From trade at rolomail.com Tue Jan 29 22:58:42 2008 From: trade at rolomail.com (Trading Department) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:58:42 -0400 Subject: [Japanophiles] Master Japanese Message-ID: <23A44EF8-5D83-409A-BEEF-2FBCE1103386@rolomail.com> JAPAN RELAXES VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE WHO MASTER JAPANESE On Monday, January 28, 2008, the Japanese government made a public announcement that should have the full attention of many people on this mailing list. In an effort to attract and keep more skilled labor, the government has decided to ease technical proficiency and experience requirements for resident visas, if the foreign worker CAN ATTAIN CERTAIN LEVELS OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. Now more than ever before is the time to double your efforts at learning the language. Read a short article on the announcement here: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20080129a2.html HEAVY DISCOUNT ON MANGAJIN MAGAZINE BACK ISSUES Mangajin Magazine is one of the highest quality Japanese language learning publications ever produced. Every line of Japanese was taken from real manga and expertly translated with copious footnotes by teams of 5 professionals who were both native English and native Japanese speakers. This quality level has never been matched, and the sad fact of the matter is that they are no longer published. That's why it's so important to find as many of the Mangajin back- issues as you can. Of the 70 issues produced, only half are still available, the others difficult to obtain. At 6.50 USD per issue, they are a bargain, but Rolomail sells them at just 4.95 USD per issue when you buy 35 issues at once: http://www.rolomail.com/cgi-bin/sanadd.pl?100 That's certainly a tempting offer. But what would you say if Rolomail then went and offered the same 35 issues at one third off of that price? This is the magic URL that will take a full 33% off of the already low price: http://www.rolomail.com/cgi-bin/sanadd.pl?100-100-136-thirdoff "But wait, there's more" as Billy Mays always says on TV! What if there were a magic URL that in addition to knocking off 1/3 of the price of the 35 Issue Mangajin Special, and the 5 free cassette tapes that come with it, you were also able to get one of the best books on Japanese business every published, that was also manga comics and in English? Specifically "Bringing Home the Sushi": http://www.rolomail.com/cgi-bin/sanadd.pl?103 Well, there is such a special URL. Here it is and it's good thru Friday: http://www.rolomail.com/cgi-bin/sanadd.pl?100-100-136-thirdplus Thanks for reading and have a great week! Trading Dept.