Tuesday, June 21, 2011

I want to go live in Japan for a while

I want to go live in Japan for a while?
Hi, Im thinking of moving to japan for a while. What sort of route will you need to follow to go live there and work there for a few years?
Japan - 3 Answers
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You would have to get a job.This requires a four year degree and a job offer before you get there. If you're an American,you can stay up to 90 days on a visitor visa.This can be renewed once in a 12 month period.You have to leave the country to renew it. You could go to college there,but that would take a large amount of money.
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This is your lucky day, because it just so happens that I have been researching everything on this subject for sometime now. I am Canadian but Canadian and American visa rules are about the same. As an American you can stay in Japan on a Travel Visa for 3 months or 90 days. You wont be able to work as you are just on a travel visa. Unless you have a 4 year College or University degree and a skill a Japanese does not preform as well as you, you can't get any other sort of Visa. As a foreigner you can rent a Guest house or a Tokyo apartment for on average $1000 - $1100. These places are fully furnished with everything in a Standard Japanese apartment. www.sakura-house.com It costs more for food if you always eat out. You can buy groceries at the grocery store and it will only cost you about $500-$600/month to feed yourself. Plus your entertainment for a month which I don't know how much you want to spend a month. Lets say $800/month for entertainment. So every month you will spend approximately $2400 for your entertainment, shelter, and food. You will need to enter the country with at least that much money for each of the up to 3 months you can stay. So for example if you want to stay in Tokyo for 2 months you will need to enter the country with at least $4800 - $5000, and you need your departure ticket as well(which you can purchase with your ticket to Japan) but for the pair of tickets it will run you about $1000. So to recap it is $6000 minimum to go and stay 2 months in Tokyo, Japan. (All done in American dollars.)
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You usually need working or student visa to live in Japan. For working visa, you have to get a job offer from a Japanese company. But you can't look for a job in Japan without a visa. So you need it before you enter Japan. For student visa, you have to be admitted to a Japanese college. You need to pay tuition and living cost for 4 years. It could be about $80,000.

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

How can I immigrate to JAPAN...I want to live in japan thus what do I have to do for it

How can I immigrate to JAPAN...I want to live in japan thus what do I have to do for it???
is there any japanes that could tell me how I could get a job in Japan and live in Japan.
Immigration - 2 Answers
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First you must learn to cook japanese food! Then you must buy a plane ticket to Japan. Once in Japan look for a man by the name of Kyoshi and he will be your guide! Kyoshi will help you find a job and a small cot to sleep on!
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The link I gave as a source will get you started it explains in detail of what you need.... (visa etc.) "Entering Japan As of November 20, 2007, all foreigners, including foreign residents, get fingerprinted and photographed upon entering Japan as a measure aimed at preventing terrorism. People refusing to cooperate are not granted entry into the country. " "There are about a dozen types of working visas, each allowing the holder to engage in paid activities only within a defined professional field, e.g. as an engineer, instructor or entertainer. A job offer in Japan is required to successfully apply for most types of working visas." Now if you are truly serious about going and living there, I have a few suggestions for you. 1. Try to learn as much of the language before you go. 2. Customs and culture..... example: in Japan it is considered rude to blow on your food, slurping your ramen is the correct way. (attitudes with the younger generation is changing on this....) 3. Prepare yourself for a shock concerning the price of rent, utilities, products, FOOD. Even driving/ owning a car in Japan is totally outrageous. 4. Once there do NOT let your visa expire.... Japan is quite strict with illegals. Go to the link Japan guide.... they have good information and More Links to get you started. Good Luck

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I write comic scripts and would like to live in japan. whats the best way to go about this

I write comic scripts and would like to live in japan. whats the best way to go about this?
I've written many scripts for comic books(nothing published) and I love doing it but I'd think I'd be happier doing Mangas and such. I just don't know how to go about doing this. HELP!
Japan - 4 Answers
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Get a four year degree.Learning how to speak, read & write Japanese will help.Then realize work from an unknown gaijin will never be accepted. There's thousands of other wannabe writers already living in Japan. Sorry to be so harsh, but it's the truth...
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Honestly, the best way would be to get a job doing something else (such as teach English), and do the scripts on the side. Unless you've established your writing skills (in Japanese, of course), then you will not make a living writing comic book scripts in Japan. And it'll be really difficult to get a job regardless, there are literally tens of thousands of aspiring comic book writers in Japan, and many of them are self-published.
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There are some international manga contests in Japan. http://e-morning.jp/mimc/ Apply for them and win. It would change something.
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If you haven't gotten the scrutiny of a public audience and gone through the pressures of a regular deadline, you may not have trained yourself to have the mettle to be a pro writer yet. The way you get first published in Japan is no different regardless of whether you live in Japan. You solicit your (completed) script to a publisher. If they like it, they will publish it. But keep in mind that manga artists in Japan are expected to write their own story. As a script writer, your story has to be exceptionally good so that the editor thinks it's better than having a manga artist write their own story. Now, there is a slight issue with language. Simply put, manga doesn't get published in Japan if it's not in Japanese. There are several ways to get around that. Some publishers are interested in finding non-Japanese manga talent, so they are willing to translate non-Japanese works (they might dock the translation cost from your pay, though). You have no control over the translation, so anything that's lost in translation is lost, and your editor may never get it either if they don't read English. You could have someone translate your script and submit that. However, you'll be competing at the the same level as the thousands of over aspiring manga writers, and it's likely you are no match against them when they've grown up reading manga all their life. Or you could write your script in Japanese from scratch. Your Japanese probably isn't at a publishable level, so this is inadvisable. The Japanese manga publisher with a fairly consistent history of publishing non-Japanese manga writers is Kodansha, so it's best to first solicit to them. If you've never solicited manuscript to a publisher and never gotten rejection, you will learn what it means to persevere against repeated discouragement. Now, suppose an editor at Kodansha likes your work, and you get published. Almost all non-Japanese manga writers who have gotten published in Japan still live in their home countries. Manga artists and writers are not employees of an publisher, so there is no work visa coming from them to let you live in Japan. If you become self-sufficient as a published manga writer, you could get an artist visa and live in Japan. That's a choice you could make, but it's not something you can get by default.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

I live in Japan and humidity is horrible. How do I keep makeup off the white collar of my dress shirts

I live in Japan and humidity is horrible. How do I keep makeup off the white collar of my dress shirts?
I have to wear a suit to work with a white dress shirt. I always end up with makeup on my collar when I get to work. It looks so unprofessional. Please help!!
Makeup - 11 Answers
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Try using stay on make up !!!
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Maybe you should buy waterproof make-up.
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have you tried spraying them with scotch guard
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I have done a makeup course and we find the best way to keep it on n off the clothes is to apply concealer then powder then a liquid then a little more pwoder i realy hope this works
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Good question to ask the Make-Up Manufacturers! They might just have a solution for you on one of their websites!!!
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Waterproof Make Up
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Hi Marlene - this can be a real problem and I don't think there is a total solution except of course, not wearing make-up. However, these tips may help. Choose an 'all-in-one' make-up - I use Revlon New Complexion 'Even Out' which is really light to use, is oil-free and has an SP20 sun protection factor. If you get a tone very close to your skin, then you should be able to fade out without getting it down your neck. The trick is not to get a colour 'edge' round the edge of your face - use as little as possible, apply a little at a time and just gently smooth it past there and fade out - it takes a bit of practice but isn't really difficult. Another thing to remember is to cleanse your face, tone and then moisturise with an oil-free moisturiser - at least 30 minutes before you put on your make-up. This gives you a fresh but dry skin surface so the make-up stays put better. After you have applied your base make-up, leave for about 2 minutes for it to 'set' on your skin, then blot very carefully with a clean tissue - this will make sure any surplus is removed. At this stage you could apply a very light dusting of loose face powder as an extra 'fixer' but if it is very warm and the humidity very high then it could make things worse - this is a case when 'less is more' There are some waterproof make-ups and foundations around but they were mostly designed to cover scar tissue etc and are rather heavy and difficult to use. There is, however,Clinique's Almost Make-up, a cross between a tinted moisturiser and a foundation that has light coverage with an SPF15, and a pretty good range of five shades. Clinique also has a water-resistant foundation called Superfit Make-up, which is sweat-proof and offers a bit more cover, but it probably won't withstand a good drenching! These might help if you can get them - I don't know what brands you can get over there. I live in Yorkshire in the UK which can get pretty wet - it's teeming with rain today! - but we don't get really dreadful humidity very often. I got the information about the waterproof make-up off the web but the other advice is the way I was taught to apply make-up professionally to avoid things getting messy during quick changes for fashion modelling. Anyway, I hope I helped - good luck - Pat.
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USE BAREMINERALS ITS REALLY GOOD I LIVE JUST BY U A SMALL ISLAND AROUND THIER AND ITS HUMMID SO BAREMINERALS IS ALL I USE
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Use Revlon Colorstay Make up (it is oil free) or Loreal Infalliable Make up (although I think Loreal is not oil free). They do not normally come off easily. I used to live in Japan too (Iwakuni, kind of near Miyajima and Hiroshima) so I know exactly what you are talking about. Don't forget your powder either! Use an oil free one, Cover Girl (in the green compact, I forget what the exact name of it is) works great and is cheap. I try expensive ones and always return to it. If you can get on a US military base they always have American cosmetic brands for about the same price you would pay in the US.
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Dear Marlene, I am fifty six years old and have been wearing makeup for years I am also a professional artist (a painter). I think my being an artist has an effect on my ability to handle makeup Makeup application is really just another form of painting. So - here are a few tips that may help solve your problem. After you cleanse your face and apply you moisturizer let the moisturizer 'set' (wait to put on your foundation) for 2 minutes - By letting the moisturizer set the foundation will be able to 'grab' onto your skin when you apply it. Now proceed to apply your foundation. When you apply foundation you should use a sponge. Using a sponge will let you achieve a sleek and even application of foundation I find triangular, wedge-shaped sponges work very well. If you use a liquid foundation put dots of foundation the size of a dime on the following places: middle of your nose center of each cheek forehead chin Starting at the nose and using DOWNWARD strokes sponge the foundation down over your face (with the exception of your forehead where you can spread it upward in a 'fan' type of stroke). The reason that you sponge the makeup DOWNWARDS with your sponge is that you don't want to get makeup 'jammed' up into your pores like you would with an upward strokes (pores jammed full of makeup look cakey and ugly). NOW - when you use the sponge it should be easy to spread the makup out over your cheeks in a thinner and thinner film . 'fading out' when it reaches your chin line. You never want to have a layer of makeup at your chin line - That type of make-up application is 'mask-like' and therefore very dated. At this point If you have blemishes that you need to cover ( I sometimes do even at the age of 56) then what you do is as follows: After you have applied your foundation then take your concealer and putting a SMALL dot on your RING finger (believe it or not your 'ring' finger has more 'control') and proceed to gently pat it onto the blemish. After this take a ROUND sponge and apply powder to set the foundation by PRESSING IT ONTO YOUR FACE. DON'T SWEEP OR 'DRAG' THE ROUND SPONGE - PULLING WITH THE ROUND SPONGE WILL TURN FOUNDATION , CONCELER AND POWDER INTO A CAKEY MESS. After this appliction of foundation and powder you can then apply your blush ,etc. The purpose of foundation is to 'even out' skin tones - foundation is NOT supposed to be a mask - SO - to get a foundation that will truely do the job of evening your skin out while not looking 'mask-like' you need to go to a GOOD cosmetic counter. Go there with no makeup on and have the sales woman find a good foundation 'match' for you . Here is the 'tried and true' test of a good foundation 'color-match' : It is when a stripe of foundation is applied to the lower side of your cheek and the foundation then will not be able to be seen. Believe me, if it is a good match it is just amazing how the foundation will seem to just fade into the skin of your cheek. Another important point about sponges is CLEANLINESS - I wash my makup sponge after each use. I hope all of this information helps a bit . I think the BIG thing to remember is to 'FADE' your makeup as it approaches your chin line. Since you are in Japan why don't you look into Shiseido skin care and cosmetics ? I use them here in the states and I think they are just amazing and of course they are from Japan I wish you the very best, Kharma doll
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Do you set your foundation with powder , or tried using a cream to powder?? If you would like some samples please stop by www.marykay.com/kfrench2006 and email and let me know what you'd like to try!!

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