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- ‘Australia’s Next Top Model’ hopeful drops in on Tokyo
- August 27th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Put a bunch of aspiring models into a house in Sydney and watch them try to prove they have what it takes to make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of modeling, as well as get on with each other. That‘s the premise of the popular Australian reality pay TV serie ... » Continue Reading
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- Everybody Wants To Be a CEO
- August 26th, 2010Category: Work Tips
- The Wall Street Journal, via its Japan Real Time blog, has an interesting post that looks at both the effect that newspapers still have in Japan and the current situation in the job market. Japanese company U-shin recently posted a job ad in two major newspapers look ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan entertainment tours
- August 25th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Many come to Japan in search of a favorite aspect of its culture, a movie or entertainment piece that they first saw “back home”. As Japan Pulse reports, you can now explore Japan through entertainment thanks to KNT! - a tour company that has designed a series of the ... » Continue Reading
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- Soaring yen could threaten disaster for jobs, but profits for some
- August 25th, 2010Category: Work Tips
- Sections of the Japanese press have been warning that Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s “economic tone deafness,” demonstrated by his failure to take countermeasures against the steady appreciation of the Japanese yen, may result in “hellish unemployment” for folks living he ... » Continue Reading
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- Companies struggle to deal with workers’ Twitter addiction
- August 25th, 2010Category: Work Tips
- Users of Twitter in Japan are said to be up to 10 million and rising. Unfortunately, its convenience and accessibility have spilled over into the workplace, causing headaches for some employers out there. J-Cast news takes up one such example. It seems the sales depa ... » Continue Reading
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- Tokyo apocalypse
- August 23rd, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- These images, which blog Pink Tentacle recently pulled together and were originally showcased on Japanese image-sharing network Pixiv, offer some stark visions of a future Tokyo after the apocalypse. Hopefully for the Japan job seekers out there, you will be able to ... » Continue Reading
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- HMV Shibuya closes
- August 23rd, 2010Category: Culture
- HMV closed its flagship Shibuya store yesterday, bringing an end to an establishment that helped "Shibuya-kei" music go mainstream and one that has been an iconic part of the district's skyline since 1998, featuring in movies such as “The Grudge” and “Babel”. The HM ... » Continue Reading
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- The end of the JET program?
- August 23rd, 2010Category: Teaching in Japan
- As part of the cuts being driven by Renho, the government minister in charge of reigning in Japan's huge public spending, there is a possibility that the JET program may be canceled, ending over 20 years of government-sponsored English-language teaching in Japan. If ... » Continue Reading
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- Divorce in Japan
- August 20th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- It’s terrible but true, a lot of marriages end up in divorce and if your relationship has come to the end of the line, you’ll not want to walk into that minefield in Japan without knowing just what might be waiting for you. Below you will find some (very) basic infor ... » Continue Reading
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- Saving Japan – one girl at a time
- August 20th, 2010Category: Culture
- Free magazines are easy to come across in Japan, be it the R25s available in Tokyo metro stations, coupon books such as Hot Pepper that offer discount savings at the nation's retailers or the local real estate listings. The medium has proven again and again to be an ... » Continue Reading