Language School Vs. Working Holiday Visa for finding a Job in Japan?

I'm planning to quit my current job as a Software Engineer at the end of 2025 to go to Japan.

I have two options:

  • working holiday visa
  • language school

Background Info:

  • 25yo (by end of 2025)
  • 2 years of experience as Software Engineer (by end of 2025)
  • bachelors degree in CS
  • N3 Japanese
  • ~€20.000 savings (by end of 2025)
  • German

My goal is to land a SE Job in Japan so that I can work & live there.

Through my research I tend to go with the working holiday visa since it's less expensive (no tuition cost) and I have more time to work (no language school to attend). However, attending language school for a year would significantly improve my Japanese; also I heard there's some Job Hunt Visas available when language school ends?

Which route would be the best to achieve this?

by GilloGillo

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