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Dzomo1

From: United States

2/15/2010 02:16 EST

Hi

My husband, me, and my daughter want to relocate to Japan. I am a little nervous to hop on a plane and hit the ground running. Is it possible to go to Japan and get a job?

I have applied online to 20 schools and only two have responded to turn me down.

I have previous experience teaching in China and as a teacher in India.

I am an American citizen with an AAS degree. My husband is a Tibetan with a refugee's passport from India.

I need a place for all of us and a job...if you have any ideas or contacts, please drop me a note. Thank you!!!

Thank you....

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daniel10492003

From: United States

2/15/2010 10:25 EST

I also want to move to Japan from the USA. I will tell what I know so far. Japan is one of the hardest countries to move to. They have an oversupply of unemployed educated people. Their level of technology and education is higher than the USA. They do want certified English teachers with a B.S. degree. It would be very hard for anyone else to find work from what I understand. I doubt an A.S. degree will suffice.

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carolwaka

6/7/2010 08:18 EST

Yes, the other poster is right. You need a BA at least to teache English in Japan..I am a teacher here so I know...they are now looking for teachers with MAs so it is getting tougher.

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expatadvocate

8/3/2010 22:11 EST

The English teaching market is quickly drying up in Japan. With Geos now bankrupt this year, that makes two of the largest schools in the country.

Even if it was possible to get a teaching job and visa without a bachelors degree, it'd still be for a pretty paltry amount of money. Without fluent Japanese language skills, it would be about impossible to get a job doing anything except teaching English.

I hate to paint such a bleak picture, but better to hear it before you arrive, than learn it the hard way after arrival.

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Pierce

8/24/2010 19:49 EST

what about for those who don't wish to teach English but to work. This includes becoming a citizen. And i have read that to even get a visa to go there, you need an A.A. in Japanese language. learning the language is of course priority, but is it possible to learn the language while their? I want to go to college there, but it seems i have to stay in my current place for 2 years. Is there Japanese community colleges that would accept someone without knowing the language. That would be willing to teach that person? i ask this out of haste, for I want to leave now. But it looks like i must wait 2 years now.

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