July 2010 Archives

Recently we have found (through Twitter) a very intresting website called ODesk. It is a website for freelancers looking for a job and companies looking for contract workers.

Companies can find qualified workers online and vice versa. Companies and freelance workers can work as a team online. They have an automated billing and payment system on the site and workers get paid for the time they worked. It seems like everything is done online and there are no cumbersome procedures. See this youtube video to explain how it works

If you're interested, click below for further details.

We had previously mentioned that most Japanese companies still regard internships as a burden on their normal business operation and thus there are few companies around that offer internships on a regular basis. However, as we continued our research on the matter we have been able to identify some companies and organizations in Japan that accept interns or have done so at least once in the past. The information listed below is according to the German Academic Exchange Service website.

Here are a list of companies providing internships programs.

・Deutsche Bank AG
・Ebara Corp.
・Fair Trade Commission
・Fanuc Ltd.
・Fuji Research Institute Corp.
・Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
・Gekkeikan Sake Co., Ltd.
・Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner
・Hazama Corp.
・Hitachi Ltd.
・Infineon Technologies Japan K.K.
・Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
・Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.
・The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
・Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
・Kioicho Sohgo Law Office
・Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates
・Maki and Associates
・Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
・Matsuzakaya Co., Ltd.
・Merck Ltd.
・Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
・Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.
・Mitsubishi Corp.
・Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
・Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
・Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
・Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
・Nagashima Ono Tsunematsu Anwaltskanzlei
・NASDA
・NASDAQ Japan, Inc.
・Patentanwaltskanzlei Yuasa
・Roland Berger & Partner Japan Ltd.
・Sanford Japan Ltd.
・The Sankei Shimbun
・Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
・SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
・Shigeru Ban Architects
・Shiseido Co., Ltd.
・Siemens K.K.
・SKW East Asia Ltd.
・Sony Corp.
・Takenaka Corp.
・Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS)
・The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
・Toshiba Corp.
・Toyota Motor Corp.
・Wella Japan Co., Ltd.
・Yanase & Co., Ltd.
・Yokogawa Electric Corp.

Source: German Academic Exchange Service
If you're German speaking and looking for a internship programs, click above for further details. Unfortunately there is no English page but it might also be good to apply directly to the companies.