The New Residency Management System

New Residency

It's not breaking news but many of you would have already heard about the change in "residency management" from July 9th this year.  We try to simplify the changes for you here. Who is affected? Anybody currently residing legally in Japan for the mid to long-term, more specifically; (1) … [Read more...]

Getting a credit card in Japan

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Is really not an easy thing to do...... So why is so much to effort to get your hands on a credit card in Japan when they are practically throwing them at you back home? The difficulty in getting hold of a credit card stems from the idea that a foreigner with a credit card in Japan is a liability, … [Read more...]

Great Tokai Earthquake

Tokai area

Events of the last few days have taught us once again about the power of mother nature and how being ready, aware and knowledgeable in an earthquake situation is particularly important here in Japan. Sitting here in Nagoya and watching development on the news make you feel rather useless but … [Read more...]