"John W." <worthj1970@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Apr 23, 9:58 pm, "Marvel" <mar...@helpcarl.com> wrote:
>> A friend of mine married a chick from Osaka, first they lived in the USA
>> awhile and now have gone back to Japan.
>>
>> Any ideas what type of work he (male 44) might pursue to have a decent 
>> job
>> as well as life?
>>
>> And I don't mean one of those English teaching sweat shop schools.
>>
> For starters, in my experience any job in Japan is a sweat shop.
> Prepare for long hours and lots of red tape, and kissing a** to
> sometimes absurd degrees (by US standards). But if he doesn't speak
> Japanese then he doesn't have much of a prayer getting one of those
> jobs, and there aren't any DOD jobs in the Osaka area (that I'm aware
> of). Don't knock teaching English; some of my best friends make very
> fine livings doing it.
I have noticed that too, it's weird to me how hard the citizens work I have 
always wondered why they are so.
It reminds me of working with G-chan, every morning we would show up around 
five am (even though we didnt have to be there till six, We would start a 
fire in the huge counter weighted lid barrel and drink canned coffee and 
smoke cigs.
(I know I'm rambling)
When work would begin at six or usually before and I was always amazed at 
the hands on approach to everything. (knowing in my mind I could do it 
faster with machines)

There's not much growth opportunity, and as an
> older guy he might find it harder to get a job, but it is possible to
> get a corporate job in an English chain school, though usually you
> have to teach first. He should try to get a job teaching corporate
> classes. The schedule can be tough (usually at night after the
> workers' day ends), but the money is usually better for the hours
> worked. Public school jobs also pay well, though my friends who have
> done that said the administrative side is a headache.

How about just hanging out a shingle and teaching folks around the local 
hood?

 Finally, there's
> the English media world; there are several magazines in the area that
> *might* be hiring, though I doubt he'll be able to get anything but
> freelance work, and that's a very crowded market.
>
Like maybe a sports writer?

> Personally he might be better off planning to live on the wife's
> salary for a while. He might not want to, which is good; he should
> want to get on his own feet. But the reality is there aren't that many
> jobs there outside of teaching if he doesn't speak/read/write
> Japanese, and even quality teaching jobs might take a month or two to
> get.
>

He is already....he saved for about a year before actually going
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