Asian Boss went to the streets of Tokyo to interview people from Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, who moved to Japan to become convenience store staffers, fast food employees, farm workers, translators, and blue collar workers.
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Sep 9, 2019
What is it like to be a foreign worker in Tokyo?
Officials honor hero cat who saved an old man trapped in a canal
Koko, a cat living in the Japanese city of Toyoma, was honored by local officials after alerting rescuers to an elderly man who had fallen supine into an irrigation canal. Via Japan Times: On June 16, a 77-year-old woman taking a walk around 7:30 p.m. found Koko, a female cat who belongs to a neighbor, […]
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Teardown of iconic Sony TR-63 transistor radio from 1957
I’m reading Matt Alt’s fantastic new book, Pure Invention: How Japan’s Pop Culture Conquered the World. Early on in the book, he points to Sony’s TR-63 transistor radio (introduced in 1957) as the beginning of Japan’s gargantuan influence on the world through consumer electronics, toys, entertainment, and other aspects of popular culture. I was curious […]
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Watch: "Godspeed You! Black Emperor," a short 1976 documentary about a Japanese motorcycle youth subculture
In the 1970s, a youth subculture of anti-establishment motorcycle clubs emerged in Japan called bōsōzoku that’s still raging to this day, albeit in smaller numbers. Mitsuo Yanagimachi’s short 16mm documentary “God Speed You! Black Emperor” is a fascinating and fun look into this tribe through the story of a member of the Black Emperors club. […]
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Luminar 4 uses AI to help you turn all your photos into masterpieces
For all their power and capabilities, image editing software isn’t like sitting down to play a video game. You aren’t there to have fun. You’re likely looking to make a few minor tweaks to an image to make it ready to be shared, then you move on with satisfaction in a job well done. If […]
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You can get a Philips Momentum 43-inch LED 4K monitor for about $500
This is truly a golden age for fans of a big ginormous TV screen. Not too long ago, to buy a television over 40 inches usually meant wheeling one of those massive Mitsubishi or Toshiba projection monoliths into your home, consuming a vast portion of any room at a cost of potentially $7,000 to $8,000. […]
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This training package will have you using all of Microsoft Office like a boss
Nearly 30 years after it started its run as the most dominant productivity software ever created, the Microsoft Office suite of programs are now virtually synonymous with personal computing. From its days bundled with Windows to its current life as Office 365 cloud-based apps, there’s no reason to think perennial hits like Word, Excel and […]
