[Tsuwabuki]

Hey! There are plenty of things to be done with an English degree other than teaching. That complaint about it being a useless degree is bull.

With my English degree I was:

Newspaper reporter
Newspaper editor
Press Secretary
Fundraiser
Marketing Staff
Copywriter

...and English teacher.

Anywhere communication skills, especially writing skills are needed, you will find a job. It may not be in Japan, but I came here because as much as I wanted to, it made economic sense for me to do so. If It didn't make sense for me to do so, I would have stayed in Korea or gone back to America. Your priority should be getting a job you like that pays you enough to support yourself. That may be in Japan, it may not. But a college degree is NEVER a bad investment. Never ever ever.