While spring has been slowly arriving to Japan, bringing the annual round of changes (those who work in Japan and Japanese companies will understand), I squeezed in an opportunity for Continue Reading
I have been attending a business conference in Australia last week and got to meet many new people. What is interesting is that as soon as they learned that I Continue Reading
As soon as I realized that if you stay in Japan for more than two years, the circle of foreigners you know will completely change, I started coming across articles Continue Reading
Happy Valentine’s Day! – my colleague from Philippines starts our call today. I am a bit surprised, as it is not exactly the occasion you would congratulate your colleagues with. Continue Reading
If you stay in Japan long enough you will notice that within two years or so, most of foreign friends you have met here have either moved back or moved Continue Reading
After almost two years in Japan I finally get to read the “Stupeur et tremblements” (Fear and Trembling) by Amélie Nothomb. It was quite a sensation when published back in Continue Reading
It has been several times I was about to write something about work in Japan, work in Japan and in a Japanese company, and about work with Japanese. All of Continue Reading
We talked a bit about wrong first impressions, and here comes one more. Japan is known as a country of advanced technologies, no one will argue about that. Yet, when Continue Reading
I recently told you all the tips and tricks I have learned from my colleagues about Christmas in Japan. True or not exactly remains to be seen, though to avoid Continue Reading
One difference between France and Japan is the approach to food and eating. In France, people live to eat, the food is like a religion and is to be savoured Continue Reading