Inside Japan Podcast

How Do You Become a Freelance Journalist in Japan | with John Amari

This is a fantastic conversation with John, a freelance journalist living and working in Tokyo. He’s written for Wired Japan, Global Finance and he co-wrote Startup Guide Tokyo. What’s crazy is that he started out

This is a fantastic conversation with John, a freelance journalist living and working in Tokyo. He’s written for Wired Japan, Global Finance and he co-wrote Startup Guide Tokyo. What’s crazy is that he started out in Japan on the JET programme like so many others, but has managed to find a way to pursue his passion of writing here.

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I'm Charlie and I've been in Japan since 2012. I started Live Work Play Japan to help foreigners in Japan to find their own version of success. I also wrote "The Smart Guide to Teaching English in Japan" which you can get on Amazon as a paperback or Kindle book.

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