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

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

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.

MMW-119 -- Japan's Music Media Publishers

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.

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

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

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

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

WW-171 -- Flat-Rate Wireless Broadband Services

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?

JIN-454 -- Japain?

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

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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TT-458 -- Dual Nationality, ebiz news from Japan

Not only has Japan cracked down on foreigners coming in and out of Japan, the government has also started to take more action concerning the issue of dual nationality. To find out what the new measures involve and read some personal experiences of the system Read Terrie's Take Now

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