EEducation in Japan

The Only Options for ALTs and Drones

  • July 12, 2025

There have been an increasing number of concerning posts from ALTs and eikaiwa drones.

ALTs complaining school lunches are too expensive. There was a 30 GABA guy saying he didn’t have enough money for a plane ticket to visit a dying parent. Also, the news article about a 10 year Interac veteran who claimed he didn’t have enough money for train tickets to visit his girlfriend who lived a few stations away.

Being an adult requires basic money management. The reality is ALTs have two options.

  1. ALTs in particular have lots of free time so should be working in their free time. They need to saving at least 50,000 yen a month. If you are in your 20’s there is no reason why you can’t get earn extra income to supplement meager ALT salaries. Invest that cash. You will have a decent nest egg.

  2. Get qualified so you have more earning potential.

Note: If you have visa restrictions on getting extra income, leave Japan ASAP.

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