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How to Enjoy Eating During Inflation

Eating good food is one of the joys of living. Good food satisfies our appetite and makes us feel happy. Eating fine foods is a joy for many Japanese. Some Japanese go to Napoli to taste real Napoli pizza; others go to Okinawa to enjoy goya champuru (bitter gourd), a famous Okinawa cuisine.

How can we maintain the joy of eating easily when recent oil price surges have affected our spending and lifestyle? With only 1,000 yen in one’s pocket, there are still many ways of getting good food, satisfying our appetite, and making us feeling happy.

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August 16 2008 | Clothing, Food and Housing and Economy and Health Care and Life and Research and Technology and Weekly Articles | No Comments »

Temporary Employment

Our attention has been grabbed by the recent indiscriminate murder cases in Akihabara and Hachioji in Tokyo because the criminals were temporary staff.

Temporary Workers on the Increase
I know that there are many temporary workers, but I did not know how rapidly the number of temporary workers had increased over the past decade. According to the Statistics Bureau, the number of temporary workers was just 87,000 in 1987. That number reached 3.31 million in 2006. It can be said that ‘Haken’ (employing temporary staff) has become a common employment practice, taking over the traditional system of lifetime employment.

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August 09 2008 | Life and Weekly Articles | No Comments »

Where Can I find a Day Care Centre for My Child?

“I really want to work again, but all day care centres for children are full.” This is the dilemma that women face when they try to start work again after maternity breaks. “Isn’t it funny that day care centres are always full while the birth rate has been declining?” One young mom said.

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August 01 2008 | Life and Weekly Articles | 4 Comments »