20180116

Subject: Announcement about IT system maintenance

Dear all in Japan, 

Let me inform you of the scheduled maintenance of our Internet system from 7 p.m. July 22, 2017 to 5 a.m. July 23, 2017. This is to enable all of you to use the latest versions of software.

During the maintenance, you cannot use the Internet and e-mail. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

If you encounter any trouble after the maintenance, please let IT section know. The contact phone number is 123-4567.

Best regards,

Deputy IT Manager, Mike Taylor

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Subject: Functions of cell phones

Japan is one of the countries where cellphones with a lot of functions are sold. In North America and Europe, cell phones with less functions are sold. Cell phones sold in Japan has functions such as various ringtones, GPF, WEB, and games. Why? Many people commute by train in Japan while people use cars in North America and Europe. Japanese people do not have a lot to do in train, so they have time to use cell phones.

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Subject: Progress of a project

Let me report about the progress of Project X. We were planning to start working on new design items at the beginning of December. However, we started working on some of the items at the end of November if it is more convenient from design perspectives.

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Subject: Slow progress of a project

The progress of Project Y is slow. We are speeding up the progress, and the slow progress is gradually recovering, but the progress is still 2 weeks behind the schedule.

We have to complete 15 design items, but it is difficult to have all of them done by the deadline. Therefore, we are discussing within our team which items will be completed with priority by the end of this month.

The reason of the slow recovery is that we trusted the designers’ promise that they would complete tasks by the deadline, but they didn’t. We could have assigned other people to this task. We will need to make sure that promises will be kept.