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BBC Asking Chinese to speak up on execution.

I was looking around the BBC website when i found this article. The article is talking about the executions in China and how the government is planing to change the policies in place about how they carry out executions and how China is declaring less executions per year. But this is not what grabbed my [...]

Q&A Sage Advice

Question Hi! I am one of the many that will be moving to Japan in September to teach English. Do you have any sage advice? I will also be living the the Tokyo suburb, Kokubunji- Are you familiar with the area? Thanks!! Answer First off get out there and do everything. A lot of times [...]

Japan it Up!

Searching around the web I found the site Japan it Up! from an American by the name of Steve living in Japan with a similar situation to mine. I decided to invest some time and interest and found that the site had usual and interesting facts and tidbits about his personal experience In Japan. Personally even living in Japan its [...]

Spouse Visa Renewal

Just recently I headed to Immigration to apply for a renewal of my Spouse Visa so I figured I would write up another guide. If you read up on my previous posts Spouse Visa Japan & International Marriage In Japan then you know this situation pertains to my situation with my wife. Now keep in mind [...]

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Culture, A Quick Hello On The Go

Something as simple as how you greet your neighbors is different in Japan. A lot of times it depends on the circumstance of the greeting. Are they driving by in a car? or walking by with their dog, or taking the trash to the garbage at the end of the street. Something like taking the trash out is often [...]

Jobs In Japan

I was over at the site Japan It Up reading up on questions asked to a fellow American living in Japan when I stumbled upon someone asking about working In Japan now I have never really though about writing on jobs in Japan surprising as that is. Their is already so many sites that cover jobs in Japan. Gajin [...]

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