virtualreview

japan: news and opinion

Commentary › High-level skills abroad don't guarantee job in Japan

Maybe it’s that time of year, or perhaps the worsening financial situation overseas, but recently I have been getting a lot of emails from foreign… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Tue, Jul 22 2008

see also:

04 Oct 07 visit Susu October 2  »  YouTube videoA ynu5photos Level 3 (high intermediate) podcast for EFL learners in Japan and overseas. Interviewees from various countries talk about five photos that are important to them. Look for ynu5photos on Blogspot to get worksheets for the broadcasts.
29 Aug 08 visit Commentary › It’s time to get rid of a few Olympic 'sports'  »  Japan Today Another Olympics is in the books, and once again I find myself asking the same question: how did it come to this? As usual, some…
30 Jul 08 visit Commentary › Summer diplomacy put on hold for cabinet reshuffle  »  Japan Today As Japan waits for Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to make a decision on reshuffling his cabinet, foreign diplomacy has effectively been halted as overseas trips…
28 Jul 08 visit Commentary › It’s time for emperor to rev up his own sound truck  »  Japan Today It may have escaped your attention, but there is a fraternity of gentlemen in this country who wear military jumpsuits and drive around in large…
01 Jul 08 visit Commentary › Getting rid of 'foreign' influences in Ogasawaras  »  Japan Today Recently, NHK ran a "News Watch 9" item on the eradication of goats and lizards on Chichijima Island in the Ogasawara group, far to the…
18 Jul 08 visit National › Japan forgoes sending SDF to Afghanistan due to worsening security  »  Japan Today Japan has withdrawn an idea of dispatching the Self-Defense Forces to Afghanistan to help its reconstruction efforts due mainly to the deteriorating security situation there,…

« Today's Stories