I've been to Japan 4 or 5 times with the recent time where I've spent almost 2 months. I'm absolutely in love with this place and want to move here however my need for security is holding me back. I've come up with some options and was just hoping to get some feedback from everyone, especially other people that were on the same boat.
- Working professional with 10 years experience in customer success/tech-ops in a multinational tech company.
- Age: 33
- Financial position: I have a mortgage but also have enough cash that can last me about a year and a bit in Japan and also maintain servicing my house in my home country.
- Biggest drawback of not being able to find a job in Japan is not having business level Japanese.
- I can read Chinese so Kanji learning is fairly easy. I'd say I'm currently between N5 to N4.
Option 1A:
- Student Visa in Japan. Intensive course at Akamonkai or other institutions to accelerate my language journey to N2 within a year.
Option 1B:
- Student Visa in Japan attending a language school course. Try to find a recruiting job in Japan to get a full time income and switch over to a work Visa. Continue learning Japanese and eventually switch back to my main career.
- Pros here is that I'll be a better financial position to meet my obligations.
Option 2:
- Explored internal transfers and looking for jobs relevant to my fields already. There's a heavy focus on language for what I do so this looks like a no-go.
Just keen to hear thoughts or maybe other options that other ppl can think about.
edit: Add info re: current japanese level and responses to other posters.
by Gri_ffy