In early morning, I went to the National Cancer Center Tokyo Central Hospital and had a radio therapy. I came back to my home before ten thirty. As I got an influenza prevention shot yesterday, I felt tired today. It was a very fine day but I stayed at home by putting data in files. I took a evening walk to the nearby Mita street and its back streets. During day time, I did not realize there were so many small bars around there. But after dark, almost all of them were crowded with customers. I noticed that the Mita street was not for students, but for office workers. In fact, no big book stores nor music disc stores are there.

Incidentally, price of Toyota share bother investors these days. A year ago, share prices of Toyota and Honda were on almost the same level. But these days, Honda share price is higher than Toyota by about 1,500 yen. Even after 9.11 shock, it seems Honda has recovered more vigorouly than Toyota. The following charts were quoted form the New York Stock Exchange's home page. They show change of share prices for the latest one year.

ToyotaHondaGeneral Motors

The other day, I was surprised to see an advertisement by the Keihin Express Railway Company, informing that number of passengers who utilized its Haneda Airport station had reached 50 million in three years after its inauguration. I happened to meet a class mate of mine, a former top executive of the company and told him about the advertisement. When the mono-rail train started its construction, the Keihin Express was told by the authority not to start their service until three years ago when the new company was expected to come around, he said. But he added that 50 million was too much. It might be 10 million, he said. The left picture is a proof that 50 million is correct (a poster exhibited at the entrance lobby of Metropolitan subway's Shimbashi station.)

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