Autumn is the month of food, culture and sports...and the deadline to complete the company annual medical examination. What's the annual medical examination, you say? Read my blog on my first annual medical examination back in 2020: https://nativeexpat.home.blog/2020/03/07/japanese-working-lifes-right-of-passage-annual-medical-examination/ I changed my job in at the start of the year and a health check is required … Continue reading Maintaining health in Japan
This week marked my first year of working in Japan! 🎉 Fortunately, 2 months after moving back to Japan, I was able to secure a full time job at a startup where my colleagues are from all over the world. Although my current workplace is much more relaxed and closer to the Australian working culture … Continue reading The differences between Japanese 🇯🇵 and Australian 🇦🇺 workplaces
I was going to post about last Monday's Emperor's birthday public holiday🎂(his birthday was February 23, his first birthday as an emperor), how we went to Aomori for skiing ⛷and a little bit about Aomori for today's post🍎.However, life in Japan cannot ignore the effect of coronavirus or COVID-19🦠. The last couple of weeks Since … Continue reading Pause life, coronavirus is here
Compared to Australians who switch their jobs every 2-3 years (or working on 6 months contract a time), I have an impression that Japanese stick to their job where you enter a company as a graduate and (if you're a man) stick around until you receive your golden watch on the way out to retirement. … Continue reading Japanese mentality to work and yet another public holiday
It feels long and it feels short to have lived in Tokyo for five months now. Reflecting on my last 2-5 months of my time in Japan so far after living in Australia for 19 years (more on that in About Me section) by revisiting my 2 months, 1 month and 1-week posts, here are … Continue reading Discoveries made by living in Tokyo for 5 months
This week marks my first week of working in Japan! Working in a startup scene, my job isn’t a traditional Japanese company but the company was established in Japan, for Japanese consumers and many Japanese clock in and out every day (although 22 different nationalities work together). Also, my New Zealander husband works for a … Continue reading Working in Japan
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