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- Weekly Digest 11/27~12/2
- December 3rd, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- 11/27 (Sun.)The Penn State scandal and our children 11/28 (Mon.)Fashion snap shots in Harajuku Other Posts:TV commercial of the week: Nissin Cup Noodle and YodaMikimoto hosing exhibition of American dolls from 1830s-1930sIncorporating in Japan - KK or GK ... » Continue Reading
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- Check out the bodywork at Tokyo Motor Show
- December 2nd, 2011Category: Events
- The Tokyo Motor Show is on at Tokyo Big Sight until Dec 11. The theme of this year’s show is “Mobility can change the world.” Emphasis is put on how technology developed in cars can provide solutions to global problems beyond simple transportation. Also a big part of ... » Continue Reading
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- Chameleon Purple Soup
- December 2nd, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Materials: 1/8 (200g) violet cabbage Half an onion 1 potato 300cc milk one tablespoon of consomme soup one tablespoon of olive oil Pepper and salt Half teaspoon of lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda 1. Peel potato skin and cut potato ... » Continue Reading
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- Domino’s Pizza offering unique discounts
- December 1st, 2011Category: Events
- Pizza delivery company Domino's Pizza is offering some unique discounts. The Amazing Coupon Festival includes "Glasses discount," "Maeda discount," "Alone discount," and so on until Dec 18. For example, the "Glasses discount" is applicable to customers who wear gla ... » Continue Reading
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- Palace Hotel Tokyo to reopen on May 17
- December 1st, 2011Category: Travel
- The refurbished Palace Hotel Tokyo will open at Marunouchi on May 17. The hotel occupies 23 floors plus 3 underground floors. There are 290 rooms, all more than 45 ㎡. There are five types of rooms -- Deluxe (45㎡), Club deluxe (45㎡), Grand deluxe (55㎡), Club grand ... » Continue Reading
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- New commercial complex Shibuya Hikarie to open next April
- November 29th, 2011Category: Shopping
- A new 34-floor commercial complex called Shibuya Hikarie will open near Shibuya station on April 26. The building is connected directly to Shibuya JR and subway stations. The top level of the building will be business offices, the middle level will have event halls ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners in business: Computec
- November 29th, 2011Category: Work Tips
- Entrepreneur John Lemkuil has been through the worst of times in Japan since he started his company in 1991 – he’s experienced the end of the bubble era, 20 years of recession, the Lehman shock and the March 11 disaster. But his company, Computec, has continued ... » Continue Reading
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- Mikimoto hosting exhibition of American dolls from 1830s-1930s
- November 28th, 2011Category: Events
- An exhibition of American dolls made between 1830's and 1930's, collected by journalist and author Kei Kobayashi, are on display at an exhibition on the 6th floor of Mikimoto in Ginza. The exhibition by Kobayashi, who has researched hand-made Americana, is open from 1 ... » Continue Reading
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- Fashion snap shots in Harajuku
- November 28th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- GaijinPot goes to Harajuku to see the latest trends. Our 1st fashionable girl is Yuko-san. Her fashion point is "Blue" and her recommended spot for foreigners is the popular fashion mall Laforet Harajuku, where she works. Yuko likes the five finger socks whic ... » Continue Reading
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- Incorporating in Japan – KK or GK
- November 28th, 2011Category: Starting a Business
- If you are thinking about incorporating a company in Japan, you will quickly find that the standard choices for incorporation are either a kabushiki kaisha (hereafter “KK”) or a godo kaisha (hereafter “GK”). While both are limited liability, each has certain character ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial of the week: Nissin Cup Noodle and Yoda
- November 28th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- The Nissin Cup Noodle force is strong with Yoda of "Star Wars" fame. "Believe in your power, you must," he says as a cup of noodles floats toward him. Some of the responses to the YouTube video included: "This is awesome!" "Yoda is cute." "lol", and so on. What woul ... » Continue Reading
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- November 26th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- 11/21 (Mon.)Become a Master English - Language Teacher - Earn an M.S.Ed. degree in TESOL Other Posts:TV commercials of the week: Toyota and DoraemonForeigners in business in Japan: SynAn era of technology - based communications and its implications 11/22 ( ... » Continue Reading