Japanese Podcast Recommendations – Part 3
Posted by harvey in Culture, Language, Media, Society, Working on 17. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
Profile! I'll never be featured on this Podcast… This podcast is called 上田の仕事人名鑑 プロファイル! Basically, the host will go out somewhere in Japan to find hardcore Japanese people working. I don’t mean soft cushy desk jobs, I mean 70 year old men who jump into chest-deep waters with a basket rake tied around their waist and [...]
An Interview with an upcoming JET CIR
Posted by harvey in Books, Working on 26. Jul, 2010 | 3 Comments
Hello JapanNewbies! Today we’ve got another interview for you. A “getting to Japan” success story if you will. Akeem has been accepted to work in Japan as a CIR in the JET program and will be arriving in Japan on July 27th. Which is like, tomorrow, pretty much. Akeem first contacted me long ago, in [...]
Help a Newbie Get Work in Japan
Posted by harvey in Working on 23. Jun, 2010 | 25 Comments
まったく関係ないけど、写真がなければ寂しいでしょう。 Hey JapanNewbies! A fellow JapanNewbie (but actually not so newbie Newbie) contacted me with a request for help. I figured I would ask the community to see if we can generate some ideas that may help any other people who may be facing the same situation. Basically it shakes down like this. Got the [...]
An Interview with Durf
Posted by harvey in Working on 20. Jun, 2010 | 7 Comments
Hello JapanNewbies! Many of you enjoyed the interview with @sandkatt, so I decided to find another willing Japan-head Twitter friend and put them on the spot as well. Meet @Durf! Durf and his Peeps at JapanEcho I have interacted with @Durf for a while now on Twitter, but I hardly know him. I knew he [...]
Foreigner Radio Taisou Fun
Posted by harvey in Society, Working on 12. Mar, 2010 | 1 Comment
A friend of mine had the pretty rare experience of working in a company that still does the Radio Exercises (ラジオ体操) before starting work each morning. The video says it all. Japan is a quirky place. I once worked in a company which still had the ラジオ体操 music play over the loud speakers each morning [...]
Japanese Learner Interview with @sandkatt-part 2 of 2
Posted by harvey in Books, Language, Travel, Working on 08. Dec, 2009 | 4 Comments
Hey everyone! This is Part 2 of our interview with @sandkatt. Be sure to check out Part 1 if you missed it! Following you on Twitter it’s obvious that you have a firm grip on Japanese. You read casual Japanese Twitter speak, and can reply in Japanese quickly as well. Your grammar is also very [...]
Japanese Learner Interview with @sandkatt-part 1 of 2
Posted by harvey in Books, Language, Travel, Working on 06. Dec, 2009 | 8 Comments
Hey everyone, let’s get to know the JapanNewbie crowd a little better. I want to introduce you to @sandkatt. The following is part one of a two-part interview exploring @sandkatt’s road to Japanese proficiency. @sandkatt in Hiroshima Sandkatt is a Japanese learner I noticed on Twitter. I noticed her because her Japanese is really good! [...]
The Year of No Money in Tokyo
Posted by harvey in Books, Tokyo, Working on 11. May, 2009 | 3 Comments
Wayne Lionel Aponte, the author of the recently published The Year of No Money in Tokyo, sent me a copy of his book to read and review. This was my first casual summer vacation read, and it was an interesting ride. This book did not strike me as a masterpiece, but Wayne’s experience and personal [...]
