In Episode 95 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O’Shea chats with Jay Dee Archer. Jay Dee is a Canadian who has been living and working in Japan for more than 10 years. Jay Dee and his family have decided that it is time for them to make the move back to his home...

Yuka considers Famarry to be the happiest company in the world, and looking at who her customers are, I think she just might be right. But behind this happy company is an aggressive plan to disrupt a cartel of photo studios that have dominated the market for decades.   The post 36: The Happiest Company in...

In Episode 94 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O’Shea talks about New Year’s traditions in Japan. New Years is the most important holiday of the year for Japanese people. Kevin talks about some traditions such as ringing in the New Year with 108 bells, the O-Sechi meal, special money for children, New Year’s...

In Episode 93 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O’Shea chats with returning panelists Hikosaemon and Jenny Silver about living in Tokyo, Japan’s largest city. Life in Tokyo is certainly different than in other parts of Japan. It’s bigger, more crowded, maybe more expensive, but it’s also more exciting and has more ammenities than...

This entry is part 39 of 99 in the series The ALTInsider PodcastOn episode #2 of the Making Money Not Teaching English in Japan series,. The post ALTI038: Making Money NOT Teaching English #2 appeared first on ALTInsider.com.

In Episode 92 of the Just Japan Podcast there’s a party! A Christmas Party! Guests Steve Miller of the Asia News Weekly Podcast, Mully of the Mully’s Place Podcast and Kathryn and Russ of the Kitty Does Japan YouTube channel join the podcast for the 2nd annual Christmas Party Podcast! Learn about Christmas in Japan...

It’s hard to imagine an organization more resistant to change and disruption than the government of Japan. But today’s guest, William Saito has made it his mission to bring innovation to the way the Japanese bureaucracy operates. And more astoundingly, he’s actually having an effect.   The post 35: How Startup Thinking is Changing the Japanese...

This entry is part 40 of 99 in the series The ALTInsider Podcast This time I take a break from the content about having more. The post ALTI037 : The Podcast’s First Year in Review appeared first on ALTInsider.com.

In Episode 91 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O’Shea speaks with returning panelists Brian Waters and Jim Mullins about being foreigners in Japan married to Japanese women. How do cutlural differences between make international marriages more challenging? What do the parents of a Japanese woman think about her marrying a foreign man? This...

This entry is part 38 of 99 in the series The ALTInsider Podcast This episode is the first of hopefully an epic series of interviews. The post ALTI036 : Making Money NOT Teaching English #1 City-Cost.com Editor Tom appeared first on ALTInsider.com.