Archive for May, 2007

English language in Japan

Plainly put, Japanese people generally speak very little English - if any at all. People who’ve studied English language for four or five years have no problem with writing or reading, but find it extremely difficult to listen or talk in English [thanks to the largely inefficient method in which foreign languages are taught in […]


First week in Japan

There are three types of situations that you must go through
in the first week after you arrive in Japan: paperwork, placement tests, and
last but not least, getting to meet new - and usually cool - people.
PAPERWORK
There are a number of formalities which you have to go through once you
arrive in Japan: applying for an […]