[godwine]

I am starting to sense that you are putting out a lot of facts that is not in your favor.

MMM is right, The Japanese consider themselves a superior crowd, in a way, not trying to be racist, I do agree they are superior in many aspect. That said, they do want really top notch people when they issue them a work visa.

Your best bet, is to stay in school, do well, get a university degree of some sort and either teach english there or become a subject matter expert in specific area.

Consider my case: I am a SR QA consultant with a master degree in science, while my soon to be wife is a process engineer with a master degree in engineering, I am JLPT level 2 certified. I have an uncle in Japan who has been pulling strings for me.... YET, nobody want to sponsor us for anything... forget about sponsoring, we don't even get a call for an interview or give us a chance to "sell" ourselves. I cannot find a teaching job because they think that anyone with a Chinese background is not good enough to teach English (not that I want to anyways)