Nippondit….a short blog to get you thinking about Japan…updated not nearly as often as I'd like…but still throughout the day.
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Question # 3. Can married people go to Japan to teach ESL?
Question #3. Can married people go?
Our best workers were married, especially when they didn't have kids. Kids usually meant that someone had to be home to take care of them. No kids means two-for…
3 Things Japanese Women Need to Balance Families and Careers
Japan needs women in the workplace, especially with the population declining, the growth of the global economy and more demand for Japanese goods.
There are three things that Japanese women need that …
Nintendo Will Offer Downloads for New Wii Games in 2008
Japan's Nintendo Co is on a roll.
With sales of its Wii beating the socks off of Sony's PS3 and the Xbox 360 and all other comers, the company has money to play with and ideas to make availab…
5 Things that Happen When Children Commit Suicide
About 5 weeks ago a 13-year-old boy committed suicide in Japn. A 12-year-old girl followed suit in Tokyo.
From 1999-2005 Japan lost far too many children to suicide – 100-150 each year. Even on…
What Japan’s Foreign Workers are Doing
Japan is not having as many babies as they used to = the labor force is dwindling.
So, where is the labor force going to come from?
The number of foreign workers coming to Japan has reached an all-tim…
Anime, Manga and Cosplay Head to China
Manga is big stuff in Japan and Japanese anime is second to none.
The Japanese have even gone a bit farther, some would say too far, by creating Cosplay – Costume Play – where fans, someti…
Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Prompts Japanese Ministry to Take a Closer Look at Bridge Maintenance
As a result of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Japan's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry has told local governments to take another harsh look at how the 120,000 some bridges in Jap…
READ MOREJapanese Big Business Heads to Chian
Mitarai Fujio is CEO of camera maker Canon. He also heads Japan’s most powerful business lobby.
Mitarai will lead a delegation of top businessmen from Japan to China next week to meet with Chine…
Poop Museum in Japan
In a world where anything is possible, some people will do anything. America, of course, is not the only free country. Japanese can and do get away with quite a few things.
Just as soon as you think …
