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- Social Apartment – Open Day Promotional Event
- February 7th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- If you are currently looking for a place to stay in Tokyo or are expecting to be moving soon and living close to Shibuya sounds good, then you may want to drop by the Social Apartment Kikuna open house event - on February 12th and 13th at either 11am or 2pm. They are s ... » Continue Reading
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- Work in Japan – the latest jobs on GaijinPot
- February 7th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- GaijinPot Jobs is a place for companies in Japan looking to find people to fill their positions, and every week we provide and highlight a selection of the latest jobs. In this week’s edition, we feature 2 translating positions. We often have job vacancies from compa ... » Continue Reading
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- JAL – The Rise, Fall and Troubled Rebirth of Japan’s Flag Carrier
- February 7th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- Founded in response to the country’s need for dependable air transport during the period of reconstruction after the Second World War, Japan Airlines has come a long way since its humble birth more than sixty years ago. Established in 1951 with no more than 100 milli ... » Continue Reading
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- Live in Japan: The right place to stay
- February 2nd, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- The difficulties foreigners face when moving to Japan, even if it is just for a short-term period, have been well documented, on this site and others. With GaijinPot Apartments (and its bigger partner site RealEstate.co.jp), we aim to offer the widest selection of ho ... » Continue Reading
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- The value of brand Japan
- February 2nd, 2011Category: Starting a Business
- Branding is key in the Japanese market and it doesn't take much of a look around the country's businesses to see how much value is placed in corporate brands (something which goes quite far back). Earlier this week international consultants, Interbrand, released thei ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan Tech: Insight from Akihabara News
- February 1st, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- We are seeing a growing number of tech-related jobs appear on GaijinPot and it remains an area in Japan that, despite recent troubles in the market, is continuing to lead. Starting this week we are teaming up with news site Akihabara News to bring you a highlight of ... » Continue Reading
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- Work in Japan – the latest jobs on GaijinPot
- January 31st, 2011Category: Work Tips
- GaijinPot Jobs is a place for companies in Japan looking to find people to fill their positions, and every week we provide and highlight a selection of the latest jobs. In this week's edition, we feature 2 positions from Japanese gaming companies, including one from ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners in Business: Conducting Japan
- January 31st, 2011Category: Culture, Starting a Business, Work Tips
- Many people often forget that orchestras are a business like any other, and are just as subject to the rules of the marketplace. When the Lehman Shock hit Japan in late 2008, many orchestras lost a lot of sponsors. Others, however, have weathered the hard times becaus ... » Continue Reading
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- Live in Japan: Houses in GaijinPot Apartments
- January 26th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- For those looking to find a place to stay in Japan, GaijinPot Apartments, together with its sister site RealEstate.co.jp, offer one of the widest selections of properties available to foreign movers (RealEstate.co.jp also offers properties for sale). Information abou ... » Continue Reading
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- 10 easy steps to create a successful company in Japan
- January 25th, 2011Category: Starting a Business
- The British co-founder of popular Tokyo-based tech startup company myGengo has recently shared his thoughts on how to be successful when launching a company in Japan as a foreigner. His pointers, some of which appear obvious but are still overlooked a surprising amou ... » Continue Reading