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Hi for now my name is Kuma, i plan to move to japan in the next year or two. However I dont know much japanese, I only enough to surive. However I can't write or read any of it. I also can not afford to go to college for it. i am one looking for easy work enough to get an apart and to have enough time off to explore Japan, most likely on foot:eek: but to live either middle or lower class i dont expect much, however i would like advice or tips i can get thank you
 
You're going to have to qualify for some sort of work visa.
Do you have a bachelor's degree in anything?
Do you have work experience in anything?
How old are you?

If you don't have either of the above, about the only option left is a cultural visa.
So, is there any craft you would like to study (martial arts, pottery, ikebana, etc.)?

Coming here at the wrong time will present you with few job opportunities.
When do you plan to move here (month)?
Are you planning to look for work after or before you arrive?

Work is work, so you should expect at least a 40-hour week. With the weak Japanese skills you have, it is unlikely that you would land most non-teaching jobs anyway.
What do you call "easy work"?
 
Glenski said:
You're going to have to qualify for some sort of work visa.
Do you have a bachelor's degree in anything?
Do you have work experience in anything?
How old are you?
If you don't have either of the above, about the only option left is a cultural visa.
So, is there any craft you would like to study (martial arts, pottery, ikebana, etc.)?
Coming here at the wrong time will present you with few job opportunities.
When do you plan to move here (month)?
Are you planning to look for work after or before you arrive?
Work is work, so you should expect at least a 40-hour week. With the weak Japanese skills you have, it is unlikely that you would land most non-teaching jobs anyway.
What do you call "easy work"?
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Well I dont have any degrees and I am pizza delivery driver i have work a copy other places, i'm not sure yet witch mounth i have heard april threw march is the best time so i am looking at that time frame, unless i find otherwise it will probably be a yr or two if things are rough here, unless i get this job tending machines at the competer place, (PS i am alittle drunk so my spelling is going to be bad along with my grammer) I am 20, As for the Culural visa i could do that i do intend on learn new martial arts as well as studing Zen buddhism and a cuple other things so that could work. As for what do i consider An easy job driving taxis...although might not be as easy in japan, i'm good at driving for many hours at a time, also security guard jobs i would be good at and not to hard.

Whenever i get enough money saved up i plan coming what time of the year is fexible for me...however i do worrie about the cost of living...here in America Minum wage is $6.15 US per hour and in order to live on your own you need to make at least $10 US per hour thats working 40 hours a week and that would cover rent food and cell phone, what can i expect the living condition for someone with low ranks like me, i do intend learning some more japanese maybe even enough to be fluant but i got to learn it for free or cheap because i am living kind poor:eek: but thank you for advice i hope to here more 🙂
 
Also I plan on getting my job before I head there if possible so I have work lined up although I dont know if thats possible.

I am also wondering how fluant in japanese i have to be to become an english teacher, or if i could find a super easy job.

Well I do plan on learning martial arts. Arts such as Kendo, Iaido, kobudo, budo, or someother form of Japanese swordsmenship. I would like to also study Zen Buddhism
 
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Fluency in Japanese is not required at all to be an English teacher. You have a serious problem, though, in not having a degree or experience. You'll need one or the other.

As for truck driver, how are you going to read the bill of lading?
Security guard? How will you read the forms you have to sign, or talk to people on the premises? I don't even think either of these jobs are hired from abroad anyway.

You'd better do more thinking about the cultural visa and language barrier.
 
Kuma, from what you've said, you only qualify to be a tourist. Enjoy your vacation.
 
Learn Japanese, go to college, get some marketable job skills, and research visa eligibility. Doesn't have to be in that order.
 
can i learn japanese in japan?

well i am alittle drunk right now so i am sorry if i come off rude, that is not my intenion, and i cant really afford college

i,m i am trying to find some free or cheap course in japanese, but i live in Minnesota, most of the asian comunitys up here are mhong, thai and vietlmese, and the one Zen temple i could find was just an american trying to scam dumb ppl, so i study with the thai monks in minneapolis until they had tp move there temple to bufflo MN so i forgot the point i was trying to make so i hope i'm making sences i am going to bed now
 
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come back when you're sober, and we'll talk more.
 
A charge for underage drinking certainly won't help your chances.😊

Be careful.
 
GaijinTheGreatKuma said:
can i learn japanese in japan?
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Yes. But you can't work here at the moment, so you can only stay as a tourist.

i cant really afford college
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So? Nobody is going to help you but you. Immigration won't care. Employers won't care. Find a way or give it up.

i,m i am trying to find some free or cheap course in japanese, but i live in Minnesota,
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Take a course at the University of MN... oh, but you said you can't afford it. Tough life, isn't it?

If you can't afford to take a few classes, you are not going to make it here. Just my opinion. Do what we've told you, or you will not succeed.
 
You know I was just drunk, and i do plan on take japanese but i have no intenion of going to college, I am working on getting a Pilots License fallowed all the way up to becoming a cerified pilot. AND YES I KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES, thats why i wont be moving for two or there years. the only reason i'm not going to go to college is because i already have a plan. And i'm a cheap bastard 😏, and lets not forget a IM CRAZY🕺....but yeah... anyway why do most ppl have to be like you so stuck up and angry like you expect everyone to be like you lil miss perfect...but the truth is your more ****** up then me, your the kind of person that would see a bum and tell them to get a job...yet you never take in to count maybe its not there fault, maybe they do have a college education but some where along the way the got ****** over and never got the chance to get back up, or maybe they are the byproduct of cizalization like a war torn soilder ( DONT MOCK MY BAD SPELLING AND GRAMMER NO ONES PERFECT) but nope you just say its your own damn fault... the truth is you dont know and you wont know unless you take time to find out..........i kinda forgot where i was going with this SO I AM GOING TO STUT UP....thank you have a nice day
 
Well, I'm becoming a ESL teacher and I'm studying Japanese until I actually graduate from college. I'm getting my Bachelors from a local Community college then heading to Japan to live there until I die. Lol. But, You need a plan buddy. Not to be mean or anything. I have everything planned out, and I have a 100% chance of succeeding in my goal.
 
Lol... I cant wait to move to Japan.. Only 7 more years..
 
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Well, I have to become Fluent in Japanese just incase the ESL career doesn't work out, and I'll be able to read things and such. Well, I wish you the greatest of luck in your adventure, but think things out, and definately try studying some kana, and spoken language. I REALLY don't want to be the bear of bad news, but you really won't be able to get ANY job in Japan without either 100% Fluency in Japanese or a Bachelor's degree for ESL.
 
shinsan, i plan on learning enough japanese to be as fluent as a mexican in america but i also plan on having a full commerial pilots license and finding a job in flight school so i can get in lined up once i have enough hours, and if i can get one right away ill go and fly for an american company for a extra yr or two and try then try again with more EXP but if the fails ill S**T in a box and mail to immargration YEAH
 
GaijinTheGreatKuma said:
Hi for now my name is Kuma, i plan to move to japan in the next year or two. However I dont know much japanese, I only enough to surive. However I can't write or read any of it. I also can not afford to go to college for it. i am one looking for easy work enough to get an apart and to have enough time off to explore Japan, most likely on foot:eek: but to live either middle or lower class i dont expect much, however i would like advice or tips i can get thank you
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Find out where the Brazilian's live as they tend to be in the know for jobs without Japanese.

Options would definitely be their, it's just a case of knowing where to look..
 

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