Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Why don't you think about the real cause of air pollution?

Commuting by subway? What you need to know about air quality
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/25/world/commuting-by-subway-one-square-meter/index.html

There are many factors affecting air quality.
For example, in China's northern cities, air pollution by vehicles and factories would be the main reason for deteriorating air quality.
But, in cities where air is kept clean, ventilation of each transportation would be the main one for it.

As a result, transportations in clean cities should think about how to ventilate more efficiently, while in air-polluted cities, they should think about how to reduce exhaust gas.

Why can't they stop death march

money.cnn.com

The reason of overwork should be assigned to mismanagement of Japan's exectives.
They don't aim at more efficient working ,but assumed that almost all the accidents happening in their companies are caused by idleness of workers.
Recent act to reduce working hours affects their attitude. But, nothing changes.

Though they often say to workers "Go home earlier!", ・・・
If they can't keep deadlines, exectives will scold them. In some companies, their scolding way is a primitive one like scolding, slapping, punching,or kicking.
One of my friends have said "My coworker's seat was kicked after he used paid holidays".

If you work in Japan, you'll be able to such an experience vividly.

Why don't you indulge in crowded Tokyo Disney Sea?

I visited Tokyo Disney Sea.

It was so crowded that
more than 40 people were queueing up for women's toilet in Mermaid Lagoon
and that we had to wait for 30 to 50 mins in front of a restaurant to buy lunch.
and that we had to wait for more than 30 mins to enter a souvenir shop selling Duffy goods.

Here are some pictures
Tokyo DisneySea Electric Railway near Port Discovery.Sta, Urayasu, Chiba, Japan /Oct 8, 2017
Tokyo DisneySea Electric Railway

Maihama Resort Line 10 series near Tokyo DisneySea.Sta, Urayasu, Chiba, Japan/ Oct 8, 2017
Maihama Resort Line 10 series rolling stock

Why didn't they choose desert rail operator?

Thales signs Saudi North–South Railway maintenance deal
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/infrastructure/single-view/view/thales-signs-saudi-north-south-railway-maintenance-deal.html

I think that rail maintenance of Saudi Arabia's rail system should be undertaken by rail companies which have rail networks in desert area.
There would be a lot of dificulties to operate trains traversing desert.
So, it's mysterious that Thales undertook that maintenance deal.

Why can't we expect train diagram of the planned rail?

Train frequency of Naniwa-suji line announced

Naniwa-suji line is a planned rail in Osaka.
It will be operated by JR and Nankai.

JR
Limited Express : 3 trains an hour
Rapid : 4 trains an hour

Nankai
Limited Express : 2*trains an hour
Rapid : 4 trains an hour

Considering current train diagram, they are assigned to be


JR
Haruka or Kuroshio : 3 trains an hour
Kansai Airport /Kishuji Rapid : 4 trains an hour

Nankai
Rapi:t : 2 trains an hour
Airport Express : 4 trains an hour

Why did they name Taiwanese food?

What defines Taiwanese cuisine? Top chef André Chiang weighs in
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/taiwan-cuisine-raw-andre-chiang/index.html

I don't know the difference between Chinese cuisine and Taiwanese one.
In Japan, there seems to be no difference between them. I've heard some Taiwanese restaurants in Japan avoid naming "Chinese restaurant" due to bad impression against China.
Furthermore, Some Cantonese restaurants serve foods which are the same ones as Chinese foods.

Why it's not recommended to use rare fonts?

The game-changing design made to go unnoticed
http://edition.cnn.com/style/article/helvetica-60-years/index.html

I didn't know that CNN has used its own fonts. I wonder why some people want to create their distinctive fonts.
Of course, it's interesting to invent new fonts. But, new fonts have higher risk of causing text corruption, because newer fonts has lower possibility of being integrated into coding systems of the conventional computers.

So, in business situations, you had better use general and widespread fonts to avoid text corruption.