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The Temporary Shuffle

When I first started working full-time at my former company (a Japanese office job that involved textbook making as well as teaching via correspondence), I was informed through indirect channels that the president had a policy with the foreign employees... ...full story at So-Called Japanese Life

from So-Called Japanese Life on Wed, Mar 05 2008

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