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Live, work & code in Japan🇯🇵!

21 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments tokyobitcoiner

There are a lot of opportunities in Japan for software engineers, think global companies like Google, Amazon, Indeed and then Japanese ones like Mercari and Rakuten. You don't always need to speak Japanese and there are plenty of non-Japanese people...

(JaiChai) Those who forget the past... (Re: Japan, Africa)

11 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai

  image source   It is wise to remember how post-war Japan went from "a maker of cheap, low quality products to the nation that dethroned 'The Big three of Detroit'; that is, General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles". You...

(JaiChai) "Japan, My Friend and a Very Special Plant ..."

28 Sep 2021 2 minute read 0 comments JaiChai

  image source   I was stationed in Japan in the late 80's - mid 90's. During that time, I befriended an amazing Japanese man. He was my neighbor when I lived off-base in the civilian community of Kinugasa. After a couple of months, I learned that h...

My Most Favourite Japanese Song

4 Sep 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Debesh Choudhury

When I visited Japan for a research study in 2000, I never knew that a famous Bangla song was adapted from a famous Japanese song by Kyu Sakamoto. I was mesmerized when people started singing a song, the starting music I knew very well. The song is f...

Knife-Wielding Man Injures 10 on Tokyo Train

7 Aug 2021 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite

At about 20:40 local time, a 36-year-old man with a knife attacked fellow passengers on a train on the Odakyu Line near the Seijogakuen Station of Tokyo, Japan, injuring 10 people. According to local media, one victim, a female University student, wa...

3 Places To Visit In Nagasaki City, Japan

3 Aug 2021 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei

Nagasaki is perhaps best known for being one of two Japanese cities that survived an atomic bonding in World War II. But its charm lies beyond being a war survivor. Open to the world during the Edo period where Japan was largely isolated, it absorbed...

3 Places To Visit In Fukuoka City, Japan

2 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Whenever Japan is mentioned, most people will think about popular cities like Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. But do you know that Fukuoka City has been consistently ranked among the world's top 25 most liveable cities? One of the most prosperous cities in J...

3 Places You Should Visit In Kumamoto City, Japan

31 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Hullo, everyone! I am so gratified that my previous travel blog "5 Places You Should Visit In Tokyo, Japan" gathered some reads and likes. I was expecting it to be lurking half-forgotten in the dusty cobwebs of some forsaken corner of Publish0x. So I...

Japanese Company, Softbank Invests $200 Million in Mercado Bitcoin

2 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments LightBlocks News

The largest crypto exchange in Brazil, Mercado Bitcoin, has received an investment worth $200 million from Softbank Group Corp, a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company.  According to the report, the Japanese conglomerate company made th...

Cryptocurrency In Japan: Lessons Learned

30 Jun 2021 4 minute read 3 comments ChangeNOW

Cryptocurrency in Japan is much more than Satoshi Nakamoto (although we aren’t even sure he originates from this country). Thanks to crypto-friendly legislation, Japan has become the country of the rising sun for numerous cryptocurrency and blockchai...