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Avatar Posted by koichi 58 days ago (http://www.tofugu.com)
Category: Work | Tags: pro fighter martial arts work job
Over at Tofugu we got to interview a pro fighter living in Japan. Learn more about her life in Japan, how she got there, and what it's like being a female Gaikokujin pro fighter working in Japan! read more »
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Avatar Posted by WordsnCollision 67 days ago (http://inventorspot.com)
Category: News | Tags: japan clothing work salaryman summer
Call it "don't mask, don't smell" clothing! Specially treated fibers used to make Aoki's summer clothing line not only absorb odors, they kill the bacteria that make them. read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 71 days ago (http://www.gaijinsmash.net)
Category: Foreigners | Tags: az gaijin work teach english job
One of the first blogs about Japan I ever read was gaijinsmash.net. Az writes some very funny (and long) stuff, but in a recent post, he takes on the challenges facing a foreigner who has been in Japan for five years. Should he stay in Japan? Should he go home? What should he do for money? I think read more »
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Avatar Posted by Jordan 84 days ago (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
Category: Work | Tags: karoshi japan work death
Death from too much work is so commonplace in Japan that there is a word for it -- karoshi. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Thomas 118 days ago (http://www.japannewbie.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: japan overwork culture work
JapanNewbie links to a good article about koroushi (death by overwork) and overwork-related lawsuits. He also gives his own comments based on his experience working in corporate Japan. Good read. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Japanite 122 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Business and Economy | Tags: salarymen work loyalty
The loyalty of the salarymen is declining and they are prepared to tell about their employees. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Japanite 135 days ago (http://www.japanite.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: suicide tokyo work salary men
In the last five years the number of people in Japan that commit suicide in Japan has doubled. Why do you think they work themselves to death? read more »
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Avatar Posted by WordsnCollision 159 days ago (http://inventorspot.com)
Category: News | Tags: japan health tokyo stress work
Ten minutes and one little prick... it's not conception, it's Tenteki10, a Tokyo walk-in clinic giving IV pick-me-ups to stressed out cubicle dwellers. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 251 days ago (http://www.independent.co.uk)
Category: Work | Tags: japan work leve benefits
Staff at a small Japanese marketing company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner. Oh, and you can also take off half days to shop the sales! read more »
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Avatar Posted by kenzo 263 days ago (http://www.japaneconomynews.com)
Category: General | Tags: japan business work
Bankruptcies in Japan shot up 6.4% in 2007, with over 120,000 people losing their jobs. Is this a sign that the economic recovery hasn't really taken root? read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 266 days ago (http://atypicallife.wordpress.com)
Category: Work | Tags: japan visas work
A brief rant about some of the bureaucracy that we have dealt with while preparing to come to Japan. read more »
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