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Alycia I am also based in Tokyo...

2 weeks ago from Japan

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Alycia: In my free time I travel, but by day I am an actuary.
What do you do?
2 weeks ago

Michael Wessel: That sounds like quite a job. Right now I am an international marketer who specializes in social media as well as a graphic designer. Soon ...MoreThat sounds like quite a job. Right now I am an international marketer who specializes in social media as well as a graphic designer. Soon though I will be a road scholar and photographer.
2 weeks ago

Matt Waight So how many of the Group are based in Japan?? I'm based Tokyo..

2 weeks ago from Japan

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Matt Waight: Well if your industry was in IT Consulting - then yes the sales team would be classed as Professional Services, however if your Industry is ...MoreWell if your industry was in IT Consulting - then yes the sales team would be classed as Professional Services, however if your Industry is Automotive Industry - then the sales team would still work within Automotive. It all comes down to the classifications. I specialize in Executive Management and HR Data Management.
2 weeks ago

Michael Wessel: There's the answer I was waiting for. I'm guessing you've been in-country for a while now.
2 weeks ago

Emiel van den Boomen Everything related to Japan, that's a lot...you should check out www.TokyoTopia.com. Tell me what you think of it.

29 weeks ago from Japan

Michael Wessel: Wow, great site Emiel. I'm a member couchsurfing.com and I will definitely recommend it to the people I know.
16 weeks ago

Emiel van den Boomen: Thanks Michael. My friend Honor Dargan built it from scratch. Your couchsurfing site looks great!
16 weeks ago

Michael Wessel If anyone is interesting in info on Kyoto and where to go when visiting let me know. Been living here for about five years now.

16 weeks ago from Japan

Eric Another good one is www.japanesepod101.com. Some content is free, you can create an account for free, ...MoreAnother good one is www.japanesepod101.com. Some content is free, you can create an account for free, and there are various levels - beginner, intermediate, and advanced (you pay for beyond beginner level). I'm convinced that bombarding myself with Japanese every day will get me the familiarity I'm seeking with the language.

18 weeks ago from Japan

Kellie Packwood Also, did anyone see that MIT opencourseware
had a Japanese linguistics course? I bought
the book for it, but never got around to finishing
it.

18 weeks ago from Japan

Kellie Packwood I bought some kanji cards from Tuttle; I liked their Chinese
ones. Kanji are so difficult to remember, so sheer dumb persistence
is all I have!

18 weeks ago from Japan

Eric I've been using Kanji cards. I ordered them from White Rabbit Press: MoreI've been using Kanji cards. I ordered them from White Rabbit Press: http://www.whiterabbitpress.com/. The tough part is that the characters aren't just the simple ones; they show words using those Kanji, and those are often complicated ones. But I've found that working on them every day is definitely worthwhile.

18 weeks ago from Japan

Kellie Packwood I'm learning Japanese through books, but I also use livemocha.com. Maybe we can make a compendium of good learning sources?

19 weeks ago from Japan

Eric Just started reading Japanese - Verbs and Essential Grammar 2nd ed. by Rita L. Lampkin. Anyone read it? Anyone learning Japanese here?

26 weeks ago from Japan

Eric www.alljapaneseallthetime.com. He became fluent in a year and a half. Anyone know how ...Morewww.alljapaneseallthetime.com. He became fluent in a year and a half. Anyone know how mnemosyne works? That's the key.

28 weeks ago from Japan