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- Dealing with Jozu Desu ne!
- November 11th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- You know the situation, you have been living in Japan for a few months, mastered chopsticks, have stopped hitting your head on low slung ceilings and have a grasp of a few key phrases. At some point you feel confident to use them, maybe you are at a bar, maybe it is ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese girl in bra welcomes you to Japan
- November 11th, 2010Category: Culture
- Lingerie maker Triumph International Japan Ltd on Wednesday unveiled a concept bra meant to introduce Japanese tourism spots to foreign visitors. The dark blue bustier has a holder placed around the stomach to display an image of one of six major tourist spots such as ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan Photo Competition (Reminder)
- November 11th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Here is just a quick reminder that our partner site RealEstate.co.jp is running a Japan photo competition which will be finishing tomorrow, Friday November 12th. Get your entries in to be included in the draw to win an iPad. Thanks to everyone who has already entere ... » Continue Reading
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- 1 in 10 Japanese firms headed by woman
- November 10th, 2010Category: Work Tips
- It is not just maid trains that employ Japan's female population as a recent survey by a credit ratings agency found that one in every 10 companies in Japan has a lady president. Tokyo Shoko Research said it conducted a survey on 2.09 million companies of all scales ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreign Businesses in Japan: Soup of the day
- November 10th, 2010Category: Work Tips
- As soon as you walk into the offices of Campbell Japan Inc, you face an array of colorful soup cans, packets of Pepperidge Farm cookies, Tim Tams and V8 vegetable juice. But soup is what the company is famous for worldwide. Excluding miso soup, Japan’s soup market is ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan Guarantor brokers who prey on the desperate
- November 9th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- “I paid 50,000 yen, but they didn’t find me a guarantor.” Among the new businesses spawned by the so-called “muen shakai” (indifferent or unsupporting society) are “hinkon” businesses appealing to people who subsist below the poverty line. These include Internet cafe ... » Continue Reading
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- Seibu Railways to start ‘maid trains’
- November 8th, 2010Category: Culture
- The Seibu Railway Group has announced plans to introduce a new maid cafe-style train service between Ikebukuro and Chichibu stations. Akihabara’s maid cafe culture is closely aligned with Japan’s “otaku” subculture that is continuing to go mainstream. As several anim ... » Continue Reading
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- The Galapagos Syndrome and Japanese Cell Phones
- November 8th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Many consider Japan to be the historical gold standard for mobile cell phone culture. It's easy to see why. In 1979, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (more commonly known as NTT) launched the world's first commercially automated cellular network. By the end of the 20th ... » Continue Reading
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- ETJ Expos for English teachers in Japan (Updated)
- November 5th, 2010Category: Teaching in Japan
- From October to early December, English teachers from all kinds of teaching environments will gather at the ETJ (English Teachers in Japan) Expos. This is the ninth year the Expos have been held, and they have become an essential event to attend for English teachers f ... » Continue Reading
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- The Freefall of Japan’s Anime Industry
- November 4th, 2010Category: Culture
- Since its introduction more than half a century ago, anime has risen to become one of Japan’s most recognizable cultural icons. It has served as the initial contact between individuals and Japanese society, and has brought us the likes of Gundam, Pokemon, Astro Boy an ... » Continue Reading
