Archive for the ‘Japan Interest’ Category

The MakeLeaps Guide To Building a Startup in Japan

We’ve learned a lot about the entire process of creating and building a startup in Japan since we started MakeLeaps over three years ago. As we’re heavily involved in the startup community, both in organising events, going to events, and doing mentoring at Startup Weekend, we’ve had the opportunity to see hundreds of startups trying [...]

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How To Get a Job in Japan. Or Anywhere.

Firstly, the title reads “How To Get a Job in Japan” in the title, but in my experience, this job-seeking advice will work anywhere in the world. Some brief background on myself. My name is Jason Winder, and I have been running businesses in Japan since 2003. In that time, I’ve interviewed several hundreds of [...]

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Funny Pictures From Around Japan

One of the benefits of being a foreigner and living and working in Japan is that things that are commonplace and regular to Japanese people are quirky and interesting to you. There is an idea in Japan that applying English to products and advertisements makes it cool and interesting. You can see the reverse effect [...]

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