Lesson 4


Dear Kazu,

Thank you for your fourth message. My comments follow.

Sincerely,

Prof. Sue Garreis

Dear Professor. Susan Garreis,



Thank you for your reply and corrections of my English.
I will answer your questions.

>Do older family members think Japan has more severe weather now?
→Yes, I know.
→In Japan, the typhoon is coming from June through September.
→It is accompanied by a strong rain and wind, causing floods and landslides.



>Does Japan have a tsunami watch?
>Or an earthquake watch?
→Yes, there is.
→In Japan, breaking news flows and an earthquake.
→Evacuation order is issued to the region seems to be allowed to reach the tsunami at the same time.


>Our severe weather alerts do not give much time to the people either.
>I hope the warnings will be better in the future.


Sincerely yours,

Kazu




<Homework>

1.Does Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission have a website? What is its URL?
→URL of the Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission is this.
URL：http://www.fsa.go.jp/sesc/

>Thank you for the URL.


2.Name one way the NYSE is different from Japan's TSE.
→The NYSE is the largest American stock exchange.

>Is the TSE the largest Japanese stock exchange?


3.A How many companies listed on the NYSE Euronext are from Japan?
→NYSE Euronext listed companies in Japan are 19 companies.

Correct!


3.B How many companies listed on the TSE are foreign?
→TSE listed 11 companies are foreign.

Correct!


4.In yen, what is NTT's operating income for the year ended March 31, 2011?
→NTT's operating income is 1,214,909,000,000 yen.

Correct!


5.A What financial information does McDonald's of Japan have at its website?
→This is the financial information of McDonald's Holdings Japan.
URL：http://www.mcd-holdings.co.jp/financial/summaly/index.html

>Thank you for this URL,


5.B Is there more financial information at McDonald's of Japan or at McDonald's USA site?  Or is the information about the same?
→McDonald's USA site. Because using charts and images.

>Thank you for this answer.


5.C Have you ever eaten at McDonald's?  What did you eat?  Did you like the food?
→I sometimes eaten McDonald's products. I like McDonald's fried potatoes in particular.

>The best french fries I ever ate were the ones at a Tokyo McDonald's!


6. How does the flow of accounting information over the Internet help corporations and investors?
→You can easily find out the company's financial information on the Internet. It is useful to investors and creditors.
>It helps investors decide to buy or sell the stock of a company.
>The information helps in many other ways, too.


7. How easy was this lesson for you?
→The accounting was Somewhat hard.
→The English was Very hard.




Today (Sunday June 17) was Father's Day in the US.
Fathers and their families celebrate many ways.
Some eat at a restaurant.
Some see sports in a stadium.
Some cook dinner outside in their backyards.
It was a beautiful day to celebrate fathers.

Does Japan have a festival for fathers?

This week's lesson is about the Balance Sheet.
There are two lessons about the Balance Sheet.
This is the first one.

There are two files with company balance sheets.
One file has the Nike balance sheet.
Another file has the Oracle balance sheet.

Use all three files for the lesson.




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