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in Japan. However, the services I explain below have proven extremely valuable to me for viewing streaming services from other countries, such as the USA. Since Netflix Japan doesn't have nearly the content library that Netflix USA has, I am most...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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in 2008 as a way to boost the economy of smaller towns in Japan. As many Japanese are aware, the migration of young people from their pint-sized hometowns to metropolitan cities like Tokyo and Osaka puts a growing economic burden on small towns and...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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point of the trip. Osaka Weekend I had a concert in Osaka recently. The show went really well, and I dug the reactions I got from people; however, I didn't sell many CDs. Then after the show, the MC of the show asked me to pay a $220 stage fee. I was...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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At the ripe young age of 12, I briefly experimented with the fine art of thievery. The idea came from my then-in-college brother who had returned for summer break with more Nintendo games than the "Angry Video Game Nerd." His initial story was that the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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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...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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a Docomo iPhone 5s on Yahoo Auctions Japan. There's no way in hell I was going to enter a 2-year contract to get one direct from Docomo. I'm a typical man with a typical fear of commitment. I would have waited had I known the Japan Apple Store would...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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any concerns regarding what language of OS you're purchasing. You can order a laptop or desktop with English keyboard direct from Apple Japan's online store at no additional cost. In fact, they offer several keyboard options, including US English, UK...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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and I know how to travel with my life in just a handbag and pretty much nothing else. I actually just got back home from work, and I took everything I needed with me, including what I could need in case of the aforementioned undead zombie uprising. I...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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support check to this extent which is configurable by the end user. 2. Does Gmail for Work support blocking inbound mail from certain countries (aka geo-location)? There's currently no way to block mail from a country IP or geo-location. However, you...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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emails accepting job after job, I never landed a single job though them. Avocado A friend's recommendation, I had heard from many others that they're professionally-run and respectable. In fact, I believe they were founded by foreigners frustrated by...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Directory
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Japanese Studyhttps://japanatron.com/directory/10415-japanese-study
"OMG! So that's how that works!" I wish I had this app when I first started studying Japanese. It would've rescued me from countless nights crying myself to sleep. * Free lite versions available * 2 levels available (beginner & intermediate). My fingers...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Directory
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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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called "Safeguarding Your Digital Life." It summarizes best practices to follow for keeping your online identity safe from hackers and identity thieves. Feedback and additional tips are more than welcome. Enjoy! INTRO - We have a ton of IT security...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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Religious Freakhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/1004-religious-freak
get traffic via his site; or people looking for his site simply stumble upon mine. In rare cases, I'll even get email from his readers thinking I give a flying rat's ass about what they have to say. What follows is an email conversation I had with one...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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day I acted like I was upset with them about the joke. I went home after work and wrote an email that looked like it was from the trainer Alec at the AEON headquarters in Okayama. It's an old and very easy computer trick that spammers use all the time....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Why Japanese TV Suckshttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/show-biz/10053-why-japanese-tv-sucks
game or Japanese kanji quiz on a gaudy 1970s Las Vegas-looking set. People watching videos or re-enactments of stories from the USA, Europe, Australia, etc. Flash back to the gaudy 1970s Las Vegas-looking set, and the celebrity guests will comment on...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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own IT consulting business here in Japan, 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....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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What I'll just go ahead and say it from the get-go: American culture just doesn't have as many privacy or modesty provisions built into it as Japan does. We Americans all want attention and fame and all the bling-bling that goes with it. We post YouTube...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Home Remedieshttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10190-home-remedies
chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose. Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 Tablespoon of horseradish in 1 cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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prices are something to write award-winning novellas about. Not so in Japan, where beer is taxed worse than exotic myrrh from the valleys of the moon. Unless someone else is buying you one (or seven), I advise avoiding beer. Consider it a rare treat for...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General