Want to work in Japan.

[maccoymorcilla]

Hi.Where can i apply here in Philippines so that i can work in Japan as factory worker?Is there anyone know a japanese wants a fixed mariaged to a Filipino so that i can go/work in Japan easily?hehe!help me.

[JohnBraden]

Originally Posted by maccoymorcilla

Hi.Where can i apply here in Philippines so that i can work in Japan as factory worker?Is there anyone know a japanese wants a fixed mariaged to a Filipino so that i can go/work in Japan easily?hehe!help me.

I'm pretty sure you have to have the factory you will work for sponsor you. If you don't have a sponsor, you can't get a work visa. You can go to Japan and apply, but you'd have to leave the country and then apply for the visa before you can re-enter.

Otherwise, your chances are slim to nil....

[maccoymorcilla]

Originally Posted by JohnBraden

I'm pretty sure you have to have the factory you will work for sponsor you. If you don't have a sponsor, you can't get a work visa. You can go to Japan and apply, but you'd have to leave the country and then apply for the visa before you can re-enter.

Otherwise, your chances are slim to nil....

Go to Japan 1st?Then seek a sponsor there?

[JohnBraden]

Do you know Japanese? What can you offer that a native Japanese can't?

[maccoymorcilla]

Originally Posted by JohnBraden

Do you know Japanese? What can you offer that a native Japanese can't?

Hmmm.Nothing sir.ehe..sorry.hehe

[JohnBraden]

Those questions are some you are bound to come across when thinking about working there....

[WanderingWarrior]

I am also interested in working in Japan, and have considered many of the different teaching options (JET, private companies etc). I have a dog that absolutely must come with me, I understand the added expenses but I have enough money to cover me for a while as long as I can find a job to support my living expense. I'm not an 18 year old obsessed with anima and a dream to do this, I've visited before and feel a compelling desire for this. The whole teaching venue is obviously the most popular and best chance but seems to have some draw backs. Im more than happy to work in a more rural area, I would actually prefer it. Does anyone know of other opportunities for an english speaking person to work in Japan. Hospitality, tourism etc? I'm open to looking into all options. Thanks

[Tsuwabuki]

First, bringing a pet into Japan is serious business. I've answered this before, but I think it was on the naval forums, where someone was moving to Yokosuka, so I can't just pull it up and link it here. There's a lot of documentation involved, and your pet can be held up to two or three months to make sure it isn't carrying anything and isn't a threat to local populations. If it's a disability dog, that I think gets you through much faster, but I don't know how much faster.

As for job, it all depends on what your visa is. If you have a professor/instructor visa, you can only teach. If a company wants to give you this type of visa, I would look for another position. It does not allow you to do anything else, and if you lose your job, you won't have as many options. I once applied for a position with ECC, and they demanded they change my visa to a professor/instructor visa. I told them that it was a condition I would not meet, and thanked them for their time.

The visa you probably want is the one I have, which is a Specialist in Humanities/International Services:

The following conditions are to be fulfilled.

1. In case where the applicant is to engage in a job requiring knowledge in the humanities, he must have graduated from or completed a course at a college or acquired equivalent education majoring in a subject relevant to the knowledge necessary for performing the job concerned, or have at least 10 years’ experience (including the period of time spent obtaining the relevant knowledge at a college, college of technology, upper secondary school, the latter course of a secondary educational school or during a specialized course of study at an advanced vocational school.

2. In cases where the applicant is to engage in a job requiring specific ways of thinking or sensitivity based on experience with a foreign culture, the following conditions are to be fulfilled.

a. The applicant must engage in translation, interpretation, instruction in languages, copywriting, public relations, overseas transactions, fashion or interior design, product development or other similar work.
b. The applicant must have at least 3 years’ experience in the relevant job, except in cases where the applicant who has graduated from college is to engage in translation, interpretation or instruction in languages.

3. The applicant must receive no less salary than a Japanese national would receive for comparable work.

That actually covers A LOT. One of my former teaching coworkers is working for a marketing firm doing animation for commercials. His degree is in animation from a US art school, but he was teaching English with me until he found that position.

You can work in hotels/hospitality as long as your employer says you are being hired specifically for your unique experience or worldview as a non-Japanese person, or to deal specifically with foreign visitors to the establishment.

Basically to get any of these jobs and the SH/IS visa to work there, all the company needs to do is write a little blurb playing up why your experience cannot be normally or easily found in Japan, and you'll be fine. Once you have the visa, if you do lose your job, you have every right to visit the Japanese employment offices set up by the Japanese government and they can help you find a job that your skills and your visa allow you to do. That is how my former coworker got his position at the marketing firm.

Do not let anyone tell you that you have to teach English to stay in Japan, just be aware that it is often the easiest way into Japan for English speakers, and be aware that I am an English teacher because it is my career and what I love to do. I vastly prefer people without teaching experience who want to move to Japan do so only for a short period of time, or better, do the research and get the job they want and are qualified for by bypassing English altogether.

[WanderingWarrior]

That's great info and more than I was hoping to get. I've done a bit of research as well and I think it may have been through military channels of information but what I've surmised about bring a pet is that it can go smoothly as long as the mass amounts of paperwork and shots etc are in order, up to date with meticulous detail. I believe it takes about 6 months to get an animal ready to enter the country otherwise they can hold it in quarantine for up to 180 days.

Info on the SH/IS visa is great, I will look into that more as a viable option. I think the teaching route is great because it does allow access to such a broad spectrum that most likely would not be able to live there otherwise but I wasn't sure that was the best path for me or that I wanted to be pigeon holed into it. I do enjoy teaching, I've taught martial arts to all ages for 5 years now but want to keep my options open.

Thanks again for the great information, its much appreciated.
Peace