“The JLPT Is a Much Bigger Deal than I’d Thought” is a summary of the debut post from Alex Farrell‘s blog, “The Kyoto Linguist“, discussing the Japanese language, translation, travel writing and more. The original article is here. Feature image above from https://www.jlpt.jp/e/ – visit for latest information about the JLPT. When Alex Farrell, a …
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This post is a summary of a quite detailed, excellent post from Infocubic Japan, “Info Cubic ─ Online marketing specialists for Japan and beyond” a company I encourage you to check out. The whole post can be read in full here, complete with a large list of source links to read even more! Japan is the second largest luxury market in the world – behind the United …
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This is a quick Summary of a great little professionally produced, 20 minute video introduction and interview based guide to doing business in Japan, from Aussie Economist Tim Harcourt, who is ‘The Airport Economist‘. The Airport Economist is a television show and series of best-selling books which bring expertise and insight to global economics, business …
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This post I originally wrote on LinkedIn publishing here. If you have any other sites or comments on the list you can comment on the LinkedIn post. Whether searching for Freelancers in Japan for a Project, or you’re a Freelancer/ potential Freelancer in Japan looking for ways to find work, these are some sites as …
The third in a series of articles by Marc Cellucci covering smartphone app development in Japan, from the very beginning up until today. This time the short article, thtat I encourage you to read it all of (very quick read), he discusses a common experience in software development; “crunch time”, where developers have to fit three months’ …
This is a pretty awesome article, so I had to summarize it. It’s a long summary for a long article – there is after all a lot to understand here. You’ll learn about the the state of hiring, and firing, in Japan. Although aimed at people outside Japan needing to understand what it is going …
Considering that the USA wants to put new tariffs on Japanese imported cars, trucks and auto parts after already having imposed tariffs on Japanese aluminum and steel imports, something must be wrong with the relations between Japan and the US, even if the prime minister of Japan recently said that they are good friends. I …
If you operate a guest house business, lodge business, hotel business, or an AirBnB business, there are two options to comply with recent regulations. You obtain Hotel Inn License based on Hotel Business law. Or you register your real estate based on the New Minpaku Law (Date of enforcement is 15th, June, 2018) A new …
In this Summary of an article by Joe Peters; managing director and recruiting specialist for insurance, e-commerce, and consumer goods at I Search Worldwide K.K., Joe gives us the 10 commandments… on what you shall not do when hiring in Japan. Check out these summarized myths, mistakes and suggestions below, and/or click through to read the …
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This post is a summary of a Podcast originally published at the Excellent https://www.disruptingjapan.com/ by Tim Romero Executive Summary written by Dakota Midoux, while an Intern at J-Global institute, a company founded by Jon Lynch. Key points: 2011 Tohoku earthquake lead Founder to start a business; an initiative to help Japanese mums and inspired by women’s difficulties in …
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