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- Japanese elementary school teachers lack confidence in teaching English
- February 22nd, 2011Category: Teaching in Japan
- Coming in just as Japan starts expanding English language education in the nation's schools – a recent survey has found that the majority of elementary school teachers who are about to start teaching English this April lack confidence in teaching the subject and feel ... » Continue Reading
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- Work in Japan – Sales jobs on GaijinPot
- February 21st, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- GaijinPot Jobs is a place for companies in Japan looking to find the best people to fill their positions, and every week we provide and highlight a selection of the latest jobs. In this week’s edition, the main feature is sales jobs. As we have been reporting on rec ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners in business: Costco reshapes wholesale industry
- February 21st, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- In 1999, when U.S. wholesaler opened its first warehouse in Japan in Hisayama (Fukuoka), many Japanese people thought the concept wouldn’t work in Japan. They were wrong. Today, the wholesaling giant has more than 2 million members in Japan, and is operating in 9 loca ... » Continue Reading
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- Lessons learned from the end of a 1,400-year-old business
- February 17th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Kongo Gumi is, or rather was, the world's oldest business concern. Located in Japan, the temple building company ran for 1,400 years, survived wars, shoguns, upheavals and the introduction of other religions such as Christianity only to finally succumb to bankruptcy ... » Continue Reading
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- Sanyo ends historic Piccadilly Circus signage
- February 16th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- As mentioned on GaijinPot earlier in the week, Japan is facing some tough questions as it downsizes its economy and expectations. Sanyo, a former giant of the electronics world and long an innovator in battery-tech, is ending its iconic advertising in London's Piccad ... » Continue Reading
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- Which Japanese companies are hiring international graduates?
- February 15th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Over the past few months we have seen a flurry of Japanese companies announce that they are hiring candidates who are from overseas but are now in Japan. Significant numbers of both university students and experienced workers with the right skill set are being sought ... » Continue Reading
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- Work in Japan – Top jobs on GaijinPot this week
- February 14th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- GaijinPot Jobs is a place for companies in Japan looking to find people to fill their positions, and every week we provide and highlight a selection of the latest jobs. In this week’s edition, the main feature are jobs in Japan's hospitality industry. Bars and clubs ... » Continue Reading
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- DeNA – Taking the best of Japan overseas
- February 9th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- With over 20m subscribers registered to its Mobage-Town Social Networking Service, DeNA has taken Japan's love of gaming and its know-how for the mobile web, and turned it into one of the most successful businesses to come out of the country in recent years. The comp ... » Continue Reading
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- Work in Japan – the latest jobs on GaijinPot
- February 7th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- GaijinPot Jobs is a place for companies in Japan looking to find people to fill their positions, and every week we provide and highlight a selection of the latest jobs. In this week’s edition, we feature 2 translating positions. We often have job vacancies from compa ... » Continue Reading
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- JAL – The Rise, Fall and Troubled Rebirth of Japan’s Flag Carrier
- February 7th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Founded in response to the country’s need for dependable air transport during the period of reconstruction after the Second World War, Japan Airlines has come a long way since its humble birth more than sixty years ago. Established in 1951 with no more than 100 milli ... » Continue Reading
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- The value of brand Japan
- February 2nd, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Branding is key in the Japanese market and it doesn't take much of a look around the country's businesses to see how much value is placed in corporate brands (something which goes quite far back). Earlier this week international consultants, Interbrand, released thei ... » Continue Reading
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- Work in Japan – the latest jobs on GaijinPot
- January 31st, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- GaijinPot Jobs is a place for companies in Japan looking to find people to fill their positions, and every week we provide and highlight a selection of the latest jobs. In this week's edition, we feature 2 positions from Japanese gaming companies, including one from ... » Continue Reading