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Jun 29 2007 7 Comments

Jobs in Japan

Whether it’s due to a Japanese nod towards internationalism or a need for novelty, more and more foreigners are popping up on TV shows, in commercials and as part of product advertising campaigns. Not just the fabulously famous variety either, but your regular run-of-the-mill gaijin. A group normally named gaitare, a slightly comical combination of foreigner and talent.

Now whilst a large number of these semi-celebrities do posses more than a fair bit of the latter in both fluency and finesse, others it has to be said come up a bit short in the skills department. But even then, if they are endowed in other areas, there is still work to be had out there.

Japanese party suit

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Categorized: Photography, Television

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  1. James Bruce says

    6/29/2007 at 7:35 pm

    Any idea how one gets in on this? Is the just the usual model agency stuff? I’d love the supplement the usual teachers wage…

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  2. Lenners says

    6/30/2007 at 3:47 am

    I don’t understand how he can smile o_0

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  3. Lee says

    6/30/2007 at 10:58 am

    James: I know a few people who have done CMs in tha past, and they have all got the work through an agency. A case of signing up and seeing if your face fits from what they said.

    Lenners: A bulging pay packet perhaps?

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  4. bhaskaran says

    7/3/2007 at 3:36 pm

    i need a food jobs in japan.

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  5. Amber says

    7/15/2009 at 12:06 am

    i need photography job in japan. love taking pictures.

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  6. Priyadarshana Jayasekara says

    7/21/2009 at 3:27 pm

    Im seeking a photography job in japan. I have through knowledge about Commercial, Child, Glamour, Sports, Nature & Wedding Photography and Lighting, indoor/outdoor photography.

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