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- The dismay of discovering you’re working for organized crime
- March 10th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Note: This story is an abridged translation of an article that originally appeared in the Shukan Taishu and comes via our sister-site, Japan Today. The year 2003 is remembered in Japan as the “Ice Age of employment,” when only 60.2% of university seniors managed to l ... » Continue Reading
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- Cute Japanese Gas Tanks
- March 10th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Another terrific series of images from Pink Tentacle, who this week have been taking a look at Japan's odd penchant for decorating some of the large gas tanks that lie dotted around the country. Their collection of pics, as well as a lot of their other features, are ... » Continue Reading
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- myGengo: Why the Japanese market matters
- March 10th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- If you have ever had any doubts about the potential for company (and personal) development that still exists in Japan, then let the multi-talented, multinational folks over at myGengo set you straight. The web-powered translation startup has proven hugely popular as ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan Tech: Insight from Akihabara News
- March 9th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- GaijinPot is working with Akihabara News to bring the latest headlines from Japan’s huge and varied tech scene to people on the lookout for new professional opportunities. Tech companies are one of the biggest employers on GaijinPot Jobs and in the coming weeks we wil ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese firms seek new overseas markets targeting low-income groups
- March 8th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- It is something that is has become a developing theme on the GaijinPot blogs. In the face of an aging and shrinking domestic population, Japanese companies and the government are now joining hands to explore new business opportunities targeting the world’s low-income ... » Continue Reading
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- Tired of teaching and looking for a new job?
- March 8th, 2011Category: Networking Events
- The American Chamber of Commerce in Nagoya is sponsoring a panel discussion on getting your first non-teaching job in Japan on Saturday March 26th near Nagoya Station. This event will feature panelists from the foreign business community in Japan. The panelists are al ... » Continue Reading
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- Work in Japan – Marketing jobs
- March 7th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- GaijinPot Jobs is a place for companies in Japan looking to find the best people to fill their positions, and every week we like to bring awareness to a field of work that you might not have thought about before. In this week’s edition, its positions are in marketing ... » Continue Reading
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- The Hayabusa shinkansen
- March 7th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- The new Hayabusa bullet train debuted Saturday on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, bringing with it plenty of joy to train fans and local people living in Aomori, the northernmost prefectural capital in Honshu and the target of a major promotional campaign to attract visito ... » Continue Reading
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- Mystery solved in death of Hachiko
- March 4th, 2011Category: Culture, Uncategorized
- Scientists in Japan have settled a decades-old mystery by naming a cause of death for the country's most famous dog, Hachiko, whose legendary loyalty was immortalized not so long ago in a Hollywood movie starring Richard Gere. They say Hachiko died of cancer and worm ... » Continue Reading
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- Google gets cute with live-streaming in Japan
- March 4th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Google is making fashion a bit more tech friendly. They announced today, together with the lovely Minami Akina, the launch of an official live-streaming site of the popular “fashion festival,” Tokyo Girls Collection. This coming Saturday folks can tune into TOKYO GI ... » Continue Reading