Pillow Talk Japan

1-to-1 English Instructor (applicants outside Japan)

TEACH ENGLISH in JAPAN with GABA! Teaching with Gaba means working on your terms. Make the most of your Japan experience whether it is a working holiday or a long-term commitment. Career opportunities available. For details on visa requirements and Learning Studio locations, go to http://careers.gaba.co.jp/ [AVAILABLE POSITIONS] Submit an application if you are interested [...]

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Come for Japan, Stay for the Surgery

In a bid to cash in on its high-quality but expensive medical industry Japan said Friday it will ease visa requirements to encourage the flow of wealthy travelers seeking medical treatment here. The government will loosen visa requirements in January 2011 that would allow patients to receive renewable, multiple-entry half-year visas, lengthening the current single-entry [...]

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China’s rich tourists bring a shopping revolution to Japan

The Japanese are feeling the impact of China’s emergence as an economic superpower in many different ways. As their relative spending power declines, so that of their neighbour’s rises and the relationship between the two countries changes. Japanese businesses, for example, are switching from buyer to seller, with shoppers increasingly likely to be served by [...]

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Japan to relax visa requirements for Chinese tourists

The Japanese tourism minister said Sunday the government will consider granting tourist visas to more individual travelers from China by easing current requirements that have been viewed as a barrier to human exchanges between the two countries. Tokyo first granted tourist visas to Chinese nationals for group trips in 2000, expanded the measure to cover [...]

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New law: no dues, no visa

In your wallet or somewhere at home, do you have a blue or pink card showing that you are enrolled in one of Japan’s national health and pension programs? If not, and if you are thinking of extending your stay here, you may want to think about a recent revision to visa requirements for foreign [...]

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