If were to graduate college in America with a degree in Business, would I be able to use that degree for work in Japan? If I were complete all 4 years of college, and then go on for a Masters or a PHD in business... would I be able to work in Japan without having to go to a Japanese University?
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i dont think so
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yes a degree is a degree anywhere. im leaving to study in lodon this weekend and im getting a minor in art then coming back to the us and using the education
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No no, to the person who said a degree is a degree anywhere, i will have to ammend what you wrote: A degree is a degree anywhere, except japan. That is the one country i know of where your degree does not mean a lot unless you go into a particular field like engineering. People should really not make extensions to countries they are not familiar with on here. You have to know japanese by the way, and pass JLPT 1 (look this up) to get anything worthwhile for a japanese job, unless you work at say, an american company's branch in japan. Japan is not doing so well with their economy either, they are even more reluctant than usual now to give away jobs to foreigners unless you are a superstar in what you do. They have been paying off foreign residents for awhile now to leave the country indefinitely things have gotten so bad. Business is a tough sell. They honestly will not care, because while business majors are not a dime a dozen, well...they really are, you know? Why would they need you? They have business people of their own. If you majored in something very valuable, then sure you could for sure get a job in japan. Not sure if you have ever been to japan before, but japanese really have no interest in letting in foreigners for anything more than for tourism money. The process to live permanentlly in japan is a long struggle. It is not a country you can just decide to go to, you have to really want it, and frankly: most people find out they do not want it. I had an awesome time in japan, but the country's residual, quiet, xenophobia can really eat at you over time i could forsee.
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I live in Japan. All I can say is ... oh brother. You know, in every answer, you get some right and some wrong. It is so hard to pick and choose. One person's experience is so different from another's. Look. One guy says a degree is the same everywhere. Well, maybe you can put it in front of an employer at an interview and just tell it like it is. It does not mean that they will give it the same weight that someone in the US would. So the other guy is right... right? Well, not really. First of all JLPT1 is not necessary. That is just not true. They will tell you that, though, if they do not want you, because it is a nice way to say... no thanks. If you get JLPT1 and go back to the same company, they will still say no thanks... Japan is not some nasty racist place where they will make your life miserable just for the fun of it. A lot of foreigners give up and go home and usually have some bitterness to tell others about. That is fine. Leaves more for the rest of us. The people who were given free flights home were English teachers from a failed chain of English conversation schools. I don't know much about that, but I do know that English teachers are generally unsuccessful at life here in Japan in the long run. Things are not as hard as he might make it out to be, but the business climate is not good, and wherever you go in the world, it is SKILLS, not knowledge or education, that will really open doors. If you expect that a Japanese company will say WOW!! A US BUSINESS MAJOR!!! Well, that is not going to happen. Background like that is good enough to work at GM, but not Toyota, if you know what I mean. Another thing that you might be underestimating is how hard it is to FIT IN in Japan. Trust me, if you try to be like a regular Japanese recruit, you will not make it. New employees are often abused in different ways.. it is rough. If you try to enter as an upper level employee, you will have to have some special experience or skills to justify that. Finally, if you had an MBA, you would have better luck, but that might not be true in a few years, after all, the whole American financial meltdown was the work of American MBAs and PhDs. The CEO of GM had an MBA, a PhD, and a JD, and look at what a winner he was. How eager would a Japanese company be to hire people like that? The good news is that going to a Japanese university will be a very easy route to take. I recommend it, especially for Master's work.
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You really have to ask the Japanese embassy this question. But do note that Japan does not really accept immigrants. The best you could do is to get a job with a US company doing business there and get a temporary transfer there. The Japanese work very hard to keep Japan Japanese.
