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- Addressing Japan’s Aging Population
- April 4th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Like most developed nations in our world today, Japan’s fertility rate is failing to keep pace with the aging of its population. With a fertility rate of approximately 1.29 births per woman (far below the 2.1/woman needed to sustain a population’s current size), th ... » Continue Reading
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- JET program English teachers in Miyagi say they won’t leave
- March 30th, 2011Category: Teaching in Japan
- Many foreign teachers have decided to stay in Miyagi Prefecture, one of the areas worst hit by the catastrophic March 11 earthquake and tsunami, despite adversities wrought by the disaster and worried families back home urging their immediate return amid radiation fea ... » Continue Reading
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- ‘Quakebook’: Community-Sourced Charity Book
- March 29th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- The 2:46 Quakebook project started with a tweet and now stands on the verge of something great, a testament to the community response that has characterized the human reaction to the recent natural disasters. Led by blogger OurManInAbiko, who first put the call out, th ... » Continue Reading
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- One-day certificate courses in teaching children to be held around Japan
- March 29th, 2011Category: Teaching in Japan
- If you are teaching elementary school children and need help with anything from classroom management to teaching phonics or how to use games and songs effectively, then the one-day certificate courses in teaching children should be right up your alley. These courses h ... » Continue Reading
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- Nintendo’s 3D gaming masterclass
- March 28th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Following its release of the handheld gaming platform 3DS in Japan at the end of February, Kyoto-based Nintendo is keen to show the world that Japan has a deep reservoir of ingenuity from which to draw. With the new 3DS, the Japanese video game company is betting that ... » Continue Reading
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- Jobs in Japan post-earthquake
- March 28th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- The battering that the Tokyo stock market received in the last 2 weeks has caused many to wonder what the next few months are going to be like for Japan's economy. With the globalized nature of the big corporations combined with a renewed need to connect to customers ... » Continue Reading
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- People within 30 km of Fukushima nuclear plant asked to leave
- March 25th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- The Japanese government has encouraged people living within 20 to 30 kilometers of the troubled nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture to leave voluntarily, with concerns over access to daily necessities rather than resident safety prompting the advice, top government ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan Earthquake Charity Event
- March 18th, 2011Category: Events
- The massive earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan on 11 March have caused widespread destruction and suffering, relayed on television screens around the world. Tokyo was relatively unscathed and now people there want to do their part to help. f Bar is ho ... » Continue Reading
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- Volunteers translate quake manual into 31 languages for non-Japanese
- March 17th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- An emergency online earthquake manual has been translated into 31 languages as of Wednesday afternoon by Japanese volunteers to support non-Japanese living in Japan in the wake of Friday’s magnitude 9.0 quake. The manual, called ‘‘Japan earthquake: How to protect you ... » Continue Reading
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- Quake death toll likely to exceed 10,000
- March 14th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- The death toll from Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern and eastern Japan will likely surpass 10,000, the Miyagi police chief said Sunday. The magnitude of the country’s biggest recorded quake was revised upward the same day from 8.8 to ... » Continue Reading