Chiba

And some of those areas might be more close to Tokyo than you would imagine.

Just across the river into Chiba and Funabashi, a lot of areas out there, a lot of people were moving out, getting even closer to Tokyo.

It's not just the far-off rural areas that you're thinking of.

So eventually, the problem really boils down to the pursuit of happiness.

And then if they do, support their growth as much as possible.

So share opportunities.

And this is kind of our approach in the past two years is once you get someone that wants to work with a property in Tokyo, well, Chiba's just right here.

And then Ibaraki is just right there.

much.

So, yeah, let's talk about – let's leave Tokyo behind and get to Chiba and talk about the Tokyo Game Show because we all went there.

Essentially, it was the purpose of us being in Tokyo.

And so let's just start off right at the bat.

So, you know, a bunch of us went and it was people who had been there already and then some newcomers like me.

This was probably 2005, 2006.

So they had a strategy where they'd stay in Shibuya for a couple of days and then they would transfer to Chiba and stay at the new Otani Hotel right across from the convention.

And so, you know, we did the connection, the transfer process.

So that's the kind of story we're excited about, people that are in the step-by-step process of pursuing God's call and so thankful for Betty and many others who are serving God's call in Japan.

If we go to the next slide here, I also certainly have a role on the Japan side, which involves lots of Zoom calls, for sure, as well as travel, in addition to supporting a number of missionaries, which includes RUF folks serving in RUF Tokyo and then a new site starting in Chiba.

So thankful for RUF as part of an engagement to reach a new generation of leaders for Japan.

We also support, our headquarters team also includes oversight for a number of local Japanese pastors.

In Yokohama, the average list price rose 1.8% in yen terms.

Prices in Saitama edged up 0.5% and condos in Chiba jumped 2.4%.

Employee wellness is a rising concern for Japanese companies.

The government estimates that health-related declines in work performance are costing the economy many billions of dollars annually.

We strongly feel a growing sense of urgency, not just among large companies, but also small and medium-sized ones.

The event runs through Friday at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba City.

Railway operators in Japan are tackling a labor shortage by using robots to run equipment inspections in remote locations.

Seibu Railway this month introduced an autonomous robot equipped with artificial intelligence.

We've got 15 events for you to have a look at from last week, so let's get started.

We start this week on the JLPGA, where it was the Fujitsu Ladies Golf Tournament held at Tokyo 700 Club in Miduri Ward, Chiba, Japan.

Winning here was Ai Suzuki.

Win number 23 on the JLPGA for Tour veteran Ai Suzuki, who is in her 13th concurrent season on the Tour.

And William, you were born in China?

I was born in Beijing, China, and then I moved to Japan and grew up in Chiba area, and then I moved to the States, moved around from Colorado to Texas to Virginia, Maryland, and now I live in LA, and my first job was Legend of Korra, and I was so excited to be on the show.

I was so scared about how good everyone is, and I learned, did my best to learn from all the amazing artists and leadership myself, and It's such an honor to be back on Avatarverse and making more Avatar shows with even more cool people.

We're all happy about it, and we're all excited for it.

Yeah, we, we're gonna be talking about Corrigan Hall a little bit later on.

We're gonna be talking about the show from Chiba.

We're gonna be talking about the show from Kofu as well.

Got some news to talk about in terms of announced cards, announced title matches.

Now, I saw somewhere in the depths of social media that this was for Rina's five-star Grand Prix opportunity.

At the moment it's just slated as a special singles match on the Stardom website, and I've seen nothing else to the contrary.

Now, I know that, when we were talking about this before we came on air, I know that Rina sort of mentioned something about it with Utami getting the pinfall win over in Chiba.

Um, I know that we had some sort of pro, pr... blah, blah, post-match angle where Rina went backstage and said about potentially putting the opportunity up.