First post, whoo hoo! Girlfriend is in bed, I'm up drinking beer. Found this site randomly whilest running a search for Bob Sapp (who fought K-1 in Lost Vegas last night, and if my limited knowledge of J-TV was correct, challenged Mike Tyson, who was in attendance, to a fight afterwards). I'm lazy, and only scanned the posts above, but many seemed interested in how to get to Japan. I've been here two years doing the English teacher gig (only intended to stay for one, but you know how things go...). If you want in, and don't mind working for a corporate meatgrinder at first, try a big language teaching school, such as NOVA (whoo, no lightning strike!), for a job and a visa. You'll likely need a college degree, and mastery of a major language (i.e. English, Chinese, French, German, etc.), but it is possible if you've got that going for you. Good luck!