Sep 10
THURSDAY · Thu · ☁ Tokyo region 23°C
1.Today's mood
Go with your gut — pick how you feel now
memo: Not a diagnosis — just a self check-in to look back on the day.
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2.Today's Work Tip
💡tip of the day
Notes will protect you
Whenever a shift changes or you work overtime, jot it down that day — phone notes are fine. Later, it becomes the record you check against your payslip.
3.Today's Japanese
workplace JP
🗣 When you want to decline overtime
「申し訳ありませんが、本日は予定があり、残業ができません。」
🌱 Easy Japanese
すみません。今日は、ようじがあります。ざんぎょうは、できません。
🌐 ENGLISH
I'm sorry, but I have plans today and cannot work overtime.
4.Money Notes
The fixed-overtime trap
When the contract says "salary includes X hours of overtime," anything beyond those X hours must still be paid separately. Read that clause carefully.
5.Today's rates
today's rates
Currency1 JPY ≈1 USD ≈
VND
Vietnamese Dong
169
25,974
PHP
Philippine Peso
0.407
62.5
IDR
Indonesian Rupiah
114
17,557
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NPR
Nepali Rupee
0.991
152
MMK
Myanmar Kyat
13.7
2,099
CNY
Chinese Yuan
0.044
6.71
BRL
Brazilian Real
0.033
5.09
KRW
Korean Won
8.72
1,338
- * Not real-time. Aggregated open-market reference with a few hours to ~1 day lag.
- * Actual bank / remittance rates differ. Always check the service screen before sending money.
6.What You Can Do Next
Check your take-home pay
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Sort out your residence status
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Explore your career direction
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Check your workplace fit
8 questions to sort out how you feel
Think through job-change timing
6 questions to see if now is the time
7.Reads
Today's pick
Budget SIM, Bank Account, My Number — Your First 3 Procedures in Japan
What to do within your first month: the right order and the costs
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