Fujitsu Chairman Hidenori Furuta resigned at his request after the company confirmed his ‘woman-related inappropriate conduct,’ a spokesperson at the Japanese technology conglomerate said

Fujitsu Chairman Hidenori Furuta resigned at his request after the company confirmed his ‘woman-related inappropriate conduct,’ a spokesperson at the Japanese technology conglomerate said. More here:

On July 20, 1971, Japan’s first McDonald’s restaurant opened inside the Ginza Mitsukoshi department store. The shop was constructed with extraordinary speed, driven by founder Den Fujita’s firm belief that "all trends begin in Ginza." Due to the extremely limited floor space, customers took their burgers out into the streets of Ginza. This became the catalyst for "tabe-aruki" (eating while walking) — a new cultural phenomenon in Japan. Just one year after its opening, the store broke the world record for single-day sales, a feat that reportedly astonished the U.S. headquarters.

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