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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 21:32 |
I recently started my own IT consulting business here in Japan (www.theitgarden.com),
and needless to say it was quite a learning experience. Hoping to
relieve others from some of the tedium, I compiled an outline of the
process along with some tips for starting your very own Japanese
company.
Get a JETRO Library Card - www.jetro.go.jp
JETRO stands for “The Japan External Trade Organization,” and they're a
prime information resource for starting your own business in
Japan. Although their free consulting services only apply to
foreign companies seeking to start operations in Japan, their free
library contains a surprisingly comprehensive amount of information in
English, so it's a fantastic place to educate yourself. In fact,
much of the basic information about |
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 11:39 |
I recommended avoiding IMO Talent Agency because they're founded upon
scheming corruption and selfish lies, but are there any good talent
agencies for us foreigners here in Tokyo? I compiled a brief list:
Zenith, Inc.
While at an IMO job, I met a fellow American that pointed me in the
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 17:19 |
I remember from high school history class that a key advantage we
Americans had over the British during the American Revolution was that
the British simply didn't know who to shoot. The American rebels
all looked like farmers, and farmers looked like nonthreatening
civilians. The British forces, on the other hand, were clad in
bright red wool uniforms (“The Red Coats”), making it blatantly obvious
that they were the bad guys. They might as well have been wearing
red and white target circles on their chests with sandwich-board signs
proudly declaring, “We're the bad guys! Shoot at us!”
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Monday, 15 February 2010 20:30 |
A week before moving to Japan I was called to jury duty. My
happiest day was calling them and telling them that I can't make
it...ever. They added a note to my “juror profile” regarding the
international move, and asked me to call them when I move back to the
USA. “Yeah...sure...I'll do that,” I sarcastically replied.
And that was that. All I had to do was move out of the country,
and I was officially exempt from jury duty forever.
Wrong.
Over the next several years I was called to jury duty many times.
The summons notifications were mailed to both my old address in North
Hollywood as well as my parents' address in West LA. I was no
longer a |
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