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		<title>Immigration Information Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese Ministry of Justice&#8217;s Immigration Information Center is the best place to call for all immigration related issues. It&#8217;s located in Tokyo inside the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau, but you can call them from anywhere in Japan (or, presumably, from outside Japan). The staff there speak a variety of foreign languages. Their phone number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dependent Visa</title>
		<link>http://thunderguy.com/japan/work-in-japan/work-visa/dependent-visa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2005 05:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been some discussion in the Visa eligibility section about whether you are allowed to work if you have a dependent visa. The answer is that you can, but only if you apply for permission and get a work permit. It&#8217;s a bit confusing, because the Ministry of Foreign Affaris website (under Types and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re in Tokyo, you will be dealing with the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau office. This is place you go to pick up and deliver forms and get those all-important stamps in your passport. Unfortunately it&#8217;s in Shinagawa, not near the station, which is very inconvenient unless you actually live nearby. The Immigration Information Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embassies</title>
		<link>http://thunderguy.com/japan/work-in-japan/immigration-resources/embassies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your first point of contact regarding Japanese visa eligibility is your local Japanese embassy. If you are already in Japan, you may want to contact your home country&#8217;s embassy. There are official lists for both of these. These are the places you need to contact for official information about your Japanese work visa and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CODE-J</title>
		<link>http://thunderguy.com/japan/work-in-japan/job-resources/code-j/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2004 09:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Content Developers of Japan (CODE-J) is a more technical group than the Tokyo PC Users&#8217; Group, focused on software development. They have a mailing list; the member are mostly people who are working in software development in Japan. Here&#8217;s their mission statement: To provide a forum, both online and off-line, where content creators (professional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo PC Users Group</title>
		<link>http://thunderguy.com/japan/work-in-japan/job-resources/tokyo-pc-users-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2004 09:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tokyo PC Users Group say they are Tokyo&#8217;s biggest English-speaking computer group,, &#8220;a club for technology enthusiasts of all sorts, from beginners to seasoned pros.&#8221; They have regular monthly meetings, have a website and run their own newsgroups. From the website: TPC members benefit from networking with like minded folks. The club meets to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General job information</title>
		<link>http://thunderguy.com/japan/work-in-japan/job-resources/general-job-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2004 09:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of sites provide generally useful information about working and living in Japan. These will help you get a good feel for what it&#8217;s like to be living and working in Japan, or looking for work. Here are a few such websites that I found helpful. It&#8217;s worth reading them regularly for a while so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job portals</title>
		<link>http://thunderguy.com/japan/work-in-japan/job-resources/job-portals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2004 09:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are quite a few websites that act as clearinghouses of job advertisements. These are very useful in providing a quick overview of the kinds of job available. Some of them provide other useful information too. All of them are worth looking at &#8212; be aware that some job ads will show up in more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministry of Foreign Affairs</title>
		<link>http://thunderguy.com/japan/work-in-japan/immigration-resources/ministry-of-foreign-affairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2004 09:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Visa section on the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs website has all the official information about Japanese immigration, visa requirements and so on. This includes entering Japan, applying for visas and other important topics for foreigners interesting in working in Japan. The website can sometimes be hard to figure out, because there is a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Job websites</title>
		<link>http://thunderguy.com/japan/work-in-japan/find-a-job/job-websites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2004 09:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Find a job]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of organisations specialising in recruiting for jobs in Japan. Here are some of the ones I have used. I have dealt with some of these companies personally &#8212; for example, I went to see Access in Sydney before I went to Japan. For most of them, my experience is limited to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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