Assuming office is required, the following 31 results were found.
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I am the Office Farterhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10091-i-am-the-office-farter
(the good-looking hot shots that always get their way), geeks (IT dept.), lazy overweight managers (the fat kids grown up), office queens (the hotties everyone wants to bang), pranksters, gossips, and so on and so forth. What am I, you ask? Why, I'm the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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for sending money between my Japan & USA bank accounts. It's an innovative solution divorced from traditional bank and post office solutions that harvests the crowd-sourcing power of the Internet to transfer your money. I've had a superb customer...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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* I want a folding bike. A folder would expand my transportation options exponentially. I could store it in my office, avoiding the various risks of parking it outside all day long. I could leave it in my office overnight in case of inclement evening...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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exhaustive detail. If you haven't already done so, register a personal seal (aka “hanko” or “inkan”) with your city / ward office. You can purchase one from a local inkan shop or even order online using a site like www.hankoya.com. Take the seal to the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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The Shrine Drummerhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/countryside/10015-the-shrine-drummer
said: “Would it be possible to please not play taiko drums so loudly and so early in the morning?” I went to the shrine office and knocked on the door. No one there. I left the note somewhere it would be found. The noise stopped. But then started again...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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fill it in electronically and modify it later if necessary. * Spouse's kosekitohon (戸籍謄本). You get this from your city office for a small fee. Don't give them a copy because this document is watermarked for security. * Statement of income / tax paid...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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in fact I literally saw it disappear from several of their pages in the course of writing this. * The company address and office picture disappeared. There's virtually no contact information on the site except for their phone number. Try calling it and...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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After getting laid-off from my IT job in the summer of 2009, I decided to sign up at Inagawa Motoko Office (aka "IMO") hoping to at least make some money while searching for a new IT job. The full-time job market was in shambles at that time due to the...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Show Biz
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teaching job in Tottori, I signed up for a 3-month contract with Leopalace. They're nationwide, so the local Tottori office found me a place in Tokyo. I prepaid the rent, signed the contract, and was on my way. They told me to pick up the keys at a...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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10 minutes from home to the station each weekday morning. Then I enjoy a just-over-5-minute walk from the station to the office. That's 15 minutes of walking one-way, 30 minutes round-trip. 30 minutes of walking a day times 5 days equals 150 minutes of...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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I purchased a couple Skyroam pocket wifi devices for my office and have been trying out the service in the field, as well as lending them out to traveling end-users. Here is a summary of both my own impressions and feedback I've heard from...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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Why Japanese Girls Are Hothttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10041-why-japanese-girls-are-hot
designer styles, high heels, pantyhose, perfectly-done makeup, and expertly-styled hair. My morning commute teems with office ladies strutting the runway as if looking to be America's next top model. 90% are in skirts. Those few in pants still look...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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for the Ultimate Free Antivirus Software - Keep it updated. Update. Patch. Reboot. Repeat - Do at home what you do at the office. Password protect. Change passwords. Encrypt. Use multi-factor authentication. Backup your data. - Close accounts you don't...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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At yesterday's office drinking party, some Japanese coworkers told me they were amused as they overheard me on the phone struggling to spell-out my email address to an older Japanese woman. My mind flashed back to earlier that day: Wiping beads of...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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are OK. I pay half what I did with Softbank, so I'm not going to complain (yet). Plus, I have wifi at both home and office, so it hasn't been a deal-breaker for me. * After more research I learned that Docomo-supported Xi phones will get LTE...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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in my 30-person section, I stand out quite a bit. I've only been here a month; however, the piquant Japanese-ness of the office permeates my very essence. Thus, I've compiled a short list of survival tips for other Westerners finding themselves imbued...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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36 - Overtime in Japanhttps://japanatron.com/?view=article&id=10379:36-overtime-in-japan&catid=52
Japanese people are known for doing crazy amounts of overtime work, so much so that some have literally dropped dead. There's no way you're going to get American me to work such hours, so what's up with all the overtime in Japan?
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Podcast
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table and sitting on the floor. I also bought some signs and put them up in my bathroom. My bathroom door says "jimusho" (office) in kanji, and I put a sign next to the toilet paper that says, "Push button for service" (in both Japanese and English). I...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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I had an end user that wanted to install their home printer drivers on their office laptop. I took remote control of their PC, but to my chagrin the user lacked admin rights to install the printer. Here's how to launch the add printer wizard using your...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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nearby, you could open an account through postal mail--an assuredly delightful occasion to check out your local post office. As much as I love visiting Japanese banks in person (lots of pretty ladies), there isn't much opportunity nor necessity to do so...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General