Live Work Play Japan Podcast

There are a lot of options for work in Japan, and especially in Tokyo, but what do you do when you have learned everything you need to in an industry you don't want to stick around in? What if your real passion is fitness?

English teaching is just one option to come to Japan, but if you want to build a network and learn about sales and business, there are tons of options. Misha, my guest this week, has you covered.

You can make changes to your life in Japan that stick. All you need to do is change your perspective. Take the time to make changes you want to make inside instead of waiting for changes in the world. Let's talk about rules for 2019.

Robert Millar is a serial entrepreneur, and owner of the co-working space Ginza HUB. He’s been working and building up businesses in Japan for over twenty years, and has a lot of experience both of massive successes and also big failures, which we can all learn from.

Ken Matsunaga started his English coaching business in Japan five years ago, and has already cleared  $1m in revenue. We're going to talk about doing good, setting intentions and the most important things to do when starting a language teaching business in Japan.

Here are the rules I've learned about how to get the apartment you want at a price you can afford, based on my experience moving five times in Japan in three prefectures. In this podcast I'll share my seven rules for finding the best apartment you can in Japan.

This week my guest didn't want to be named, because he'll be talking about how much of a mess the new entrepreneur visa in Japan is. I was shocked to hear this stuff!

For the first time, this week is going to be a solo podcast where I answer a big question that often goes unvoiced: "Why are English teachers in Japan ashamed to call themselves teachers?"

I talk to Diana about working as a freelance dancer, teacher and yoga instructor in Tokyo, and how she always has interesting and exciting work.

I got to sit down in person with Tove Kinooka to talk about her incredible work with One Young World and her business Global Perspectives.