On this episode I'm speaking with Max, who is the author of the international bestseller Time Off: A Practical Guide to Building Your Rest Ethic and Finding Success Without the Stress. He lives in Japan and works as an AI researcher particularly in the fields of music and design, and is excited about how AI will shape the future of work and enhancing human empathy and creativity. 

Find out more about him and his book at maxfrenzel.com

Check out the video podcast on Spotify or our YouTube.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

On this episode I'm speaking with Sam about learning Japanese. He is the Marketing Director for Coto Academy, and we talk about his language learning journey and his advice on becoming fluent faster! 

Check out Coto Academy.

Check out the video podcast on Spotify or our YouTube.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

Check out the video podcast on Spotify or our YouTube.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

Some websites you can check out to support relief for Tohoku:

東北ライブハウス大作戦

(Tohoku Live House Daisakusen)

Sapporo

Klub Counter Action

Miyako

Klub Counter Action

Blue Resistance

Freaks

Slang

Miyako

Iwate

Orgs

Safecast

Atlantic Pacific

Blue Compass

Playground of Hope

Photohoku

Matt's Features about 3.11

Alma Mater Hobart & William Smith

Japan Times

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Medium

Soundcloud

Today I’m talking with Monica, who works as the Japan country manager of Influence Map generating useful and interesting climate change reports on businesses and policy here. We talked about Nuclear Energy, how Japanese companies respond to and lobby government about climate guidance, and education about climate change and things we can do to help if we want while living in Japan. I hope you find this conversation as useful as I did.

Learn more at Influence Map: https://influencemap.org/

Check out the video podcast on Spotify or our YouTube.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

On this episode I'm speaking with my friend Misha, who left Japan, but came back again after starting his online coaching platform business called Carrus. We dig into burnout and hustle culture, meditation and self-improvement, and how hard it really is to get a job at big tech companies in Japan. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Check out https://www.carrus.io/ and Misha's Substack at https://mishayurchenko.substack.com/about

Other things we mentioned:

Brene Brown's book Atlas of the Heart - https://amzn.to/3putNTD

Gabor Mate Lecture about Trauma and Healing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3WzMpjtkrs

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:23 Leaving Japan and Coming Back

05:05 Being Effective When Working For Yourself

09:12 Which Thinkers Helped You Avoid Burnout?

13:14 Why Do People Get Cancer?

17:39 Why Trying Too Hard Can Be a Problem

20:18 Starting Carrus

26:15 What is the Amazon Interview REALLY Like?

29:55 Is It Hard To Run A Business From Japan?

37:12 Outro

Check out the video podcast on Spotify or our YouTube.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

On this episode I'm doing something a bit different, and sharing some of the lessons I have learned from our most popular guests.

Timestamps (check your podcast player or the YouTube show for links):

00:00 Intro

00:29 Immerse Yourself in Japanese

02:59 Starting a School

04:01 Love and Respect Are Everything

04:52 Exploit the Talent Gap

06:55 Save Money on your Apartment

11:23 Presentation Zen

15:00 Learning Japanese is About Mindset

16:51 Don't Start a School With Your Spouse

19:10 Preparation Builds Confidence

20:53 Outro

Check out the video podcast on Spotify or our YouTube.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

#InsideJapan #Episode177

On this episode I'm speaking with my boss at JIJ, Peter Lackner, the man behind the curtain at Jobs in Japan. We go into when Japan’s job market for foreigners will normalise, how you can stand out with a video interview especially if you’re a non-native speaker of English, and some basic rules about visas that surprisingly few foreigners are aware of. I hope you enjoy the conversation and please consider giving us a rating on iTunes if you are enjoying Inside Japan.

Check out the video podcast on Spotify or our YouTube.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

On this episode I spoke with Jojo, an English teacher turn photographer in Japan whose photos really inspired me in my own photography. We talk about starting out in a creative career in Japan, how inspiration can come from anywhere once you’ve decided to do creative work, and how connections turn into paying clients. I hope you enjoy this conversation.

Check out Jojo's work at @jojo.photo.productions on Instagram.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

#InsideJapan #Episode 175

On this episode I'm speaking with Pio, who is a partner at House Tokyo, a new all-service fashion design studio in Tokyo. I love her story because it shows that no matter where you come from, if you start with a humble attitude and a willingness to learn, you can build something really awesome in Japan. I hope you enjoy this conversation.

Check out https://house.tokyo and @house.tokyo on Instagram.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:01 Why did you join House Tokyo?

02:07 How did House Tokyo start?

03:45 Were there any difficult regulation barriers?

05:12 What's your background and why Japan?

06:03 What's unique about Japan fashion?

07:10 What surprised you starting House?

08:34 What has gone into starting House?

09:30 Was it hard to make a factory?

10:40 How did you get the money together?

11:58 What do you attribute your success to?

13:24 How do you convince people to work with you?

14:29 What advice would you give to entrepreneurs in Japan?

Check out the audio version on iTunes, Android, or Spotify. Please SUBSCRIBE on your favourite listening platform.

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inside-japan-podcast/id983335320

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0qMWLgXvNCKvYFGho65qwn

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/inside-japan-podcast

This show is proudly sponsored by JobsinJapan.com!

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to https://jobsinjapan.com.

#InsideJapan #Episode174

I talked to Pablo Riveros, Director founder CEO of Tsunagaru Edutech to understand the state of technology in schools in Japan, how to help teachers to use it, and whether AI is coming for teacher’s jobs. I hope you like this conversation and if you do, please share it with a friend.

Check out: https://www.tsunagaru-edutech.com/

Check out the video podcast on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/pFxJkQizkPM

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

On this episode I'm speaking with Adam Kardos, Owner of English Access who created a fun interactive game that helps children to learn English. We talk about the failures of the grammar translation method, how kids actually learn languages and Adam’s audacious goal of taking rote learning out of the classroom, to free up teachers to meaningfully connect the dots with their students. 

Check out Gamerize Dictionary: https://gamerize-dictionary.com/en/

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.