I landed an airport in Mumbai, the biggest city in India, at the night of 2, June. The city's population is now in the vicinity of 18 million. Even though it's only 11 p.m., the airport was thronged with people. We headed to our first destination, college town Bune, by car which is 170 km southeast of Munbai.
There is no lane on the road. The visibility is very poor because there were only fluorescent light coming through stalls along the road. The drivers were reckless enough to cut into line and change the lane frequently. Though the traffic lights were off, rhythmic breathing governed the traffic. It was around 1 a.m. but there were many men gathering around stalls. It was like streets in Japan around 8 p.m..
Indian economy is in the spotlight. The population is about 1.1 billion and the land is about three billion, two thousand and eight hundred sq km, which is wider than all EU and about nine times as large as Japan. Some states are wider than Japan itself so it's difficult to imagine the country's size.
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JAPAN'S BUSINESSES INTO INDIA
On the night of June 2, I landed at the airport of Mumbai, India's largest city with a population of some 18 million. It was already past 11 p.m. but there was still a throng of people around the airport. I got into a car and headed for Bune about 170 kilometers southeast of Mumbai. Bune is the university town, where I was going to start doing my duty as a reporter. There were no lanes painted on the road, and, with only fluorescent lights coming from roadside stalls, visibility was bad. They all drove recklessly, cutting in right in front of my car as soon as they found any space and zigzagging along the road. Traffic lights were out but the flow of traffic was not interrupted as drivers hit it off with each other. Even after midnight, stalls were full of men and remained as busy as those in Japan around 8 p.m. India's economy is now attracting considerable attention. With a population of about 1.1 billion, this country has an area of some 3.28 square kilometers, larger than the European Union as a whole and about nine times as big as Japan. India has a few provinces each of which is larger than Japan, so it is very hard to grasp how vast this country is.
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Japan based companies find out a means of survival
At the night of June 2nd I got out of the plane at the airport in Mumbai which is the biggest city in India . The population is 18 million and people were surging around the airport , however it was after 11:00PM. I got on a car and left for the college town of Pune , which is about 170km southeast from Mumbai and the my first place to cover .
There are no lines on the roads. The only light is leaked from fluorescent lighting on the road side street stalls so that it was very dim . All drove so roughly that they constantly cut off each other and changed lanes wherever space permitted. Though the signals were turned off, the cars drifted with harmony together through the street. Even after midnight , men gathered around the street stalls . It looked like Japan around 8:00PM .
The Indian economy is being watched with keen interest . The population is about 1.1 billion. It is geographically about 3,280,000 km2 , about 9 times of Japan and no less large than the whole EU . With some states which are larger than Japan , it is so difficult to grasp the whole .
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Japanese corporations start laying their hope on promising India.
On the evening of June 2, I arrived at Mumbai by air, the biggest city in India. It has a population of some 18 million. Though it was already after 11 p.m. the airport area was thronged with multitudes of people. I started by car for Pune, the first destination on my reporting trip, which is a college town about 170 km southeast of Mumbai.
There were no lane markings on the road and the visibility was very poor. The lights I could see along the road were few and far between, coming from fluorescent lamps at roadside stalls at the most.
On the whole, local drivers had no driving manners. When they found just a small space between cars, they would lose no time to cut in. They were thus aggressive enough to change the lanes abruptly in a zigzag fashion. Although traffic lights were not working, they seemed to know how to maneuver their car through the crossings instinctively.
Even after midnight, many men were still gathering around the street stalls. It reminded me of the similar bustling scenes I had watched in Japan at 8 p.m. before.
The Indian economy is drawing a great deal of attention worldwide. The population is about 1.1 billion. It has an area of 3.28 million square kilometers, larger than that of total EU and about nine times as large as that of Japan. Some states of India are larger than Japan in area. So, the scale of all India is beyond our imagination.
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India 一 Last Resort for Japanese Enterprises
On the night of June 2, I landed at the airport in Mumbai. The city has a population of eighteen million, the largest in India. The airport and its neighborhood were swarming with people at some unearthly hour before midnight. I got in a car and headed for Pune, an academic complex 170 km southeast of Mumbai, which was the first port of call on my reportage trip. There were no lane markings on the street, which was void of light except for faint glimmers of fluorescent light from roadside stands, affording marginal visibility. Local drivers threw caution to the wind and cut in on you if they found a space, however small, and zigzagged down the road. Although the traffic lights were not working, traffic was not interrupted because the drivers had learned to drive by the seat of their pants. A male crowd was hanging out around stands in the dead of night,一a scene which reminded me of the hustle and bustle of big cities around 8 p.m. in Japan. The Indian economy is now the center of attention. With a population of 1.1 billion, the country has a land area of about 3.28 million square km, nine times the size of Japan and larger than that of EU as a whole. Some states in the country are larger than Japan. The vast size of India is just mind-boggling.
"Writers' Workshop 9月号, 2005"
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