Working in Japan: Books about working and living in Japan

Here are some must read books and magazines about working and living in Japan

Successful business woman Caroline Pover, knows all about working in Japan. She wrote a book for women entitled:"Being a Broad in Japan: Everything a Western Woman needs to survive and thrive" (2001)

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This book covers everything you can imagine about living and working in Japan. Not only a good book for women, but a great book for men living here too. Of value are the lists of resources including addresses and phone numbers of doctors and other necessary contacts in Japan.

M. Enman Maruyama, L. Picon Shimizu, and N. Smith Tsurumaki,Japan Health Handbook

Covers your concerns about the health of you and your loved ones in Japan. Includes contact numbers and addresses of doctors,and hospitals some of which understand English.

David L. McConnell, Importing Diversity: Inside Japan's JET Program (2000)

A comprehensive take on the JET program.

Bruce Feiler, Learning to Bow: An American Teacher in a Japanese School (1991), later published as Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan

It is an interesting book. It gives you one man`s personal account of working within a Japanese school.

Benjamin Hesse, Memoirs of a Gaijin (2007)

Louise Southerden, Japan a working holiday guide

The working holiday visa is the best visa to come to Japan on if your country offers it. This guide, much like our site, covers everything you need to know about living and working in Japan.

Japan Times, Your Life in Tokyo Volumes 1 & 2

Is a bilingual book in English and Japanese. It covers everything you are likely to need in you choose to live in Tokyo and environs.

Susan Griffith, Teaching English Abroad

Covers not only Japan but many countries. Good for a broad viewof teaching abroad. Not as in depth about teaching in Japan as some other titles.Magazines about working and living in Japan

The Language Teacher

Is published by JALT an association you should join. Has manyarticles each issue about teaching English.

JALT Journal

Published by JALT as the name would suggest. Full of articlesabout teaching.

Metropolis Magazine

Claims to be Japan`s No 1 English magazine. It started asTokyo classifieds and it is still full of many classified adsas well as articles about what is happening in Tokyo, andarticles about other aspects of Japan including the latestvideo games or electronic gadgets. Free.

Japan Zine Magazine

Covers what`s going on in Nagoya, Kansai and TokyoIt has jobs and classifieds too. Plus it is free.

Canadian Residents Abroad

Is an E-magazine covering issues pertinent to Canucks livingoverseas. It is free and well worth the price!http://www.cramagazine.com/

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