http://www.seekjapan.jp/on-japan Hello, I am an international journalist and trainer, teaching journalism, cross culture / business culture, customer service and leadership. I live near the beach in Melbourne, Australia and I travel around Japan for around 4 - 6 weeks each year. Also I have been visiting Japan for over 20 years and I write articles about Australian and Japanese business plus other Asian businesses for Australian, New Zealand Jpaanese and other Asian media. I do editing and proofreading of Japanese company's and individual's written English too. I teach adults in Australia how to travel Japan on a budget and also teach them how to do business with Japanese and other cultures, plus worklife balance, recreation activities, how to lose weight and keep fit and healthy. My website is www.goldsmith-international.com and email is goldor8@iprimus.com.au Have fun, take time for you,work hard but do not be a workaholic and let work consume you. Enjoy every day and laugh every day. cheers Carole Goldsmith GMT en-us http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2189/Tokyo+Revenge+–+Pay+Back+Time+for+Koko+the+Robot+ http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2189/Tokyo+Revenge+–+Pay+Back+Time+for+Koko+the+Robot+ Mon,27 Jul 2009 GMT       A Novel By Carole Goldsmith Copyright „ All Rights Reserved Continued from Tokyo Revenge - Koko the robot on the move ... http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2172/Travelling+on+the+Beetle+Jet+Ferry+to+Korea+ http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2172/Travelling+on+the+Beetle+Jet+Ferry+to+Korea+ Mon,13 Jul 2009 GMT By Carole Goldsmith, Copyright 2009 All Rights Reserved Want to take a short speedy sea trip to Korea and have your yen go a long way against the Korean Won? Then head on down to Fukuoka and catch the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle from Hakata Port to Busan Port.That is what I did this April and the trip from Hakata Port in Fukuoka to Busan Port in Korea takes only 2 hours 55 minutes.(See JR Kyushu Jet Ferry http://www.jrbeetle.co.jp/english/ The current fare (July 2009) is 24,000 yen return ... http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2129/It+can+only+happen+in+Japan+–+or+does+it? http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2129/It+can+only+happen+in+Japan+–+or+does+it? Thu,11 Jun 2009 GMT   By Carole Goldsmith Copyright  2009 All Rights Reserved   Absolute extremes abound in Japan wherever you look.   Dumplings for sale Long queues wait in line for the freshly made dumplings at an Osaka Department store. Only one very speedy sales assistant serves the masses while ten people are at the back preparing the dumplings. Two other sales assistants seem to be setting up boxes and the one speedy rather stressed sales assistant continues serving ... http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2124/Tokyo+Revenge+-+Amano+San+to+Susan's+rescue+ http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2124/Tokyo+Revenge+-+Amano+San+to+Susan's+rescue+ Wed,3 Jun 2009 GMT By Carole Goldsmith Copyright 2009 All Rights Reserved Continuing on from episode 1 - Tokyo Revenge when Susan was attacked in the bedroom of her Tokyo apartment ... http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2122/Finding+your+bank+balance+in+Japan http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2122/Finding+your+bank+balance+in+Japan Tue,2 Jun 2009 GMT By Carole Goldsmith Copyright 2009, All Rights Reserved Withdrawing cash from an ATM and getting your bank balance with a foreign (non Japanese) bank keycard is not so easy in Japan, unless you know how. First - about the rising yen against the $Australian As a regular traveler to Japan and an Australian, I have watched the rise of the Yen against the $Australian ($AUD) over the past 25 years. In 1981, my first trip to Japan, the rate was around Yen 300 to $1AUD. In 2008, $1AUD fetched Yen ... http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2084/Great+Budget+Place+to+stay+close+to+downtown+Osaka http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2084/Great+Budget+Place+to+stay+close+to+downtown+Osaka Sun,24 May 2009 GMT by Carole Goldsmith Copyright 2009, all Rights Reserved.  Recently opened in May 2009, Hotel Chuo Oasis is a great place to stay in Osaka's Shin Imamiya's district. The special grand opening rate is only Yen 3,300 per night for a single room with bath and shower.  That was the price when I stayed there this May. The reception staff are very welcoming, friendly and helpful and between them, they speak English,Thai and of course ... http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2010/Traveling+on+a+Budget+in+the+Kansai+region+ http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2010/Traveling+on+a+Budget+in+the+Kansai+region+ Mon,23 Mar 2009 GMT By Carole Goldsmith Copyright 2009 ã All Rights Reserved Most tourists to Japan, whom I meet when I am traveling Japan, have a two or three week Japan Rail Pass (JR Pass) that they use to speed around the country on the Shinkansen, or bullet train as it is widely known. The traditional JR Pass, that enables you to travel across Japan on all JR lines (except on the Nozomi Shinkansen) is really handy and economical if you are travelling from say Osaka to Tokyo and then up north to ... http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2007/Tokyo+Revenge+-+Koko+the+Robot+on+the+Move.+ http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/2007/Tokyo+Revenge+-+Koko+the+Robot+on+the+Move.+ Sat,7 Mar 2009 GMT Tokyo Revenge - Koko the robot on the move. By Carole Goldsmith Copyright 2009 ã All Rights reserved. It was midnight and the 24 hour shifts no longer operated in the Tokyo truck assembly plant. With the 2009 recession and less consumer demand for large trucks, production was now only from 7AM to 7 PM now. The two meter tall manufacturing robots stood deadly still on the assembly line. Their long mechanical arms resting forlornly at their sides and they were due for maintenance ... http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1940/Tokyo+Revenge+ http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1940/Tokyo+Revenge+ Sat,17 Jan 2009 GMT By Carole Goldsmith Copyright 2009 ã All Rights reserved. Join me as I write an on-going story (fiction) about Tokyo revenge. Several characters, Japanese and non Japanese intermingle, there is an attack, fraud, revenge, terror, romance, travel, mystery, adventure and much more ... http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1933/Japan+fared+worst+in+global+work+related+health+survey+ http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1933/Japan+fared+worst+in+global+work+related+health+survey+ Wed,31 Dec 2008 GMT By Carole Goldsmith Copyright 2009 All rights reserved In a global work related employee health survey of approximately 115,000 people in 33 countries covering Europe, Asia Pacific and America, Japan fared the worst internationally, with 60% of Japanese respondents having suffered from work-related health problems. Canada followed at 47%, then Ukraine (42%), Finland (37%), Hong Kong (33%), Hungary (33%), Russia (32%) and Turkey (30%) – all well above the global ...