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What's the process for hiring foreigners? I'd love to live and work in Japan but basically every job ad I've seen online wants people who speak Japanese and ar

• rb808 10y ago
  I think its probably the same for any large corporation. I'd check with banks, insurance companies, even Japanese manufacturers where you can start with a job in the US with the view to move.
  • kogepathic 10y ago
    What about people who don't live in the US? Not aware of many European multinationals with a big footprint in Japan who are keen to ship over staff.
    • jpatokal 10y ago
      Google Japan hires from all over the world and will sponsor visas if you get an offer. Obviously the office is focused on the Japanese market, so roles that don't require fluent Japanese are quite limited, but there's a sizable software engineering team that explicitly does not require it: https://careers.google.com/jobs#!t=jo&jid=/google/software-engineer-university-graduate-minato-tokyo-japan-1988770623& https://careers.google.com/jobs#!t=jo&jid=/google/software-e... https://careers.google.com/jobs#!t=jo&jid=/google/software-engineer-chrome-os-video-minato-tokyo-japan-1991420014& https://careers.google.com/jobs#!t=jo&jid=/google/software-e... But as in any company, the best way to get posted overseas is to get in locally first and then apply for positions internally.