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- Face to Face – The Facebook Movie comes to Japan
- November 4th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- How do you make a movie about the life of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and make it interesting? That’s the task which screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, director David Fincher and star Jesse Eisenberg faced and successfully handled in their acclaimed film, “The Social Net ... » Continue Reading
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- NO Experience Necessary – A guide for new English teachers
- November 2nd, 2010Category: Teaching in Japan
- NO Experience Necessary is a timely ebook guide for the new teacher heading overseas for the first time, providing useful guidance and advice on how to teach and facilitate an EFL class, and helps individuals to avoid making the mistakes that new teachers commonly do ... » Continue Reading
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- The Evolution of Consumer Electronics and What It Means for Japan
- November 1st, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Why are Japanese electronics manufacturers losing market share and struggling to compete overseas? The answer may be simpler than you think. To those living overseas (myself included), it seems like the Japanese no longer hold a monopoly in consumer electronics. ... » Continue Reading
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- Meet the Tokyo Sky Tree mascot Sorakara-chan
- October 29th, 2010Category: Culture
- Never underestimate Japan's ability to cutify everything. The mascot character associated with the Tokyo Sky Tree, currently under construction in Sumida ward, was officially introduced Thursday. The character’s name is Sorakara-chan, which, literally translated, mea ... » Continue Reading
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- Sony Walkman: Remembering the portable player
- October 29th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- The Walkman, the Sony cassette device that forever changed music listening before becoming outdated by digital MP3 players and iPods, died earlier this week. It was 31 years old. Sony announced Monday that it has ceased production of the classic, cassette tape Walkma ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese legal help for foreigners
- October 27th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- The Tokyo Public Law Office has set up a new section specializing in providing legal assistance to foreign residents in Japan, focusing on the individual needs of foreigners, rather than just the overall requirements of organizations or corporate clients. This is the ... » Continue Reading
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- 10 ways to stop being an annoying airline passenger
- October 27th, 2010Category: Travel
- With summer in the rear-view, it’s time once again to think about holiday travel arrangements. It’s stressful schlepping back to your home country to eat your body weight in gelatin desserts, candied yams, and smoked birds, isn’t it? The airport is terrible. And the p ... » Continue Reading
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- A Hooter here and a Hooter there
- October 25th, 2010Category: Work Tips
- Japan’s first Hooters restaurant and sports bar opens at Tokyu Plaza by Akasakamitsuke subway station on Monday night. It has taken nearly five years of negotiations between Hooters Japan and the company’s head office in Atlanta to bring the famous franchise to Japan. ... » Continue Reading
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- Baby Loves Disco to hold Halloween event Oct 31
- October 22nd, 2010Category: Events
- Baby Loves Disco-Japan and Tokyo Families Magazine will hold a Halloween event at Omotesando Hills from 12 noon until 8 p.m. on Sunday Oct 31. The event will feature trick or treat, lots of dancing, photo booth, magic show, live band, international food & drink bo ... » Continue Reading
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- The GP Japan News Digest
- October 22nd, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Japan News Digest sees a recap of our top story picks from the local news and blogosphere. All posts come from the huge number of blogs and news sites out there which cover Japan-based happenings. If you have a blog story or Japan site you would like to promote, feel ... » Continue Reading
