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Originally Posted by YoshimiTheEthereal

Swiftwind, when you said "Most places won't accept anyone less than JLPT1", what places are you talking about?

Probably most any job that involves having to speak with Japanese on a regular basis in Japanese. For instance, becoming a university professor of a subject outside of English, you would more than likely need a high level of Japanese to teach it.

I really want to know more about this JLPT.

The Japanese Language Proficiency Test is given twice a year (in Japan, to my knowledge), and once in other countries. There are four levels, currently. Level 4 is the easiest (beginner Japanese stuff) and Level 1 is the most difficult. One needs to know a lot of grammar and vocabulary and Kanji for that one.

And what is the JET program?

The JET Program is a government run program that have native English speakers working at as Assistant Language Teachers (ALT) in schools throughout Japan or Coordinators for International Relations (CIR) in like the board of education or offices, or something like that (I read that for this position, it's good to have a lvl 2 Japanese Language Proficiency).

I also have another question for a friend of mine. If you do not consider hating you home, loving Japanese culture, thinking Asians are hott, thinking you could be more successful there, or enjoying Japanese entertainment a good reason to move to Japan from the USA, then what is?

Sounds okay to me.