Live Work Play Japan Podcast

Going freelance can be a very scary leap, but if you do it the possibility of doing work you enjoy and getting paid well for that work can go up drastically. For this podcast I sat down with Jennifer Piatkowski to talk about her recent move into freelance design after working as a graphic designer for years. She has some fantastic advice for taking the leap out of a stifling job th

Building a startup as a foreigner in Japan challenges you to be maximally effective and always look for the 10x return. Japan is a paradoxical place, where technology is very advanced in some areas, but completely behind the times in others. This is why there is so much room for startups to massively disrupt billion dollar (trillion yen) markets here. Jordan Fisher is one such entr

If you've ever struggled with your image of yourself, or not enjoying your life in Japan, this episode is for you. So many of our issues come from our own self-talk and how we view ourselves. This week I sat down with Rin Ishikawa, a coach who started her own coaching practice called "Jiaiii" (self-love in Japanese) to help people to take care of themselves mentally as well as phys

If you're not happy with your English teaching, there are a lot more things you can do about it than you might think. However, it needs to be you taking action. No magic high-paying teaching job is going to drop in your lap, and nobody owes you a good job. On this podcast I'll talk about: Making more money as an English teacher and what options that opens up. Making "finding a job

¥250,000 is the standard salary for an English teacher in Japan. It’s not a lot of money, even less than even trainee teachers make in the UK, but in Japan this hasn’t changed in decades and recently has even started to trend down. Why is this still the standard? It’s because we allow it to be by accepting these jobs. On this podcast I'll talk about: One of the most powerfu

Lynn Sun is a consultant in Tokyo and can give you inside knowledge into this dynamic and fast moving work here. In this podcast we sat down and talked about: Passing the N1 after coming to Japan. Working as a CIR in local government near Tokyo. Getting into consulting jobs in Japan; what should you look for, and what are some red flags? What is consulting work in Japan really lik

I've got Hee Gun Eom on the podcast to talk about building a coworking space in Tokyo! In this podcast (among other things) we talked about: Growing up a "third culture" kid in Japan and attending Tokyo American School Coming back from studying in the US to help the family business Helping young people in Japan by teaching entrepreneurial programs to give them alternatives to

I met Thomas when we were both taking Seth Godin’s altMBA. He's a videogame and fashion designer based in Osaka, and he has a lot to share about business, marketing and design.

I’ve been in Japan for more than 6 years now and during my time here I’ve built up a resume that includes some famous and highly regarded schools. Getting those kinds of jobs has some requirements, and there are some ways that you can get there faster than if you did what I did and just came here straight out of university to teach at any English conversation school that would

What do you do when you lose your job? For Joseph, it was a chance to make his YouTube channel into a full-time career!