What do you do in Japan?

[Index]

I'm planning on moving back to Japan in about a year, but this time I'd like to work in something other than English teaching. During my last stint, I did some other things too, like narration and minor acting (TV commercials, as well as my own English language programme on InstrucTV for a year), but it was all fairly inconsequential in terms of a long term career. I've continued learning Japanese whilst here to so I can work in Japanese, so to speak. I'm wondering what kind of work those of you who are living in Japan are doing, aside from teaching?

 

[Mike Cash]

Don't mention it where my mother might hear of it, but I'm a truck driver.

 

[Index]

Wow, what made you become a truck driver in Japan? Are there many truck drivers in Japan of non-asian descent?

 

[Mike Cash]

Wow, what made you become a truck driver in Japan?

I perfectly fit the psychological profile of a truck driver: too sorry to work for a living and too proud to accept charity.

Are there many truck drivers in Japan of non-asian descent?

No.

 

[Index]

Are you married to a Japanese girl, or are you there by choice?

 

[Harvey]

I work in IT for a US based multi-national company.

 

[MeltdOwn_Akira]

adult entertainment. easy money.

 

[GaijinPunch]

Don't mention it where my mother might hear of it, but I'm a truck driver.

Seriously? Wow, full props. You know, I've seen stranger things though. There was a girl (half maybe? Definitely not full Japanese) working in the Subway restaurant in the building I last worked at. She would do wacky things, like say the whole "600窶ｰ~窶堙俄?堙遺?堙ｨ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。窶售窶唹窶唹窶ｰ~窶堙娯?堋ｨ窶堋ｩ窶堋ｦ窶堋ｵ窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。窶堙懌?堋ｽ窶堋ｨ窶ｰz窶堋ｵ窶堋ｭ窶堋ｾ窶堋ｳ窶堋｢ﾂ。 " Then just as I leave, say in native English "Did you need a napkin?". :/

Anyways, the list is missing a couple of things. There's a huge amount of foreign bankers and technical workers in Japan.

 

[Index]

Anyways, the list is missing a couple of things. There's a huge amount of foreign bankers and technical workers in Japan.

You're right. I'm sure there are heaps of things missing actually, but there are so many occuptations that I could never get them all in. One important one I missed was hospitality I'd say. Hopefully people will write their missing job.

 

[Index]

Maybe if you used toilet paper to wipe your butt, the faeces would stop coming out of your mouth?

 

[-Rudel-]

Currently free-lancing in computer generated art design. Of course with limited speaking skills, I only know enought to get my way around the city. I have to learn the business talking to get a real job here.

 

[Shibuyaexpat]

Maybe if you used toilet paper to wipe your butt, the faeces would stop coming out of your mouth?

HUH?!!!

Who is this directed at? Am I missing something here?

Well, I work for a large Japanese corporation in the corporate strategy department.

 

[DoctorP]

HUH?!!!

Who is this directed at? Am I missing something here?

Well, I work for a large Japanese corporation in the corporate strategy department.

It was originally posted as a response to something that "kleenex" posted....but it appears as his post has been removed!

 

[Index]

Yeah, don't worry about it. Kleenex made a stupid comment and I couldn't help myself. His was deleted but mine stayed

 

[Shibuyaexpat]

Oh. I see. I kinda figured something was up because your post seemed totally random. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Keiichi]

How about 'studying' on the list?

Keiichi

 

[Mike Cash]

I think he meant "do" as in the meaning of "activity resulting in remuneration sufficient to maintain present distance between bellybutton and backbone" (="job")

 

[cyber ape]

I haven't been in Japan long enough to do anything worthwhile.

My grandparents had me housed up in their ramshackle, so, all I pretty much did was go to the grocery store for them.

I went to an arcade in Tokyo once, good fun.

*must go back *

 

[Gord]

Since coming here, I've worked at a Karaoke house, a day in a car factory, a day looking after severely handicapped people, and I currently bartend. There's a place that routinely calls me up to do weird experiments on me because they like my brain? ..anyways, lots of options if you don't want to teach English, the same way I really, really really didn't want to.

 

[duff_o_josh]

i am a preschool teacher, but it is just 8 hours of babysitting everyday.

 

[Harvey]

I'm mostly slacking, but my pay check comes from a Financial companies IT department.

 

[headsupcustoms]

hopefully will be an english teacher, but i also sculpt, and want to see about doing some anime stuff (toys, statues, etc), also want to look into acting/voice over work. Who knows what else?

 

[Nuala]

I'm a professional serial killer.

 

[jarvis]

I perfectly fit the psychological profile of a truck driver: too sorry to work for a living and too proud to accept charity.



No.

hey, I resent that! Im a truck driver! or resemble that , I don't know...

 

[Mike Cash]

If you'll be perfectly honest with yourself, and take a look at other drivers who have made it past the ultra-high washout rate that affects drivers in the first six months or one year in the profession....you'll have to admit that you resemble it.