Terrie's Job Tips -- Limited Japanese Ability - Part Five: Technology Guru

Submitted by Japan Inc on March 12, 2008

Our next composite sketch for a foreigner who has made it in Japan is that of a technology guru. This is the most accessible career path for someone moving to Japan and not having significant Japanese-language skills. The reason such people can find success here is simple: Japan has a shortage of IT and scientific specialists in all kinds of areas, ranging from finance to semiconductor research. According to the report published by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare this month, there were 3.31 job openings versus engineers applying to fill them as of, January 2008.

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TT-460 -- Match-Making Business, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on March 10, 2008

Take takes issue with the claim that the Internet is not a popular resource for socializing in Japan. On the contrary, he sees a growing trend for online social interaction, particularly in field of dating. Read Now

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JIN-455 -- J@pan Inc Magazine, March/April 2008

Submitted by Japan Inc on March 5, 2008

This week's JIN guides you through the latest edition of J@pan Inc magazine, our recruitment special. Packed with articles on a wide-range of Japan-based topics, from investment to politics, skydiving to champagne, click on the links to go directly to the articles that interest you the most.

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MMW-119 -- Japan's Music Media Publishers

Submitted by Japan Inc on March 4, 2008

Music Media Watch takes a look at SNS site Mixi's new music station service, RIAJ's sales figures for music downloads in 2007 and Sony's new walkman releases.

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Terrie's Job Tips -- Limited Japanese Ability – Part Four: Turn-around Opportunities

Submitted by Japan Inc on March 4, 2008

Probably the most attractive and yet most challenging job an executive can have is to be recruited to fix a mid- to large-size company with problems. If that company is in Japan, then you know that the local management may have already gone to great lengths to fix things and still have not been able to turn the ship around. The only thing for such deep-seated problems is shock therapy, in the form of a gaijin shacho!

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TT-459 -- Whatever Became of Hikari Tsushin? Ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on March 3, 2008

Terrie looks at Hikari Tsushin, Japan's first and largest reseller of mobile phones. He focuses on the firm's entreprenerial fouder/CEO Yasumitsu Shigeta, what has he been doing since the dotcom bubble and where has he got to since establshing Hikari at the age of 21 back in 1988? Read Now

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GW-290 -- The Hottest Gizmos and Gadgets from Japan

Submitted by Japan Inc on February 29, 2008

The Kenwood Kseries Silver Limited, the Sports USB Flash Memory and the Sony Walkman NW-A820 Series are the subject of Liam McNulty's last Gadget Watch - thanks Liam. Read Now

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WW-171 -- Flat-Rate Wireless Broadband Services

Submitted by Japan Inc on February 28, 2008

Fierce competition is breaking out in the race to compete in the market for flat-rate broadband. With offerings from all the major carriers, do we detect the presence of a new key player in the shape of EMobile?

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JIN-454 -- Japain?

Submitted by Japan Inc on February 27, 2008

The Economist reports this weeks that Japan's political establishment is leading the economy down the road to ruin. However, is the situation really so dire? And how much do the politicians really matter? Read Now

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Terrie's Job Tips -- Limited Japanese Ability – Part Three: The Corporate Hired Gun

Submitted by Japan Inc on February 27, 2008

I mentioned earlier in this series that I would be creating composite sketches of the background of people who've made it here without having the advantage of strong Japanese ability. "Composite" means that I've drawn from the backgrounds of a number of acquaintances with similar experiences, as related to me, but with the objective of allowing them to stay anonymous.

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