Hellooooooooooo GtoJ’ers out there!

Drew here and I’d like to extend a very warm welcome from my current location in my apartment in TOKYO, JAPAN. Yep, the time has finally come, and it is NOW that Mission GETtoJAPAN is an official go. Fab and I will be working our butts off to make sure you guys get over here and get the right knowhow, the best (and only the best) information, hook ups, and support for coming to Japan to work, live, or spend a couple weeks here on vacation! Whatever your needs, we are here to provide you with support and classy service

Ok, we already told you that there’ll be some changes to the immigration law in our last post. A lot of you already in Japan might be wondering what they have to do and what’s gonna change for them, so we have the most important infos for you here.

There’ll be a couple of changes to the Japanese immigration law this year affecting every single foreigner in Japan. We summed up the main changes and also explain how that’s gonna affect you.

1. Who is subject to the new system?

All foreigners staying in Japan mid- to long-term – obviously legally. That includes everyone who’s in Japan on one of the following visa

• Engineer
• Specialist in Humanities/international services
• Intra-company transferee
• Student
• Researcher
• Professor and teacher
• Business manager/investor
• Designated activities
• Dependent
• Cultural activities
• Permanent resident
• Spouse of Japanese National
• etc.

So, the new system basically applies to everyone except short-term visitors such as tourists and people on business trips.

Have you ever heard of the saying “mind over matter”? or “fake it till you make it”? or “the universe gives you what you want if you ask it often enough”?

Of course you have, we all have (and if you haven’t you now have!). And like most cliché phrases that are all but played out, we toss these phrases into our mental recycling bin. We constantly look for that new way or our own original way to figure out what we want and how we are going to get it… when all along, we just had to copy the last person.

Seriously folks. Life is actually that easy. The difficult part about it is being patient (“good things come to those who wait”… ah, starting to see a pattern here!).

I’m going to share a mighty simple tip that is going to help you get to Japan. It might not be tomorrow, it might not be next month… it might not even be for 3 years, but if you stay true to this method, I GAURANTEE you will get there. 

Akemashite omedetou! Happy New years from GJ.com. It’s a new year and that means it is time to accomplish new things, and set our sites on new horizons! BUT, don’t just wait until the new year to do that! Start today, start now (no matter what day it is you are reading this). If you are making it your goal to go to Japan or start learning Japanese in 2013, stop and ask yourself “why can’t I start now? Today?” New years only comes once a year, much like new years resolutions (ie. they aren’t made to last all year). So if you are going to make any new years resolution this year, I challenge you to STOP MAKING NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS, and start making LIFE RESOLUTIONS.