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	<title>Work in Japan</title>
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		<title>On Women&#8217;s Day, half of Japanese say a woman&#8217;s place is at home</title>
		<link>http://work.3yen.com/2010-03-08/on-womens-day-half-of-japanese-say-a-womans-place-is-at-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>3yen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is March 8, International Women&#8217;s Day. And on today of all days, I was more than a little surprised to see the results of this survey asking &#8216;Is a woman&#8217;s place in the home?&#8217;
Among developed nations, Japan&#8217;s survey result stand out with almost half of the respondents answering &#8216;yes&#8217;, a woman should stay at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Business Card Etiquette</title>
		<link>http://work.3yen.com/2010-03-01/japanese-business-card-etiquette/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>3yen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a great post over on learn2lingo.com about some important points of Japanese business card (meishi) etiquette:  

The card should look brand new and not be worn or dirty. A business card in bad condition is a sign of thoughtlessness and will make a very bad first impression. Many Japanese people will have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working in the game industry in Japan</title>
		<link>http://work.3yen.com/2010-02-24/working-in-the-game-industry-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>3yen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very often if you&#8217;re a frequent browser of job listings in Japan, you&#8217;ll come across a position in the gaming industry that just gives you goosebumps. It must be amazing to make a living helping to develop video games, and even more amazing to do so in the country that started it all. 
While there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In photos: Tea for CEOs in Japan</title>
		<link>http://work.3yen.com/2010-02-17/in-photos-tea-for-ceos-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>3yen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an amazing photo set from Jeremy Sutton Hibbert showing how tea is served to CEOs behind closed doors in company board rooms. While tea serving is an important tradition in Japan, this practice in business raises some interesting questions about the roles of women in the office, and what kind of expectations are placed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fastest Office Lady in Japan</title>
		<link>http://work.3yen.com/2009-11-23/the-fastest-office-lady/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>3yen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure working in an office can be quite tedious for some, especially if you have to do certain repetitive tasks like this particular lady does. Given the task of repeatedly stamping hundreds of papers, she rises to the challenge quite nicely.
This video is an old one, but is certainly worth republishing. I&#8217;ve never seen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing a Resume for Japan</title>
		<link>http://work.3yen.com/2009-10-16/resume-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>3yen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[rirekisho]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the jobs that you&#8217;ll apply for in Japan will require a resume in keeping with the international standard. If you&#8217;re applying for an English teaching job, be sure to highlight all relevant work experience, volunteer experience, education and certifications. Also be prepared to produce documents and certificates on demand. It&#8217;s always a good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Otsukare sama deshita &#8211; Leaving your company</title>
		<link>http://work.3yen.com/2006-09-23/otsukare-sama-deshita-leaving-your-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People usually only talk about the bad parts of working in a Japanese company. The hours, the hierarchy, and the intrusiveness of being part of a group. Ptyx was working in a design firm and he had his last day on Wednesday. His coworkers threw him a wakarekai, a &#8220;good bye&#8221; party:
Unless you’ve worked in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gender Issue continued</title>
		<link>http://work.3yen.com/2005-11-21/women-in-the-workforce/</link>
		<comments>http://work.3yen.com/2005-11-21/women-in-the-workforce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan, with its falling population, plans to toughen its gender equality laws, making it easier for women to resume working after having children. &#8220;The Health and Welfare Ministry will propose an amendment to the 1986 law that would ban employers from treating women unfavourably because they are pregnant or have young children. Employers would also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So, am I redundant, or what? Part I</title>
		<link>http://work.3yen.com/2005-11-13/so-emamem-i-redundant-or-what-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://work.3yen.com/2005-11-13/so-emamem-i-redundant-or-what-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2005 04:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our company has just been through a re-structuring, a Company Renaissance &#8212; seems our boss had a brainfart late one night. The office has been divided into &#8220;teams&#8221;, with the suits, sorry, salespeople renamed &#8220;Producers&#8221; and team members renamed &#8220;Team Leader&#8221;, &#8220;Meh&#8221; or &#8220;Assistant Newdude&#8221;, according to time served. This, after we were already comfortable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morning stretch</title>
		<link>http://work.3yen.com/2005-11-12/morning-stretch/</link>
		<comments>http://work.3yen.com/2005-11-12/morning-stretch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These guys are at it every morning the sun is out, perhaps inside when it&#8217;s not. Nothing like doing your morning exercises together to build team spirit while keeping fit &#8230;

I only wish I could give you the background music &#8212; they&#8217;re stretching to the theme of Rocky!
There is also this phenomenon, more common among [...]]]></description>
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