Hey everyone,
My wife and I have recently been discussing the possibility of a move. We live in the US and are seriously concerned about where things are and may be heading.
Im looking at a 3 year plan to move there. I have a BA, 11 years experience in my field (digital marketing for businesses) and I am currently learning Japanese (1 hour a day). I own a digital marketing agency that does well with clients in 6 states. My wife is an architect but currently expecting our first baby and will not be working after that.
What options do we have to make the move there? I initially looked into a Business Manager Visa, maybe open a business for local businesses to market to foreign tourists (we noticed almost no local restaurants had any English marketing, the ones that did were killing it). This would be, I guess, something that a Japanese person couldn’t do as well with the culture difference, which could help me, I suppose?
I’m open to any suggestions and advice to paths that would create this opportunity. Thanks!
1 comment
Keepin’ it real.
Your skill is going to be a tough sell without knowing Japanese. Studying an hour a day will take more than three years. That being said, I don’t know how much demand there would be for your particular skills. It feels like a native Japanese could do that in Japan. Yes, their english isn’t so great, but there are more Japanese that can read/write reasonable english than english speakers that can read/write reasonable japanese.
Also, as far as tourists, according to https://www.tourism.jp/en/tourism-database/stats/inbound/ , the vast majority of tourists are from non-english speaking countries. Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand. I would imagine if JP businesses would want to focus on attracting those people.
Anyway, if you are going to be japan bound, you are taking the first correct step of studying Japanese. I would increase (likely double) the time. Once you get somewhat good after a couple of years, you might want to consider online Japanese schools so you can practice speaking alongside reading/writing.