All Posts by Danny Choo with tag "japan_tips"

"Meishi" [名刺] is the Japanese word for a name/business card and is a fundamental item of Japanese business. Thought we'd take a look at my latest meishi design and while we're at it have a gander at meishi from my previous positions.

In a previous article I spoke about looking for work in Japan and today thought I should talk about the typical work benefits by taking the current opening position at Good Smile Company and my past experience as examples. Good Smile Company ar...

So what sort of rates can you be expecting to pay for rent in Tokyo and what sort of apartments are available? Prices depends on which part of Tokyo you are looking at, size of apartment, distance from the nearest train station, how much daylight...

Why is it that time seems to pass quickly the older one gets? A philosopher called Paul Janet many moons ago came up with Janets Law which basically says that young folks feel that time passes slowly and old farts (like me) feel time passes quicker...

Drove around in the UK without a car navigation for a few reasons - the roads were relatively easy to understand and all addresses were covered in the AtoZ guide. Another reason was because they didn't exist back then ^^; In Japan however, the Car...

So why did I choose Japanese? Back in the UK, I remember watching a children’s program called Blue Peter where the presenters came to Japan to cover Tokyo culture. Cant remember what age I was but I swore to myself that I would live and work in Ja...

The MSN/Windows Live team in Japan moved to Akasaka this May. While the office is miles away from the metro, I do have much better view from my workspace when compared to my previous office at Amazon *but*! I get less space for figures ToT. Speak...