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- McDonald’s Japan starts home delivery service
- December 22nd, 2010Category: Shopping
- McDonald’s Japan this week launched a home delivery service on a six-month trial basis from one outlet in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward. The outlet is the McDonald’s near the Tomei Expressway’s Yoga Exit. A McDonald’s Japan spokesperson said the trial is aimed at elderly con ... » Continue Reading
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- Real Estate Japan giving away TV to home-movers this Christmas
- December 22nd, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Are you looking for your next apartment or house? If so, our sister site, RealEstate.co.jp is taking that complicated, stressful experience and making it a whole lot easier. Between now and January 14th, 2011, anyone who finds their next home on the RealEstate.co.jp ... » Continue Reading
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- Buying things in Japan – A look at Japanese ecommerce sites
- December 22nd, 2010Category: Shopping
- Even in Japan, a big part of the holiday season is about the rush to the shops, buying presents and what products are at the top of everyone's wish list. We recently had a look at what products were the top 10 most talked about last year, according to the research d ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan’s best-selling books of 2010
- December 20th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- With the best-selling products of 2010 out of the way, along with a few other 'best-of' lists here and here, we make a move over to the world of literature. Yokoso News has revealed the list of best-selling books in Japan for this year. The list was originally compi ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners in business: Coca-Cola in Japan
- December 20th, 2010Category: Work Tips
- When Coca-Cola Japan President Daniel Sayre meets people for the first time and they hear what his job is, he gets all sorts of interesting comments. People will tell him they only drink Coke, how much they like this flavor or that flavor, where did the idea for this ... » Continue Reading
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- “Room with a View” Photo Contest
- December 17th, 2010Category: Photography
- A couple of months ago, we introduced a Japan photo contest held by our sister site, RealEstate.co.jp. The property portal, which lists a huge amount of housing that is available to rent or buy by foreigners in Japan, invited anybody with an interest in photography a ... » Continue Reading
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- The Monster Movie Fan’s Guide To Japan
- December 16th, 2010Category: Culture
- Written by American Armand Vaquer, “The Monster Movie Fan’s Guide To Japan” is the world’s first and only Japan travel guide especially tailored to tourists who are also fans of Japanese science-fiction and fantasy movies. Most of the locations covered in the book ar ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan’s most watched YouTube video of 2010
- December 16th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- We already looked at Japan's most talked about products of 2010 and dug into Google to see what the most searched for terms of the last 12 months were. What's next? Videos... The YouTube Rewind Channel has just published its video trends report for this year and in ... » Continue Reading
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- (Saving Japan) Japan’s Current Trade Fiasco
- December 15th, 2010Category: Starting a Business
- A recent article by the Wall Street Journal investigates Japan's inability to sign off on potentially lucrative FTAs. The main reason? Farmers. The author of the article points to the disproportionate amount of power farmers and special interests groups in Japan wie ... » Continue Reading
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- Snapshots from Tokyo hell
- December 14th, 2010Category: Culture, Photography
- Tokyo's metro system is where Japanese manners go to die - as anyone who has spent any time living and working in the city can tell you. Though perhaps not as bad as stereotypes will have you believe, there are still plenty of examples where the behavior on commuter ... » Continue Reading