The Inside Japan Podcast Charlie Moritz

On this episode I'm speaking with Max, who is the author of the international bestseller Time Off: A Practical Guide to Building Your Rest Ethic and Finding Success Without the Stress. He lives in Japan and works as an AI researcher particularly in the fields of music and design, and is excited about how AI will shape the future of work and enhancing human empathy and creativity. 

Find out more about him and his book at maxfrenzel.com



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For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

On this episode I'm speaking with Sam about learning Japanese. He is the Marketing Director for Coto Academy, and we talk about his language learning journey and his advice on becoming fluent faster! 

Check out Coto Academy.

Check out the video podcast on Spotify or our YouTube.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

Check out the video podcast on Spotify or our YouTube.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.



Some websites you can check out to support relief for Tohoku:

東北ライブハウス大作戦

(Tohoku Live House Daisakusen)

Sapporo

Klub Counter Action

Miyako

Klub Counter Action

Blue Resistance

Freaks

Slang

Miyako

Iwate



Orgs

Safecast

Atlantic Pacific

Blue Compass

Playground of Hope

Photohoku



Matt's Features about 3.11

Alma Mater Hobart & William Smith

Japan Times

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Medium

Soundcloud

Today I’m talking with Monica, who works as the Japan country manager of Influence Map generating useful and interesting climate change reports on businesses and policy here. We talked about Nuclear Energy, how Japanese companies respond to and lobby government about climate guidance, and education about climate change and things we can do to help if we want while living in Japan. I hope you find this conversation as useful as I did.

Learn more at Influence Map: https://influencemap.org/

Check out the video podcast on Spotify or our YouTube.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

On this episode I'm speaking with my friend Misha, who left Japan, but came back again after starting his online coaching platform business called Carrus. We dig into burnout and hustle culture, meditation and self-improvement, and how hard it really is to get a job at big tech companies in Japan. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Check out https://www.carrus.io/ and Misha's Substack at https://mishayurchenko.substack.com/about

Other things we mentioned:

Brene Brown's book Atlas of the Heart - https://amzn.to/3putNTD

Gabor Mate Lecture about Trauma and Healing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3WzMpjtkrs



Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:23 Leaving Japan and Coming Back

05:05 Being Effective When Working For Yourself

09:12 Which Thinkers Helped You Avoid Burnout?

13:14 Why Do People Get Cancer?

17:39 Why Trying Too Hard Can Be a Problem

20:18 Starting Carrus

26:15 What is the Amazon Interview REALLY Like?

29:55 Is It Hard To Run A Business From Japan?

37:12 Outro



Check out the video podcast on Spotify or our YouTube.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

On this episode I'm doing something a bit different, and sharing some of the lessons I have learned from our most popular guests.

Timestamps (check your podcast player or the YouTube show for links):

00:00 Intro

00:29 Immerse Yourself in Japanese

02:59 Starting a School

04:01 Love and Respect Are Everything

04:52 Exploit the Talent Gap

06:55 Save Money on your Apartment

11:23 Presentation Zen

15:00 Learning Japanese is About Mindset

16:51 Don't Start a School With Your Spouse

19:10 Preparation Builds Confidence

20:53 Outro

Check out the video podcast on Spotify or our YouTube.

For the best place on the internet to find your next job in Japan, go to JobsinJapan.com.

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