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11-24-2010, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Sitron View Post
I see a lot of people, here and other places that want to work in Japan. I've never understood why. Here in Norway workdays are 7,5 hours long, 5 days a week, and in my field of study (accounting) the average monthly salary is 5000 USD. In Japan you have to work a lot longer than that and sometimes during weekends for less money. This is why I've never understood why people want to work there.
English teaching is an exception.

You can live pretty well as an English teacher.
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