Hello Nyororin,
I was reading your posts and I was wondering if you can offer some advice. I'm my Fiancee is Japanese and I will be moving to Japan hopefully by Nov. I have been there 7 times and love Japan. However moving there is a big step for me, and I will need first of all to get a job.
We are planning to get married soon and I was told the best way to get a job there is a spouse visa. Is that true? I will be living in Fukuyama and trying to find a job nearby maybe Okayama or Hiroshima I understand Tokyo or Osaka is better since they are bigger cities. I work in IT now for a large US corp. and was hoping to stay in that field. Do you have any suggestions on how to get a good job in Japan...since my Japanese skill is pretty basic right now? It would be nice if I can work for a US or European company since I still need a year of practice to be fluent in Japanese.
Any advice you give would be much appreciated thanks!
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Originally Posted by Nyororin
Just thought I`d volunteer any info that anyone needs...
I live in Japan, not in Tokyo, and have lived here for almost 9 years now. I basically came to Japan with nothing (On my own, not part of any program, not as a teacher, with almost no money, etc) when I was 17, and have been here pretty much ever since.
I`m now married, and *own* a home. I`m willing to answer pretty much any questions about real life in Japan - not the English teacher in Tokyo type stuff... Because that`s only like 0.1% of reality. (Not to offend any of the English teachers in Tokyo or anything though.)
We usually try and help other people who are/were in the same boat as I was when I came to Japan (Bad family life, etc), but last year a girl we let stay with us really screwed us over so we have stopped for the time being. But I really want to help people, so if I can in any way please ask!
(Oh, and I think I mentioned a lot more stuff in my intro in the introductions thread, so...)
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