> Working with a Japanese company may seem like a good fit if you speak Japanese, but with the vastly contrasting work cultures and the fact you’re a foreigner

> Working with a Japanese company may seem like a good fit if you speak Japanese, but with the vastly contrasting work cultures and the fact you’re a foreigner in a Japanese world–you might want take a look at other options. If you honestly think you speak and understand Japanese, but you don't understand or are not already better and more completely aware of what is being discussed in this article - then you don't actually speak or understand Japanese as well as you think you do (or as well as the many 'nihongo ha jouzu desune!' acclamations might have led you to believe.)