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- Hello Kitty, Miffy stores open in First Avenue Tokyo Station
- March 16th, 2012Category: Shopping
- Tokyo Character Street in First Avenue Tokyo Station opened on Friday, featuring a Hello Kitty Shop and Miffy (Miffy Style) , produced by toy retailer Kiddy Land. Hello Kitty Shop The interior of the shop is pink and polka dots to match Hello Kitty's image. It is a ... » Continue Reading
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- Randstad KK: Temp staff provider
- March 15th, 2012Category: Work Tips
- In 2004, Dutch HR service and temp staff provider Randstad only had two people in its office in Tokyo. Today, they are one of the major HR service providers in Japan, with 59 offices nationwide. The growth is mainly due to the efforts of Marcel Wiggers, chairma ... » Continue Reading
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- Symphonies for Strings champagne concerts No.17 “Elgar Serenade”
- March 14th, 2012Category: Events
- The orchestra live event "Symphonies for Strings champagne concerts No.17 Elgar Serenade" by conductor Robert Ryker and the "Tokyo Sinfonia" will be held on March 15 (Thu.) at Oji Hall in Ginza, Tokyo. (Map to Oji Hall follows article.) The Tokyo Sinfonia embodies ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese items and services that impress foreigners
- March 14th, 2012Category: Culture
- If there is a need, there will always be a product for it. Here are some Japanese products which have impressed people from other countries . 1. Toilets When foreigners are asked what Japanese item surprises them the most, many answer toilets. There are v ... » Continue Reading
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- Visa: the required tool to live in Japan for foreigners
- March 14th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- Foreign people need to have a visa to live ad work in Japan. There are 27 kinds of visa established by the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act. However, there are two kinds of visa that the act did not establish. One is a "special permanent resident" visa ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners sing J-Pop
- March 13th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- NTV held the third program in its “Nodo Jiman Za! World” series for foreign singers on March 9. “Nodo Jiman” has been around for decades, mostly on NHK—“nodo” means throat and “jiman” means boast. It features amateur singers from across Japan who sing their hearts o ... » Continue Reading
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- Popular Brazilian supermarket in Gunma offers Seven Bank money transfer service
- March 12th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- There is a popular Brazilian supermarket, Super Mercado TAKARA, in Oura, Gunma Prefecture. Brazilian people come to this supermarket from as far away as Aichi and Shizuoka prefectures where many Brazilians and Japanese-Brazilians live and work. The supermarket's wide ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial of the week: If ‘Star Wars’ characters from soccer goalkeepers
- March 12th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- This week's commercial is for the movie, “Star Wars Episode 1- The Phantom Menace” will be re-released in 3D in Japan on March 16 The commercial has 4 versions. In each one, a different character from "Star Wars" is a goalkeeper in a soccer game (a Jedi knight, Yod ... » Continue Reading
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- Unique Japanese fashion styles
- March 10th, 2012Category: Culture
- Japan is famous for its unique fashion styles. Nowadays young people in other countries, especially Asia, like to imitate young Japanese people's fashion. It has become easier for girls overseas to buy clothes from Japan online. In this article, we introduce so ... » Continue Reading
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- Weekly Digest 3/4~3/9
- March 10th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- 3/4 (Sun.)JAPAN SCENE videos 3/5 (Mon.)My memories of 3.11 Other Posts:TV commercial of the week: Protectoe shoesWhat are you giving the ladies for White Day? 3/7 (Wed.)Share Designers College Tama Plaza – “SHARE de COLLEGE” Other Posts:TEPCO ... » Continue Reading
