TT-942 -- Dealing with Imposters on the Web, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on April 30, 2018

The theory is that lies are more acceptable when the person telling them (or someone minding that person) ameliorates the situation afterwards by giving additional context to suggest the lie could have happened if the circumstances were different.

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TT-941 (Tourism Edition) -- Searching for the Top Luxury Hotels in Setouchi

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on April 23, 2018

One of the biggest challenges for the travel agency at Japan Travel is to find places for our luxury clients to stay and memorable things for them to do. It's because of Japan's obsession with with promoting the concept of everyone being middle class.

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TT-940 -- Internships - a Legal Try-out for Non-residents

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on April 16, 2018

The reality is that there is a worsening shortage of suitable candidates at suitable prices, and so companies are finding it easier to hire from the international marketplace, and use their existing staff to fill the language gaps.

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TT-939 (Tourism Edition) -- So, Just Where in Japan Do the Last Cherry Trees Bloom?

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on April 9, 2018

Given the fact that nature has the blossoms come when they feel like it, I truly feel sorry for the many thousands of people who arrived in Japan last week, only to find that the prime spots were already done and gone.

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TT-938 -- Japanese Recruiting in India Ramps Up, With Side Benefits for the Rest of Us, e-biz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on April 2, 2018

One of the hot beds of Japanese learning and thus Japanese corporate recruiting is Pune. The city is the second largest in the state of Maharashtra and is located about 150km to the south-east of Mumbai.

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TT-937 (Tourism Edition) -- As East Asia Peaks, Europe is Japan's Next Inbound Travel Frontier

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on March 26, 2018

Of the 20+ major European travel agencies that I personally went to visit at ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin), probably 15 of them said they wanted to be in Japan, soon.

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TT-936 -- Japan Tobacco Goes Further Down the Rabbit Hole, plus, e-biz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on March 19, 2018

Compared to the massive slide in tobacco users in Japan, JT's diversification efforts (not so successful) and aggressive international M&A (much more successful) are both understandable and inevitable.

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TT-935 (Tourism Edition) -- Japantravel.bike Up and Running - and the Competitive Landscape

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on March 12, 2018

I'm happy to announce that in fact the service is now up and running. If you go to japantravel.bike, you can rent a bike from any DBS bike port in Japan, with nothing more than a credit card.

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TT-934 -- Ashinaga: Orphans Have a Benefactor on Their Side, e-biz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on March 5, 2018

Every now and again, something different comes along, and in February I was asked to hold a company startup seminar for the Ashinaga organization, which helps kids without parents.

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TT-933 (Tourism Edition) -- Kyoto: Overcrowded and Unpleasant - Something Needs to be Done

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on February 26, 2018

The unhappy campers are those residents living downtown, especially those around major attractions such as the big temples, and Gion and Pontocho. Here, the press of humanity is unrelenting.

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