Moving to Japan
 

Hey..I want to move to Japan, Tokyo in about six years
What sorta stuff do I have to do here (London, England) before moving over there, like:
Visas (working, living) Good areas in Tokyo etc.\
I'm learning Japanese..just in case you would have liked to point that out:vsign: :happypika: :pinkart: :kittycake:

try to g to the JP embassy site on england!
Here in PT its explained the visas things and they have advice and all

yay I would like to go next year maybe... :vsign:

Me too, i couldnt go this year because of reasons out of my control, but ill try to go next year too:D , maybe ill find u there:vsign:

wahhh cool :vsign: :rheart:

Oh..Elaborate...
 

im kinda confused...PT?...JP embassy site on england...?

There are a lot of threads on this topic, so please read through them.

Basically, you need to give Japan a reason to let you in, so you need to either have a job that will sponsor you or a school that will sponsor you. To get a job you need to be a college graduate, and 99% of the sponsored jobs available are for English teachers.

6 years!?!?!?! getting a little bit ahead of yourself surely lol

A lot can happen in 6 years - you might not feel the same way about moving at that point in time!

PT= Portugal.
Yes go to internet and find the site of the japanese embassy or diplomatic representation on your country like this: Embassy of Japan in the UK, they have informations u may find useful

Meh..
 

I Know.(a lot can happen in six years but meh...) I tend to focus on the future...i doubt my feelings may change ;)

well, good luck to you then :-)

I had no interest in coming here before I was given the opportunity for a transfer by my company and I am glad I did because I love it! There are a few things worse than England (the summer humidity being the main one) but it kinda evens out on the pros and cons scale

Yeah
 

Cool...*is envious*...whereabouts in Nihon (Japan) do you live?:vsign: :vsign:

Living bang in the middle of Yokohama :)

Soka (I See)
 

Lool...Kool...You speak Japanese?:vsign:

Not perfectly, but I am taking my Japanese Proficiency lvl2 exam in December so well enough... Company paid for me to have lessons before I came and also I had a translator to begin with (who is now my girlfriend lol)

Lucky!
 

Haha...anata wa totemo lucky desu ne (You're really lucky arent you?) << wow that sounds so much better in japanese:vsign:

Translating Girlfriend? Double the fun! =D

Hey. I'm StriderX as you can see where my username is. I live in the US but I have my heart set on living in Japan! I just didn't realize it until real later after I failed my college courses again and lost my pale grant....mostly due that I was plain lazy and deeply depressed (I attended a community college). What I was planning on was joining the Air Force (which I've been considering since I was a kid) and transferring over to Japan. Either that or somehow go back to college and maybe study to become an English teacher or something in computers that would get me a job in Japan. The English Teacher job I think would be honestly perfect for me because English was my most favorite class and is my specialty!!

I also write manga but I guess you can do that anywhere.

What should I do? Or do I even have a chance of moving to Japan?

The first thing you need to do is graduate from college. Then you can apply for English teaching jobs.

A few years back, before I started college, I also looked at the Air Force as a means of getting to Japan. In short, I wouldn't recommend it. Mainly because you really have no control over where you end up when you join the Air Force (or any military branch). Recruiters will tell you that you get to pick what you do and where you do it, but in reality it's not usually the case.

Furthermore, there is a small but ever-present animosity between Japanese locals and U.S. military personnel in areas of Japan that have a U.S. military base. Sadly, this animosity is usually caused by reckless servicemen who don't know how to conduct themselves properly in Japan. I decided I didn't want to be any part of it, and went on to university.

As mentioned above, you'll need to go back to college (a four-year university, not a community college).

Thanks both for the advice!

Would a univeristy even accept me though even after failing community college which caused me to lose my pale grant?

Everyone has issues, and it doesn't mean you don't deserve another chance. You are going to have to be able to explain what happened, but I have a friend that did it. He was on academic probation for a year, but he got through it.

Thanks man, this is really raising up my spirits about my chances. I do promise that if I'm able to get into college again that I'll work my ass off to get to my dream of moving to Japan.

Also need to convince my family this is what I want to do, but I'm sure they'll understand since there always telling me to follow my dreams.

Again, thanks!

Good luck, man! Tell us what happens...(even if it takes a few years).

she is stunningly beautiful so even better than that :D

We get the idea, chachava.