"Living in the countryside of the Chiba Prefecture is quite different than Tokyo. Things are a lot cheaper out here. The ...

Teaching English is a popular and relatively easy way for English speakers to move to Japan and many other countries. However, not just any native English speaker is qualified to teach English. Japan ...

I spent a year teaching English in Japan. The experience was thrilling and a total culture shock. Living in Japan as an American is a 24-hour immersive learning experience. I returned to the US for my ...

When the earthquake cut communication links, a former Vancouver resident who is teaching English in Japan needed to find out what was going on. Joshua Wheeler called home to Vancouver. There has been ...

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Gabriel Rebeck at the Sumiyoshi Shrine in Fukuoka, Japan. Rebeck spent three years teaching English in Japan. Leah Hoelscher holds a lotus lantern she made at a Buddha's birthday celebration in May ...

I am a guide in north Japan, certified international sake sommelier, and WMA certified Wilderness First Responder. Most of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer, multi-media journalist focused on the environment. “We didn’t know what to expect [when we arrived in China to teach ...

BIG IN JAPAN: ALC Press, a Japanese provider of e-learning materials, language textbooks and English-training services, has purchased the OKpanda Live service of New York-based OKpanda. Financial ...

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Ani Palmo Rybicki, top left, director of Songsten Gampo Buddhist Center of Cleveland, leads a meditation session before beginning the evening class called Turning Confusion into Clarity - A Guide to ...