Essential Things for Foreign Technical Interns to Learn in Japan | 40 Rules for Life and Work
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. If you’re coming to Japan as a technical intern to work, there’s one thing I really want you to keep in mind. That’s culture, in particular. We welcome technical interns from all over the world. However, that means you’ll need to embrace Japanese culture while also…
Skilled Trainees in Japan | 40 Things You Need to Know About Life and Work
These are important points that foreign nationals and technical interns coming to Japan need to keep in mind and follow. In particular…
Maximum Limits for Legal-Frame Construction in Confined Areas
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Do you know the minimum construction clearance for steel-frame construction? What I’m getting at is, on a cramped job site, how close to the structure behind can you actually work? There are some super tight spots when doing work on steep slopes, you know~ lol. Even the designers…
[Comparative Guide] Rebar Insertion vs. Ground Anchors vs. Retaining Piles (For Newcomers)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. In this post, I’d like to compare the “Big Three” in slope stabilization. (It took me a whole hour just to draw this picture… lol) “Reinforcement Insertion,” “Ground An…,” and other methods you often hear about as countermeasures against slope disasters such as rockfalls and landslides…
The reality is that bonuses seem like something that has almost nothing to do with low-level subcontractors.
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I saw an article on “The God of Construction” titled “Summer Bonuses: The Construction Industry Tops All Sectors Again This Year at 1.26 Million Yen.” What do you all think? Many of the readers of this blog work for major companies, but there are also quite a few subcontractors. So, …
Extreme Heat Awareness Month: What Construction Workers Need to Know (From the National Association of Construction Equipment Manufacturers)
By 10 a.m., their shirts are already soaked through with sweat—construction workers are the prime example of people who’ve experienced this. Working under the blazing sun, surrounded by hot machinery, concrete, and steel, is no laughing matter. That’s precisely why the **“Extreme Heat Countermeasures…” program, held every July…
How to Remove Unnecessary Ground Anchors
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. How to Remove a Zabuton Frame and Relieve Load from Ground Anchors. In my previous post, I wrote about how to relieve load from ground anchor bolts. This time, I’ll explain how to relieve load at the anchor head. You’ll need acetylene gas and acid…
As the economy gets worse, there are more and more rip-offs and shady businesses!
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I was talking to a company president the other day, and he told me about the girls’ bars in Nagoya. The girls go out onto the streets to solicit customers, and there are lots of independent touts in Nagoya’s entertainment district. Basically, most of them are rip-offs, so if you’re reading this blog…
Entame is hosting a seminar, so here's the announcement!
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I forgot to announce it once it was finalized, but I’ll be hosting a seminar for business owners like this one in Iwakura City, Aichi Prefecture. It might be a bit presumptuous of me to be hosting a seminar, but I feel like I’ve gotten to the point where I can talk about these kinds of things a little bit… well…