The recent foreign national acceptance launched last April 1, 2019 called the Specified Skill Worker is a system to accept foreign nationals that have a certain level of expertise and skill and can begin to work immediately in response to circumstances of serious labor shortages in Japan.     The “Specified Skilled Worker” visa has two

Dressed in a Joker costume, a 24 year old Japanese named Kyota Hattori carried out an attack inside a Keio Line train in Tokyo. According to police reports, Hattori confessed that he wanted to kill many people. He explained that he wants to be sentenced to death for the crime he has committed. Hattori further

Countless restrictions for restaurant dine-in guests were imposed during this pandemic era. Unfortunately, restaurants are suffering losses due to the strict regulations in order to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus across the world. Eureka! It was a light-bulb moment for the designers of Hoshinoya’s Tokyo Lantern Dinner. The goal is to provide a

There are about an estimated 8 million total houses left unoccupied in Tochigi, a prefecture North of Tokyo, Japan according to an article published by JapanInsides.com.   Last 2018, a survey done by Japan’s Housing and Land reported that around 8.49 million homes are lying vacant in Japan. These unoccupied houses are sold at very

Did you know that you can actually buy in Family Mart and Vendo using your Gcash in Japan? JP in Japan shares a video on Youtube on how to use your Gcash in any Family Mart or vendo in Japan. Also, the good news is that every time you use Gcash through AliPay, you’ll get

Did you know that Japan is the home of the 45 busiest train stations in the world? It’s actually 45 out of 51 busiest train stations are in Japan. Shinjuku Station has set the world record to be the number 1 busiest train station in the world. The majority of Japanese use the train as

The COVID-19 pandemic has been giving us heavy loads of anxiety since it started. With all the stress and worries on top of our heads right now, having a good night’s sleep seems to be very difficult nowadays.  So. in order to solve this problem, a company in Japan popular for its Goku no Kimochi

Japan has never failed to amaze us in terms of new technology especially in the field of robotics. This time, a Robotics company called OryLab Inc., with the goal to help persons with disabilities become employed and become part of society, created a project called Robot Cafe Dawn Version Beta 2.0.    The company set

The pandemic has given us a lot of reasons to just stay home to help in minimizing the spread of the virus. However, most transportation services have also leveled up their sanitation measures to ensure the safety of the public. Launched last summer of 2020, the newest overnight bus is called ReBorn Bus by Willer

In Japan, there are approximately half a million Japanese young men that have completely withdrawn from society and decided to lock themselves up in their bedrooms for years. They are known as Hikikomori.  What is Hikikomori? Hikikomori is defined as a form of severe social withdrawal. This has been frequently described in Japan and is