Work in Japan as English-Japanese correspondent

[shizakura]

I am studying Japanese-English correspondency and my native language is German. After I finish the study, are there any possibilities to get work in Japan? I wont have a bachelors degree since this is no university where I study.

I have already been there on a Working Holiday, so I wont get this kind of visa again.

What possibilities do I have to be in Japan for a long term ? I am from Germany btw.

 

[nice gaijin]

what do you mean by English-Japanese Correspondence? And if you aren't studying towards a degree, what kind of certification will your studies give you?

 

[Glenski]

With no degree and with your WHV already used, you only chances to work here are as a dependent of someone who has a visa, as a spouse of a Japanese person, or as a student.

I suspect you are looking for a job in journalism, right? Not much call for that unless you are pretty fluent, IMO.

 

[shizakura]

It will be something like a Japanese-English Translator.
Not only journalism, I have seen there are a lot of job offers in international companies, offices etc.
I will get a degree from a state approved international languages school, in Germany the degree "abgeschlossene Ausbildung" which I will get, is only one level lower than a bachelor. Do you think it would be enough? I will get a certification to work as a Japanese-English-Correspondent/Translator.

 

[Glenski]

Visa regulations do not state explicitly a bachelor's degree, but instead they merely state "college degree", and it is assumed that it is a bachelor's, I believe. It's possible that a combination of work experience and training and education might suffice. No guarantees. If you ask immigration, do not put your question in a negative light, by saying it is not a bachelor's degree.