Happy Golden Week, Frugalites! Where are you now? Enjoying the holidays on some exotic (yet cheap) tropical locale? Or are you like me - a self employed translator whose busiest season just happens to be the first few weeks in May? I certainly wish I was part of the former group, but I will say - there's no better way to save money than... Read Now

As we reported a few months ago in MMW #108, the recent trend for Japanese mobile content providers has been to set up new services off the main menu 'decks' of the wireless carriers. These off-portal sites are not subject to any approval process, restrictions or oversight by the carriers, but the content provider must generate his own traffic and handle his own billing. So far there have been... Read Now

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been hitting the news a lot recently, with dire predictions for Africa, Australia/New Zealand, and South and South East Asia, as well as more extreme weather for
the rest of us. Although the current summaries from the report don't yet enlarge on the threat, Japan was identified as one of the 8 most affected...

By my estimate, considering the number of members of chambers of commerce and the Tokyo American Club, there are probably around 12,000 – 15,000 expatriate employees of Multinational Foreign Corporations (MNFCs) in Japan – most of whom are based in Tokyo. This week we finish up with some of the additional benefits that only expats can enjoy and the rest of us can look on in wonder.