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These employers are looking for candidates from outside of Japan and are willing to sponsor your visa! On Aug 15, 2019Each week GaijinPot looks through its daily updated database of jobs and sel…
Hanging around like a bad smell, Japan’s pop-up poop museum has found a home. Officially known as the Unko Museum (“unko” is poop in Japanese) this brightly colored feces-fascinated mu…
Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 a.m.1-chome-12-10 Okano, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-0073 - MapAnother popular iekei ramen shop where you’ll find locals lining up for a steamin…
SNA (Tokyo) — “The art community in Japan has always been the outliers of society, the crazies,” said Robin Rastenberger, the organizer of the art collaboration event Tokyo Lovehotel. Tokyo Love…
A new art movement in Tokyo seeks to help Japanese young people find their individuality.
A long-term foreign resident going through the motions in Chiba Prefecture still has no idea about the meaning of “せきにん”. 5-years-a-gaijin Tony Smith has come across the word…
Human-Pokemon hybrids will be developed in Japan after the government approved controversial stem-cell research. Human cells will be grown in Pikachu embryos, then brought to term in a…
Symbiosis is the theme of Daigo Daikoku’s debut U.S. installation, which features real flowers, light, and augmented reality that blends the physical and digital worlds. Titled “Art of the Bloom…
Planning a trip to Tokyo is both thrilling and daunting. There are numerous different boroughs in the city of 14 million people. Incredible temples, fantastic food, and any form of entertainment you …
Last month I was part of a panel discussion hosted by Stanford University and the Japan Society of Northern California. It was part of this year’s Japan-US Innovation Awards, and it was a great …
