How do visas work in Japan?
I have plans for my future that will hopefully come true. I read up that if you get an artist visa you would only be able to stay 3 years? How often are artist visas denied? And are you able to work like at a store or something? Just anything at all? And what colleges accept Americans most of the time? I'm 15 and speak Japanese fluently, I'm just planning ahead. :p I have a million and one questions, but can someone please just answer these for me now please? Thanks.
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Try the web site below. It's run by the Japanese government. Unless you're there on a work visa, you can only work part time. So you're going to need a great deal of money before you even attempt this. A four year college will cost you some $80,000.Most schools also require native level Japanese. So that means reading and writing as well. On the MOFA web site you'll see a photo of Mt. Fuji. Under that it will say Visas. Click on that and it will tell you what visas are currently available.
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Check the below page for visas. http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/04.html >I read up that if you get an artist visa you would only be able to stay 3 years? You need entertainer visa to work as an artist. But there is no 3 year visa for artists. You could only have 1-year, 6-month and 3-month visa. >How often are artist visas denied? In fact, it's not easy to get entertainer visa for Japan. Deny? You can't even apply if you don't find a sponsor for you visa in Japan. >And are you able to work like at a store or something? Just anything at all? If you have entertainer visa, you can only work as an entertainer. Not other jobs. >And what colleges accept Americans most of the time? If you speak Japanese at college level and have enough money, you can go to any college. >I'm 15 and speak Japanese fluently, I'm just planning ahead. :p Fluently? Why don't you ask this on Y!A Japan?
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
How do zip codes and states work in Japan when you write an address
How do zip codes and states work in Japan when you write an address?
Say the city is Fukuoka, is the state also Fukuoka? And what is the zip code - how long are they normally?
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The zip code is 7 digits long. You could not specify it only with Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture(State). The website below would help you to find the zip code. http://homepage1.nifty.com/tabotabo/pzips/jp_post_zip.htm Hope this helps.
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Fukuoka City is one of the cities in Fukuoka Prefecture state is not used for the address in Japan ZIP codes are seven digits (xxx-xxxx) you can search the ZIP codes in English (an accurate address is necessary for that) http://www.yellowpage-jp.com/modules/zipcodes/ Japanese style address of Fukuoka City (Example) ç¦å²¡çœŒ ç¦å²¡å¸‚ ä¸å¤®åŒº 天神1-1 Fukuoka-ken Fukuoka-shi Chuo-ku Tenjin1-1 (Prefecture City Ward Block) English style Tenjin1-1 , Chuo-ku , Fukuoka city , Fukuoka Prefecture ZIP codes of chuo-ku , Fukuoka-city http://www.yellowpage-jp.com/modules/zipcodes/getarea.php?aid=40133 the letter reaches by the English style address and maybe reaches if the address was written even if the ZIP code is not written
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While western addresses are written as; House # Street Suburb/City State Zip Code Japanese addresses are written in the following order; Post Code (3 + 4 digits) Prefecture (to, dou, hu, ken) City (gun, shi, ku, *chou, *son) Town (*chou, *son) Block # (banchi - usually a set of 2 numbers) House # *whether chou/son belongs to the upper or lower category depends on whether it has a local council or not Geographically, Japan do have states (i.e. Hokkaido, Honshu, Sikoku, Kyushu) but there are no state governments hence they don't refer to States when you write a postal address. The biggest domestic unit for the postal address is 'prefecture', which is like a group of cities, and are much smaller than a 'state' (called 'shu'). "Fukuoka-ken" is a prefecture, then within that prefecture, there is the 'city' with the same name - "Fukuoka-shi". (NOTE: not every prefecture has a city with the same name within it, for example, Hokkaido does not have Hokkaido-city) Within the city is a set of 'towns'. Each 'town' or a 'cho' is usually small enough that you can easily walk from one side to another, so think of it as streets & avenues. A 'cho' is further divided up into different 'blocks' or 'banchi', which is usually represented by a set of 2 numbers. Then finally, you've got a house number. Note that you MUST write down the person's family name as well - Japanese houses have their family name on their mail box instead of the house number.
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My previous answer to this question has been removed for some inexplicable reason. I'll just say now that Sachikin and Australiagc have given you excellent answers, although "zip code" is an acronym only used in the United States. Japan, like other countries, uses postal codes.
Say the city is Fukuoka, is the state also Fukuoka? And what is the zip code - how long are they normally?
Japan - 4 Answers
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The zip code is 7 digits long. You could not specify it only with Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture(State). The website below would help you to find the zip code. http://homepage1.nifty.com/tabotabo/pzips/jp_post_zip.htm Hope this helps.
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Fukuoka City is one of the cities in Fukuoka Prefecture state is not used for the address in Japan ZIP codes are seven digits (xxx-xxxx) you can search the ZIP codes in English (an accurate address is necessary for that) http://www.yellowpage-jp.com/modules/zipcodes/ Japanese style address of Fukuoka City (Example) ç¦å²¡çœŒ ç¦å²¡å¸‚ ä¸å¤®åŒº 天神1-1 Fukuoka-ken Fukuoka-shi Chuo-ku Tenjin1-1 (Prefecture City Ward Block) English style Tenjin1-1 , Chuo-ku , Fukuoka city , Fukuoka Prefecture ZIP codes of chuo-ku , Fukuoka-city http://www.yellowpage-jp.com/modules/zipcodes/getarea.php?aid=40133 the letter reaches by the English style address and maybe reaches if the address was written even if the ZIP code is not written
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While western addresses are written as; House # Street Suburb/City State Zip Code Japanese addresses are written in the following order; Post Code (3 + 4 digits) Prefecture (to, dou, hu, ken) City (gun, shi, ku, *chou, *son) Town (*chou, *son) Block # (banchi - usually a set of 2 numbers) House # *whether chou/son belongs to the upper or lower category depends on whether it has a local council or not Geographically, Japan do have states (i.e. Hokkaido, Honshu, Sikoku, Kyushu) but there are no state governments hence they don't refer to States when you write a postal address. The biggest domestic unit for the postal address is 'prefecture', which is like a group of cities, and are much smaller than a 'state' (called 'shu'). "Fukuoka-ken" is a prefecture, then within that prefecture, there is the 'city' with the same name - "Fukuoka-shi". (NOTE: not every prefecture has a city with the same name within it, for example, Hokkaido does not have Hokkaido-city) Within the city is a set of 'towns'. Each 'town' or a 'cho' is usually small enough that you can easily walk from one side to another, so think of it as streets & avenues. A 'cho' is further divided up into different 'blocks' or 'banchi', which is usually represented by a set of 2 numbers. Then finally, you've got a house number. Note that you MUST write down the person's family name as well - Japanese houses have their family name on their mail box instead of the house number.
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My previous answer to this question has been removed for some inexplicable reason. I'll just say now that Sachikin and Australiagc have given you excellent answers, although "zip code" is an acronym only used in the United States. Japan, like other countries, uses postal codes.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Will the motorola droid work in japan? And will the web capabilities be functional
Will the motorola droid work in japan? And will the web capabilities be functional?
I just got a droid and I'm worried that I wasted my money cuz I'm about to head to japan...
Cell Phones & Plans - 2 Answers
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You wasted your money. The droid is a CDMA phone. Japan is GSM. Your phone basically works in the US only. Bring it back if you need a phone to use in Japan. Wait until you're in Japan and get a phone there. Japanese cell phones are far more advanced.
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Don't listen to the last poster. Japanese phones are not necessarily more advanced and Japan is not purely a GSM nation. NTT DoCoMo and Softbank are but KDDI Au is not, they have a 3G CDMA network and they are not some small carrier, they're second to DoCoMo and they're bigger than Softbank. As for the idea that Japanese cell phones are more advanced, he's likely referring to their "advanced" cameras (more megapixels DO NOT MATTER, after about 3.2 on a phone it stops mattering cuz phonecam sensors are weak and the Droid has 5). Other "advanced" features include mobile TV (which trust me, you will NEVER use when you have the awesome web browsing the Droid has and YouTube and Flash video support, the latter coming soon), mobile wallet (which makes it easier for others to steal your financial information and I've ever only seen one person in Japan use it at a McDonald's), aaaaaaand that's about it. No one uses the phone as key things and with the Android Marketplace getting set to rival Apple's App Store this coming year, the Droid will easily outperform any Japanese phone in terms of pure usability much as the iPhone does now despite all the people saying how much it "sucks" but never being able to tell why. You've got an amazing phone and theoretically it should work there on KDDI's CDMA network, although I would confirm this with Verizon. HOWEVER, if you're going to live there, dump the phone and get a Japanese phone with a Japanese carrier when you get there. You don't wanna keep paying an American carrier for long-term service in Japan because the data roaming costs are insane and Android is a pure internet platform. Even if you manually turn off its functionality, accidentally opening the browser, android market, or any internet application will override the command. You can get an unlimited data roaming plan but those are 65 dollars a month ON TOP of your voice, texts, and data you already pay for ($30 for data, $40 for cheapest minute plan, $15 for unlimited texts, $65 for data roaming comes out to $150 not including any minutes used in Japan at $2/min). It's ok to pay that if you're going on vacation for one or two months, I've paid at&t for the similar privilege of using my iphone in Japan for one month (although mine was worse, at&t doesn't offer unlimited but 200 MB for 200 dollars max), but keeping that up will quickly start to wear you down. So back to the point, your Droid should do fine roaming on KDDI's network theoretically, but ask Verizon cuz it's also possible that KDDI does not fully open its network to foreign phones. Also as a side note, you WILL NOT be able to unlock the phone and activate it in Japan. That privilege is reserved solely for GSM phones (those with SIM cards offered by AT&T and T-Mobile in the US and which most of the rest of the world runs on). It IS possible to unlock SOME CDMA phones, but not the vast majority and the Droid counts itself among the unlockable. Hope this helps, if you have any more questions about Japanese carriers and such, email me at Daniel11987@yahoo.com
I just got a droid and I'm worried that I wasted my money cuz I'm about to head to japan...
Cell Phones & Plans - 2 Answers
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You wasted your money. The droid is a CDMA phone. Japan is GSM. Your phone basically works in the US only. Bring it back if you need a phone to use in Japan. Wait until you're in Japan and get a phone there. Japanese cell phones are far more advanced.
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Don't listen to the last poster. Japanese phones are not necessarily more advanced and Japan is not purely a GSM nation. NTT DoCoMo and Softbank are but KDDI Au is not, they have a 3G CDMA network and they are not some small carrier, they're second to DoCoMo and they're bigger than Softbank. As for the idea that Japanese cell phones are more advanced, he's likely referring to their "advanced" cameras (more megapixels DO NOT MATTER, after about 3.2 on a phone it stops mattering cuz phonecam sensors are weak and the Droid has 5). Other "advanced" features include mobile TV (which trust me, you will NEVER use when you have the awesome web browsing the Droid has and YouTube and Flash video support, the latter coming soon), mobile wallet (which makes it easier for others to steal your financial information and I've ever only seen one person in Japan use it at a McDonald's), aaaaaaand that's about it. No one uses the phone as key things and with the Android Marketplace getting set to rival Apple's App Store this coming year, the Droid will easily outperform any Japanese phone in terms of pure usability much as the iPhone does now despite all the people saying how much it "sucks" but never being able to tell why. You've got an amazing phone and theoretically it should work there on KDDI's CDMA network, although I would confirm this with Verizon. HOWEVER, if you're going to live there, dump the phone and get a Japanese phone with a Japanese carrier when you get there. You don't wanna keep paying an American carrier for long-term service in Japan because the data roaming costs are insane and Android is a pure internet platform. Even if you manually turn off its functionality, accidentally opening the browser, android market, or any internet application will override the command. You can get an unlimited data roaming plan but those are 65 dollars a month ON TOP of your voice, texts, and data you already pay for ($30 for data, $40 for cheapest minute plan, $15 for unlimited texts, $65 for data roaming comes out to $150 not including any minutes used in Japan at $2/min). It's ok to pay that if you're going on vacation for one or two months, I've paid at&t for the similar privilege of using my iphone in Japan for one month (although mine was worse, at&t doesn't offer unlimited but 200 MB for 200 dollars max), but keeping that up will quickly start to wear you down. So back to the point, your Droid should do fine roaming on KDDI's network theoretically, but ask Verizon cuz it's also possible that KDDI does not fully open its network to foreign phones. Also as a side note, you WILL NOT be able to unlock the phone and activate it in Japan. That privilege is reserved solely for GSM phones (those with SIM cards offered by AT&T and T-Mobile in the US and which most of the rest of the world runs on). It IS possible to unlock SOME CDMA phones, but not the vast majority and the Droid counts itself among the unlockable. Hope this helps, if you have any more questions about Japanese carriers and such, email me at Daniel11987@yahoo.com
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
I want to work in Japan as an English teacher, How should i go about this
I want to work in Japan as an English teacher, How should i go about this?
Well i am still in highschool and i want to know different ways of being able to get to japan and teach english, i can't speak japanese but i am slowly teaching myself! I would love to hear from everyone who has had experience of being in japan, i know about the jet programme aswell so if you have any tips on getting into it please let me know!
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That's a great idea and English tutors are in high demand in Japan, but you will need a diploma to qualify as a full-time English teacher. I'm just starting to learn Japanese myself because I want to take a long vacation there next year; if only I wasn't too old for the JET program I could get there on a budget. I envy you! To become qualified you will have to study Japanese for about 4 years, but the JET program is designed for teens so I think it's your best opportunity. Get in touch with them and you'll soon be on your way to experiencing life in Japan; you won't get another chance like it so go ahead. :-) If you want to live in Japan, learning Japanese is definitely the way to go; Japan is the most expensive place to live in the world and they don't grant residence easily,but as an English teacher you would have a valuable skill and earn a good living. Four years sounds like a long time when you're a kid but I really think you should go for it.
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no I dont think so have fun with your life! WOMAN
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It would be much more productive and useful if you asked this this question on http://www.eslcafe.com/ - one of the largest and most comprehensive overseas teaching sites. It has a job forum, teachers' forums, lessons....the other very useful website is http://www.transitionsabroad.com/ PS - on the eslcafe website, you will have direct contact with hundreds of teachers already there and they can give you current and useful information. Good Luck
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it's amazing. it's like a whole new world! everyone is obsessed you, the guys (if you care about that stuff), are all in love with you, The technology is amazing, the food is awesome, fashion, tokyo, shopping, cooking, it's just amazing! the one flaw is their music. bring your ipod
Well i am still in highschool and i want to know different ways of being able to get to japan and teach english, i can't speak japanese but i am slowly teaching myself! I would love to hear from everyone who has had experience of being in japan, i know about the jet programme aswell so if you have any tips on getting into it please let me know!
Teaching - 4 Answers
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That's a great idea and English tutors are in high demand in Japan, but you will need a diploma to qualify as a full-time English teacher. I'm just starting to learn Japanese myself because I want to take a long vacation there next year; if only I wasn't too old for the JET program I could get there on a budget. I envy you! To become qualified you will have to study Japanese for about 4 years, but the JET program is designed for teens so I think it's your best opportunity. Get in touch with them and you'll soon be on your way to experiencing life in Japan; you won't get another chance like it so go ahead. :-) If you want to live in Japan, learning Japanese is definitely the way to go; Japan is the most expensive place to live in the world and they don't grant residence easily,but as an English teacher you would have a valuable skill and earn a good living. Four years sounds like a long time when you're a kid but I really think you should go for it.
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no I dont think so have fun with your life! WOMAN
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It would be much more productive and useful if you asked this this question on http://www.eslcafe.com/ - one of the largest and most comprehensive overseas teaching sites. It has a job forum, teachers' forums, lessons....the other very useful website is http://www.transitionsabroad.com/ PS - on the eslcafe website, you will have direct contact with hundreds of teachers already there and they can give you current and useful information. Good Luck
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it's amazing. it's like a whole new world! everyone is obsessed you, the guys (if you care about that stuff), are all in love with you, The technology is amazing, the food is awesome, fashion, tokyo, shopping, cooking, it's just amazing! the one flaw is their music. bring your ipod
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