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maintain a USA presence of sorts in the form of bank accounts and credit cards. Therefore, a common scenario is sending money between my Japan bank account and my USA one. While the options used to be fairly limited to international money orders and...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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How To Look Awesomehttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10098-how-to-look-awesome
than a pudgy, nasty one. Stand up straight. Your mother was right in telling you not to slouch. The hunchback look is unbecoming for those seeking a state of total awesome-osity. Befriend gay guys. I was lucky enough to have gay friends starting in high...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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誰でもかっこいいモデルになれますよ。なる方法を教えてあげます。 Anyone can become a cool model. In this video I will show you how.
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Videos
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General Conduct I will not use any foul or otherwise inappropriate language in my profile, comments, or messages to other members. Profiles and usage in violation of this rule are subject to being removed immediately and without warning. I will not...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Legal
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Rude Japanhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10010-rude-japan
them: No one will ever hold the door open for you. It'll just slam in your face. Not only that, but no one will even look behind them for half a second to see if someone is behind them. The reasoning behind this policy eluded me for a very long time. It...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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easy." Dirty diapers, public temper tantrums, teen pregnancies, and memories of how much of a pain in the ass I must have been don't exactly encourage me to impregnate my wife-to-be any time soon. I dunno how they did it, but my parents raised 4 kids....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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First Movie Rental I finally started renting movies here. I rented "Amelie" because I'd always wanted to see it. I took it home and realized that the only languages available on the DVD were French and Japanese. So I watched a French movie dubbed in...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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of it all. A failure is not a bad thing as it inevitably provides more valuable feedback than success. I shouldn't label them "failures," but "learning experiences." To fully do so, I'll have to kill any and all personal interest in what others think of...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Why Japanese TV Suckshttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/show-biz/10053-why-japanese-tv-sucks
that is American TV. I took my home country's TV for granted, and now I realize how good I really had it. The USA makes the best freakin' TV shows in the world, and to quote the most awesome guy in the universe Joe Donatelli, "right now is the Golden...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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It's All Youhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10055-its-all-you
assistance, it's up to me to sufficiently motivate that other person to act. Leaders are in the position of leadership because they are blessed with something that separates them from those being lead. They have the talent and/or resources to call...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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the store to a "hiding place;" then return several hours to a few days later, pick up the product, and exchange it. It's even better if you divide the task with a cohort. Your reward would be store credit usable at any chain location. I guess you could...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Google is Skynethttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10064-google-is-skynet
Has anyone besides me noticed the uncanny resemblance between Google and "Skynet" from the Terminator movies? It's no secret that Google's ultimate goal is control of the world's information through the proliferation of "cloud computing." On the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Being an IT guy and a student of Japanese, I'm expectedly a fan of using software to study. I've tried just about every type of Japanese learning software there is, so here I've compiled a list of my favorites: The Rosetta Stone (PC / Mac) -...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Studying Japanese
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JETRO website and library are highly-recommended starting points. I spent only a few hours there and walked out infinitely better prepared to proceed. Choose Between an LLC or Joint Stock Company I'm greatly oversimplifying, but there are 2 basic types...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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My image of Japan before moving here was that of a polite and reserved culture that treasures quiet and subtlety. Boy was I wrong. Japan can be louder than a rock concert held at a jet engine testing facility, and I'm shocked with what people can get...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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source stuff that JomSocial uses to convert and render video uploads (ffmpeg) also supports audio files. I thought it would be cool to modify JomSocial to allow audio files to be used in its videos section. It actually wasn't as hard to figure out as I...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Mobile Phones in Japanhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10168-mobile-phones-in-japan
have to assist visitors from overseas offices with their Japan mobile phone woes. I never understood why sometimes their Blackberries just wouldn't work in Japan. Well, after some research, I think I now know. Much of the Western world uses a mobile...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Click it. Does it go to McAfee's own security validation site? It should. If it's just a logo that goes nowhere, then don't believe it. Any douchebag can download a "Verified by..." or "Secured by..." logo and put it up on their site. Are the reviews...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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of smartphone zombie pedestrians, seas of taxis, and rivers of bulky buses, Tokyo is a fairly convenient city to cycle in because it's both compact and brimming with transportation options. Hacking through some pithy calculations, I determined that I...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Do you want to improve your Japanese level? Maybe you have just moved to Japan and want to get a leg-up on your language studies? Maybe you have been in Japan for years and would finally like to learn to speak fluently? Maybe you want to move to Japan,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese