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National Health Insurance for Foreigner in Japan

Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 by James.

One of the most important thing you need to concern when you live in Japan especially with family is the Health Insurance. If everything is fine you probably don’t see any urgency why you should have it. But you can’t expect to always live in a perfect condition. And considering the expensive cost of medical treatments in Japan you better registered for the National Heal Insurance. This is applied for foreigner who granted a period of stay in Japan for one year or more.

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Japan Alien Registration at a Glance

Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by James.

According to Japan Immigration Regulation, foreigner staying more than 90 days must register at the city hall of residence within 90 days upon their arrival in Japan including family members under 16 years old. Besides you also must register for new born baby within 60 days after the date of birth. This process is also known as Alien Registration.

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10 Important Things To Do to Start Living in Japan

Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by James.

Back to couple of months ago when i came to Japan for the first time. I think the first 3 months was the hardest period to start living in Japan. I was lucky since my wife came to Japan first and my daughter and i came 1 month after so at least couple of things are already been prepared before we came. Besides, my wife also speaks Japanese so we didn’t have any communication problems with Japanese people here.

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Singing With the Christmas Choir at the Osaka International Church

Posted on 26. Dec, 2009 by James.

The Christmas 2009 is over but the memory of the Christmas will be lasting. And one of the most beautiful moment of the Christmas for this year is when we sang with the Christmas Choir at the OIC Christmas Eve Celebration. I never thought we could sing in a choir like this again after we moved from Indonesia. But God heard our pray and gave us a chance to serve Him again through a choir.

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Hunting the Momiji at Arashiyama

Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by James.

This is my first post after couple of weeks and this time i’ll write about Momiji. I remember few weeks ago when i posted a status update on my Facebook about Momiji, then one of my Indonesian friend asked me what Momiji is? Then when i posted some pictures about Momiji on my Facebook, my sister asked me what kind of tree that is, looks like Maple in FarmVille. Yeah, that’s right. So i guess Momiji is not so popular like what i thought before.

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Blog Migration and Couple of Updates

Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by James.

And finally i decided to stop my “Internet Marketing blog” and switch the blog to become the journal of my personal living experience in Japan. I used to write about these things on another domain. But now i have migrated all the contents to this domain and from now on will use this blog.

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Enjoying Breakfast at Mister Donut

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by James.

Lately we have a new special routine. Me, my wife and daughter spends every Saturday morning having breakfast at one of our favorite restaurant, Mister Donut. And last Saturday willl be our last breakfast at the Mister Donut Minoh since we’ll move to the new appartment this weekend. But hopefully we’ll find another Mister Donuts on our new place later.

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Finding Apartment in Japan

Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by James.

I came to Japan around two months after my wife. She stayed at the campus dormitory when the first time she arrived here. But since the room in there is not enough for three of us then we decided to find an apartment outside the dormitory. After couple of weeks then she finally found it. It’s an apartment with 2 living rooms, 1 dining room and 1 kitchen. In Japan they call it 2 LDK where LDK stands for Living Dining Kitchen. It cost ¥65,000 per month just for the rent.