Finding a good apartment or any apartment in Japan can be a real pain for foreigners.  Most apartments require a guarantor on the lease, basically someone to vouch for you.  Unfortunately, that often proves somewhat of a difficulty for us foreigners because no one wants to vouch for us hooligans :-(.  If you're lucky, your company will sign as your guarantor.  If you're unlucky (like me), they will not.  Below I present a few foreigner-friendly, no-guarantor-required housing options that have proved quite handy to yours truly.

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I recently started my own IT consulting business here in Japan, and needless to say it was quite a learning experience.  Hoping to relieve others from some of the tedium, I compiled an outline of the process along with some tips for starting your very own Japanese company.

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After getting laid-off from my IT job in the summer of 2009, I decided to sign up at Inagawa Motoko Office (aka "IMO") hoping to at least make some money while searching for a new IT job.  The full-time job market was in shambles at that time due to the "Lehman Shock," but I had heard that entertainment work was a readily-available work avenue for foreigners living in Japan.  Fearing I was facing an arduous and time-consuming job hunt, I hoped entertainment work could counterbalance my income blow, holding me over until I found something more stable.  Since my schedule was quite free, I was available for just about any work that came my way.

Read more: My Experience with Inagawa Motoko (IMO) Talent Agency

Many people ask me what makes Japanese girls so damn hot--a common topic among male expats and foreign tourists.  Here is my attempt at a scientific explanation of an otherwise perverted topic.

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