You can still work in Japan whether your Japanese level is conversational or zero.
By GaijinPot Blog May 14, 2020 1 min readDon’t speak Japanese but want to work in Japan?
Each week we look through o…

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Based on China's experience and guidelines from the World Health Organization, Japan has implemented a cluster-based approach to disease control.
Nevertheless, there have been several major factors t…

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Esports, networked video game competitions that simulate real-world sports, have seen increased interest from fans who have been both forced into isolation and starved of their favorite spectating pa…

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And the most haunted place in this town with so much potential for haunting is supposedly Kohoku Bridge.
But did you know it also has the capital’s most haunted spot, the Kohoku Bridge?
The 449-meter…

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Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd, which plans and develops MUJI products, will launch cricket rice crackers in some MUJI stores and online stores in the spring of 2020.

To promote “a pleasant lifestyle” in va…

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Two more major video game shows — the Tokyo Game Show and Paris Games Week — have been canceled thanks to the pandemic, but the giant Shanghai expo ChinaJoy will take place as planned for July 31 to …

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Typically built to connect islands and valleys, and cross bodies of water, bridges are an important piece of infrastructure for development.
The remote and rural places that get connected by bridges …

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There is a growing “genre” in Japan referred to as the “Iyashikei” (癒し系) genre.
The genre is used for “anime and manga created with the specific purpose of having a healing or soothing effect on the …

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The Pirates of Tokyo Bay is a short-form improv comedy group in Tokyo.
A similar style to “Whose Line is it Anyway?”, this show will be in both English and Japanese, so there’s something for everyone…

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The Immigration Services Agency of Japan said Tuesday it will give foreigners with periods of stay expiring in July a three-month extension to renew their visas, in a bid to alleviate congestion at i…

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