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National Health Insurance for Foreigner in Japan

Posted on21. Feb, 2010 by James.

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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 on12. Feb, 2010 by James.

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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 on06. Feb, 2010 by James.

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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 on26. Dec, 2009 by James.

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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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Blog Migration and Couple of Updates

Posted on09. Dec, 2009 by James.

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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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Finding Apartment in Japan

Posted on24. Sep, 2009 by James.

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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.

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Kids Store in Osaka: Toysrus Yamada

Posted on22. Sep, 2009 by James.

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If you come to Japan with your family including your kids and want to stay for a long period of time, you may consider to bring some toys for your kids to play with. In my case, my two year old daughter can’t speak Japanese so she would have problems to socialize with friends of her age for the first time. So what i can do is to let her enjoy her time with some toys at home.

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A Little Words from Osaka

Posted on21. Sep, 2009 by James.

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It’s been a long time since my last post and now so many stories are waiting to be posted. During the last two months we’ve been doing great things and finally i can work on this blog again. There are some reasons behind why i haven’t post any stories again and one of them was because of my activities to manage my other blogs. And hey, i changed the theme of this blog so it looks more cool, isn’t it?