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| Global Spotlight focuses on employees
from the Mitsubishi Companies, who are excelling in their respective fields
around the world. In each issue we will get to know different employees, who
will tell us about their hometowns, businesses, culture, and pastimes. |
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| As I write this article, I am sitting at my desk looking
out the window at a large maple tree where a red tailed
hawk is perched. While looking at this site,
I have to remind myself that we are only about 20
miles from Times Square. Mitsubishi Imaging (MPM),
Inc.’s headquarters is in Rye, New York, in the New
York City suburb of Westchester County. The southbound train from Rye arrives in midtown Manhattan in just
35 minutes, belying the fact that the beaches of the Long Island Sound border Rye to the east, and a nature
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| From our perspective, we have both the best of city and country. We
have just a short train ride to world famous restaurants, and Broadway
shows, but are surrounded by the beauty and serenity of nature. Around
the corner from our office is the Rye Nature Center, a 47 acre wildlife
preserve with two miles of walking trails. The Nature Center sponsors
programs to promote environmental awareness and the preservation of
natural resources. Our company is a supporter, even using the preserve
for a company Learn at Lunch. Employees visit the park for nature walks
and picnicking.
We at Mitsubishi Imaging are leaders in sustainable green
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technology,and have a long history of success serving the imaging needs of the photographic, inkjet and graphic arts
industries in North and South America. We provide commercial and in-plant printers with state-of-the-art
imaging products, technical expertise and the latest offset and digital solutions. Our customers can choose
products to grow their business from innovative and
ecological CTP (Computer to Plate) and workflow
solutions, to premium inkjet media for high resolution
imaging, to commercial, high-speed specialty inkjet media
for a wide range of production printing needs and more. |
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I have been the general manager of human resources
and general administration for eight years, coming from
a seventeen year career in human resources in the publishing industry. What has impressed me most at
Mitsubishi Imaging is the team spirit and camaraderie amongst the staff both at work and at play. One of my
favorite ways to spend my lunch hour is doing Zumba with my coworkers. Zumba is an exhilarating dance
fitness craze. The dance is Latin-based, but also includes elements such as Middle Eastern belly dancing and
Hip Hop. One of the nice features of our office building is that it has a newly renovated gym so it is convenient
for us to exercise during lunch. We not only have fun, but support each other in the pursuit of a healthy lifestyle.
We welcome you to come and visit us in Rye where you can enjoy a walk through a wildlife preserve,
catch a train to see a Broadway show, and join us for Zumba.
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After seven years of student life and three years
working in Tokyo, I decided to return to my
hometown of Shanghai in 2011, for the first time
in eleven years. During those years the city had
gone through a tremendous transformation, from
the appearance to the infrastructure. I found the
change of transportation, from buses and bicycles
to subways and automobiles, particularly impressive. In Shanghai, there are twelve subway lines now, while
ten years ago there were only two.
Mitsubishi Estate’s main mission is urban development. In April 2011, the Shanghai Representative Office
was set up as a first business location in China. I was lucky enough to join the company as the first local staff.
With five staff including two locals, we work as a window to business in China. I work as a team assistant. |
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I live alone, so I eat out most of the time, just as the other young people in Shanghai.
The dining situation in Shanghai is quite diverse. Eating out ten years ago meant Chinese food, but now
we have a wide variety of choices. My workplace is located
close to the People’s Square area, one of the best places in
downtown Shanghai, so you are never short of choice for
lunch. Recently, I’m really into Guilin-style rice vermicelli and
I eat it every week. It looks like ramen and has a smooth
texture but it’s chewier as it’s made from rice flour. Nearby is
a dumpling restaurant which is also popular in Japan. Every
day, customers form a long line so it’s definitely a place for
the aspiring food critic to check out.
Recently there are many stylish foreign-run restaurants
serving authentic cuisines. There are even several Japanese
restaurants whose food is just as good as in Japan. |
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Last week I went to my friend’s birthday party. For the year and a half after coming back to Shanghai, I have
been mixing with a lot of people from overseas and broadening my horizons.
This birthday party was for my friend’s husband who had come from Hong Kong. As they had lived in
Japan for quite a long time, it was held at a Western restaurant run by a Japanese owner. In Shanghai, most
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Shanghai. It reminded me of the food from back in
Japan and we had a wonderful time. At the end of the meal
they served two kinds of cake which I love to the point that
I also ate the pieces of the girls on a diet sitting next to me!
With members from various places like Shanghai,
Japan, and Hong Kong, the amusing conversation never
faltered. At the end of the party, we each held up a piece of
card displaying one letter to form a birthday message the
wife had wrote for her husband and took a group picture. |
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