"Fabian" <lajzar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> LRW hu kiteb:
>
> > OK, I found a couple of threads here that answered most of my
> > questions (for now) regarding a Westerner teaching English in Japan.
> >
> > But how about this: My wife is getting her degree in computer
> > animation.
> > (The idea of living in Japan right now is just a distant dream--when
> > it becomes a closer goal, we'll of course be doing more industry
> > focused searching, but until then, I'd like to hear your opinions.)
> >
> > What are the chances that this 32 year old (will likely be a few years
> > older by then) redhaired and freckled American woman (I can see that
> > as being either a big plus or a very big minus) with only little skill
> > at spoken Japanese of getting a decent job in Japan? (Tokyo or
> > otherwise?)
>
> Unless your Japanese is near fluent (JLPT level 1 or better), getting a
> job in Japan outside teaching English is the stuff that Twilight Zone
> shows are made of. Oh, there are jobs supervising English teachers once
> you've been one for a year or two, that needs no Japanese, and there are
> the occassional job polishing poor translations.
>
>
> -- 
> --
> Fabian
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> http://www.lajzar.co.uk
>



Or, there are a few water businesses you could get into. wink, wink