1. Know where to go It’s not always obvious where to look for health insurance. “In this country it is a truly wacky patchwork quilt of options,” says Sabrina Corlette, who co-directs the Center on Health Insurance Reform at Georgetown University. If you’re 65 or older, you’re eligible for Medicare. It’s a federally run program …
1. Shopping Rewards Lolli, a Google Chrome or Firefox browser extension, offers “Bitcoin Back” when you shop with its retail partners. It works similarly to browser extensions like Rakuten or Honey that offer discounts and cashback when you use the portal or extension to shop online. Like those programs, Lolli rewards you for spending regular …
1. Unsecured personal loans Personal loans are used for a variety of reasons, from paying for wedding expenses to consolidating debt. Personal loans can be unsecured loans, which means you’re not putting collateral like a home or car on the line in case you default on your loan. Best for debt consolidation and major purchases …
1. Web Developer / IT staff There are many jobs in the IT industry for foreigners who want to work and live in Japan. I have a couple of friends who found career opportunities as web developers in the country. In most cases, they say you must have ample work experience in programming to be …
Tokyo – In a survey of 800 Japanese people aged from 20 to 59 the top two choices for ideal marriage partner were “local government employee,” with 28.6%, and “national public official,” with 25.6%, making it the first time local government employees ranked above national ones. Toyota was the top private company for the ninth …
Local Government Employees remains top in Japan for marriage Read More »
Aiming to attract more highly skilled foreigners to work and live in Japan, the Highly Skilled Professional Visa was introduced by the Japanese government. In this article, we are going to explain the basic things you need to know about the Highly Skilled Professional Visa to make use of it. Foreign nationals, who are recognized …
In Japan, there is two types of employment status: regular employment (正規雇用) and non-regular employment (非正規雇用). Regular employment is generally considered where an employee is hired directly by his/her employer without a predetermined period of employment and works for scheduled hours. This type of employment has the characteristic of (i) open-ended employment, (ii) fulltime employment, …
Tokyo – A survey on recently employed graduates conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, found that the percentage of workers who quit their job within three years of graduating in March 2018 decreased year on year by 1.6 percentage points to 31.2% for university graduates, by 1.6 points to 41.4% for junior-college …
Japan’s Job Turnover Rate Among Recent Graduates Decreases in Fiscal 2020 Read More »
Tokyo – Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who was recently hospitalized due to extreme fatigue, denied rumors Friday that she has a serious illness. “I’m thinking, ‘Don’t say inaccurate things,’” Koike said at her first regular press conference in about a month. “The fact that I’m back in good health is proof” of not being severely …
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Tokyo,–The Japanese government said Friday that it will strengthen its border controls for travelers from South Africa and five other African nations, following the discovery of a new novel coronavirus variant in the region. The five other nations are Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland. On Thursday, Britain banned the entry …