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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mike Cash" data-source="post: 786237" data-attributes="member: 36">What kind of work did you interview for?There are jobs available for people your age, but let's be frank here... your total lack of Japanese language ability just immediately takes them off the table.This is going to sound like the standard smart-aleck remark, but you might try McDonalds. They do hire people past retirement age...hell, they've even run commercials centered on that...and they would probably have something you could do in the kitchen that wouldn't require a whole lot of language skills.I don't think you've ever said, but I'm under the impression you've never had a job in Japan outside of working for your wife's juku. Is that correct? If so, that's another factor that certainly doesn't help things now.If you don't mind doing manual labor and having it be irregular, register with one or more temp agencies (人材派遣 "jinzai haken"). I've seen everything from university students to guys in their sixties on work crews from them before.What you really ought to do is cold call every eikaiwa or English school you can find within commuting distance and pitch yourself to them. That and/or get to work hunting up some private students.</blockquote>