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- Social Apartment in Tokyo
- December 3rd, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Everybody living in Japan quickly learns that a condomium is known locally as a mansion and these make up the bulk of inner city housing. Of course, these are not what you might think of as a mansion; there are no 100-acre woods or free-roaming deer. Instead, what you ... » Continue Reading
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- (Saving Japan) A Tokyo Mega-Quake
- December 2nd, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- 87 years after the devastation of the Great Kantō earthquake, Tokyo authorities are, as always, braced for another major quake in the not so distant future. The capital of Japan is located beside three major fault lines and is expected to be impacted by another ma ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan’s top products for 2011?
- December 1st, 2010Category: Shopping
- Last week we took a look at what advertising goliath Dentsu found to be Japan's top products of 2010. A hit list that they gauged from the products and services that scored well across three categories — “recognition,” “have/had interest” and “is/was popular.” Perha ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese thief provides some new revelations into local crime
- December 1st, 2010Category: Culture
- Career second-story man Hajime Karasuyama (a nom de plume) has been telling various parts of the Japanese press about his just-published autobiographical work — “Shokugyo, Dorobo: Nenshu Sanzenman-en” (Occupation, thief: annual income, 30 million yen) — which hit book ... » Continue Reading
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- LASIK Eye treatment for foreigners in Japan
- December 1st, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Tired of squinting at movie screens because you forgot your glasses? Fed up with dry eyes and hunting for lost contact lenses? Fancy some 20/20 vision? If you have ever wondered about getting eye treatment or have had issues with optical health care in Japan, then read ... » Continue Reading
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- Asia: the future of business education
- November 30th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Considering Japanese business, one immediately thinks of the likes of consumer electronics manufacturers Toshiba and Nintendo or of the car manufacturers Nissan and Honda. These Japanese blue chip firms are internationally immensely successful. They rank amongst the g ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan’s iPhone craze attracting worldwide developers
- November 29th, 2010Category: Work Tips
- For years, the typical Japanese cell phone — built to operate on a network hardly used anywhere else in the world — has been stuffed with quirky games such as those by Japan's youngest billionaire, and other applications that cater to specialized local tastes. That h ... » Continue Reading
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- (Saving Japan) Robots the Future of Japan?
- November 29th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Japan has long held a fascination with robots and their application in daily life. The country remains at the forefront of the robotics industry, in no small part due to the billions of yen’s worth in government and private sector investment. The results have been no ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan’s hit products of 2010
- November 26th, 2010Category: Shopping
- Dentsu, Japan's largest ad agency has just released the results of its 2010 Hit Products survey. They polled people over the internet to find what products folks in Japan got excited about. Their findings? Smart phones such as the likes of iPhone and Android were ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan Property Help
- November 26th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- In two weeks, Japan's biggest resource for property, Real Estate Japan, will be hosting a free online seminar to introduce the world of Japan real estate, including buying, selling and renting property in Japan. The seminar takes the form of a live online video chat ... » Continue Reading