) – the latter two being in the European Union and the eurozone of course.
"Japanese car manufacturers underpin the UK automotive industry", says Toyo Keizai. Honda, Nissan and Toyota represent half of the 1,590,000 cars that were produced in the UK in 2015, with Nissan being the second largest manufacturer in the UK after Jaguar Land Rover. Around 80% of Nissan's cars, manufactured in Sunderland, are exported to the EU and elsewhere. NIssan directly employs around 8000 people across the UK, and indirectly a further 32,000.
Yet 61% of Sunderland voters supported Leave, despite the fact that if access to the EU market is restricted, they are likely to lose their jobs. For Honda and Toyota, the UK only represents 2% of their total production, compared to 10% for Nissan. As the utilisation of Nissan partner Renault's factories is not high, it's likely production will shift to France.
However it takes time to shift production. "What sort of deal Carlos Ghosn can get from the UK government will influence how the rest of the Japanese car manufacturers will view production in the UK" says Takaki Nakanishi of the Nakanishi Research Institute.
Other issues for Japanese companies are whether the UK retains financial passporting, and for Takeda and other pharmaceutical companies, whether the European Medicines Agency stays in the UK or not.
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"The UK referendum to leave EU is similar to Republican party in that it was a decision on emotional grounds",says Atsushi Osanai, Professor at Waseda University, formerly of Sony, in a column for Diamond Online. The Republican party's nomination shows how American society has become deformed, now superseded by Brexit. Other than self respect as the Great British Empire, it is hard to see how the decision has any merit, and instead beckons a world financial crisis, and destabilising the global economy.
Although most of the Japanese media has focused on what the effect on the Japanese economy might be, what is the real impact on Japanese companies? In Osanai's opinion, although there will be short term impacts in terms of a high yen and weakening share prices, as it will take at least 2 years for the UK to leave the EU, the chaos will not last in the long term.
"In the immediate future, there will be a reduction in profits for Japanese exporters because of the higher yen and a reduction in in-bound tourism to Japan. On the other hand, Japanese outbound tourism will become cheaper, and it will be easier to afford Burberry. So long as it is only the UK that leaves the EU."
One further possibility, is that unexpectedly drastic changes in the exchange rate and share prices might put the spotlight on Abenomics leading up to an election, but Osanai expects that the Japanese people will be reasonably objective in their assessment of this.
"Another not inconsiderable impact of Brexit is that the EU will lose around 10% of its funding and also that the UK may well cease to be a financial centre for the EU. There is also a possibility that Japanese car manufacturers and companies like Hitachi which have been expanding their rail business may find that their export hub to the rest of the European Union has been undermined."
"This will depend on whether the UK and the EU can come to an agreement on tariffs. Of course for Japanese companies the ideal would be for export tariffs to be as low as possible. But Osanai thinks that in the long term, the EU should impose penalisingly high tariffs. As the world economy is stagnating, major countries are becoming more cautious and putting their own needs first, and it is of concern that a huge economic region like the EU might fragment, producing a situation like the eve of another world war."
"So for Japanese companies, it's not just a UK shock, but whether the EU as whole will be stable in the future. It's not just about investment in one country, but whether to expand in the whole region."
A benefit from the EU that the British themselves do not recognise
Osanai asks whether for Japanese companies the UK itself is that attractive, and replies "no"
"Europe itself is a large market, however there are several unaligned small-medium scale countries and at a country level, they are not that strong economically. The merit of the EU is that through a strong currency in the EU (which the UK is not part of), goods can flow freely and people can move freely, which stimulates regional trade and mobility of the labour force."
"For 20th century UK, which had a stronger economy and manufacturing sector than even major European countries such as Germany and France, there might have been a reason for keeping the country more closed in terms of tariffs and immigration. If the UK as market was attractive, it would still be worth Japanese and other multinationals investing there."
"However present day UK is not so attractive. Because it was in the EU, it had attraction as a gateway into the EU. And thanks to the free movement of people, it meant cheap labour could still be hired. Post Brexit, there will be high tariffs and high labour costs."
"There are other countries in the EU who are starting to put their own country first and movements which want to leave. Because of this it is unlikely the EU will give the UK favourable terms to leave. Frankfurt could easily take over from London as the financial centre of the EU."
"Non EU multinationals such as Japanese companies may find themselves being approached by France or Germany. In the second half of the 20th century, the UK was a leader in the EU, and as the English language was the world's common tongue, it was an obvious place to have a subsidiary. However, Sony has recently moved its TV production from the UK to Spain and the Czech Republic."
"Furthermore, the fact that the only countries that welcomed Brexit were Russia and China is very disturbing, says Osanai. China is increasing its investment in the UK, so perhaps it is hoping that after leaving the EU, the UK will come begging to it, increasing China's sphere of influence."
"And the UK itself may disintegrate into Scotland and Wales and Ireland."
"The world needs to show the UK how little merit there is in leaving the EU, and the need to avoid the disintegration of the EU. For that reason, Japan should dump the UK."
"Although we shouldn't ignore China's investment in the UK, the main rivals to Japan's manufacturers are not in the UK but in Germany and France. So Japan's manufacturers need to get over their UK shock and build a foundation for competing with EU countries for market share. There are two years of breathing space at least. Electronics and automotive manufacturers should start looking at the continent."


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