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Anyone ever encounter this after canceling an apartment contract? Their asking for a months rent after having canceled. Canceled for November and their asking for December. I’ll go visit them and speak with them today. I’m curious if anyone has encountered this before.
Edit. Solved my problem. Guy I spoke with today made it much clearer. My fault for not understanding part of it.
Any reason why 社会保険 would go up by like ¥2500? I worked some OT two months ago and it went up during that month but my most recent pay kept the same amount paid even though I didn’t work OT
Im about to reach the end of my software engineering degree and I have to start thinking about my final project. I’d like to do something that I can later show off when job hunting. What programming language is the most common and in demand here in Japan? Python? Java?
Has anyone here been able to get a “Shōgaisha Techō” (disability certificate) for their mental illness? It seems like something I want to look into but I don’t know if they cover adhd
thanks!
Brought some unwanted clothes (should have tried on), can’t return, where to donate (in Tokyo)?
I have just discovered some suspicious looking damage to my handmade wool sweater, so I’m suspecting wool moths 😭. Had them back home but in the two years I’ve lived here I’ve never had a problem. Wore the sweater two weeks ago and no such damage was present, so this is recent. My guess is it either came from a fabric decoration or the buggy vegetables I’ve received recently (but why would a wool moth be in vegetables though).
Anyone have any tips for how to get rid of wool moths? I’m a knitter so I have various sweaters and other handmade things to protect/save. Have a lot of wool yarn from the US I don’t want getting eaten by moths 😭.
I’m in the market for a new laptop and a relative happens to be visiting from overseas… as someone whose never had their relative purchase something in Japan** using their money and then *accidentally* leave it here in Japan…
are there any specific things to be aware of…?
Any recommendations on business hotels in Osaka or Nagoya?
I normally use the APA hotels but I can’t sleep well in those, the pillows are much too hard, the bedsheets are wintery all year round etc…
10,000 yen price range also.
Hello! Stupid question ahoy.
When paying payroll tax in Japan, one can either have it directly subtracted from their paycheck, OR calculate and pay it at a later date by themselves. I chose the second option because my closest friend in Japan was a tax accountant and said they would help me do it, but they’ve recently completely ghosted me and I’m not sure how to calculate or pay this tax now. How do I do so, when do I do so and what is the penalty for not paying it on time?
When they say “can write in Japanese”, does it mean handwritten kanji or is it as simple as being able to compose an e-mail?
Is it acceptable to send out multi-purpose postcards to friends/colleagues?
So I got a coupon for 10 pieces of ‘just married’ postcards. However, since we’re nearing year-end, I’m thinking of just merging nengajo and just married postcard into one.
Would that be acceptable? Has anyone tried this?
Thanks!
FYI, getting married in December…
I didn’t change any settings in Mercari, but something I ordered suddenly came with my handwritten real name, and sender’s name. Any idea why / how?
My current company is paying my city tax in payments each month. If I quit in like, January being my last month, would I get a bill for the lump sum remainder of my city tax owed?
I like giving my delivery drivers (especially my grocery delivery) a drink to say thanks. Best way to warm canned drinks? Is there a device?
I uninstalled my Smart Ex app on my android and every since I reinstalled it and try to log in it’s giving me this very unhelpful error message:
“Please use the application you used for membership registration.”
The only option is to return to the login page.
Don’t suppose anyone knows what’s up with this or how to fix it? I’m stumped. This app was really convenient until now.
Right this is a great one. I have 120¥ stamps. I have an A4 brown envelop with maybe 6-12 piece of paper. How many do I need to stick on so it sends without an issue because I really don’t want to take time of bloody work to trek to the post office.
Looks like I caught the last thread just as it ended, so reposting it in this one:
Question about Megane Super: is it possible to take my existing frames and buy just lenses (addendum: the frames are not from Megane Super)?
I got a pair there a month or so back, and love the prescription, but I’m not really a fan of the frames themselves. This is why I’m wondering if it’d be possible to do the lenses only in my old American frames.
What’s with all the rampant downvoting of questions here? Some dude wanting help with getting into a Japanese university with low SAT scores, someone else with a pretty reasonable question about utility bills. This isn’t helping anyone; we all had to start somewhere.
Recommendations for Shimokitazawa today? Something nice, interesting?
Someone cleaned out all “Stranger Things” hoodies from all the GUs, I am sad 😔