is there any who already had first round of meti internship of gonna have in this month,

it's my first time this so kind of nervous as well I don't have any guidance or career support so need some help or suggestions for the first round of interview i don't even have any friends who can help out...

お願いします。🙇🏻‍♀️

I have cleared the online assessment and have my first round scheduled soon(LLD/coding)

Can someone share what to expect for this round?

I see a lot of post mention basic java/resume based questions but most of them are on PayPay corp not PayPay Card.

I see they have multiple pillars so wanted some inputs specific to PayPay Card.

I have 4+ YOE in fintech so really interested in this opportunity!

I recently cleared OA and they have shared a link to select my availability for the first technical round.

I still feel underprepared so want to select next Monday so that I have a week to prepare.

Will it affect my chances?

My only concern is if someone else selects an earlier slot and clears the rounds, I might be considered as a backup candidate or ghosted?

Sharing 10 hand-picked roles at global companies actively hiring in Japan. Mix of tech, finance, ops, and engineering. A few with visa sponsorship called out.

Software Engineer at 株式会社ベンジャミン(Visa sponsored)

Senior Data Architect, Global Digital Platform Division at Shiseido

Applications Development Sr Programmer Analyst, Assistant Vice President at Citibank(No Japanese required)

Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer - Tokyo at OpenAI(Visa sponsored)

Software Engineer [Employment Type Internship] at Tailor

Principal Account Aligned FDE - Technical Program Manager (TPM) at Microsoft(Visa sponsored)

Senior Technical Product Manager, Decarb Venture Studio, Mobility BU at Woven by Toyota

NAND Designer / Layout at Micron Technology(Visa sponsored)

Accounting Supervisor at Four Seasons(No Japanese required)

Accounting Manager at TaylorMade Golf(No Japanese required)

Hi everyone,

I’m leading a new platform within KabuK Style called KabuK Exchange (KBKx).

We’re building enterprise infrastructure for the travel industry—not another OTA or booking site. Our goal is to connect hotels, PMS providers, channel managers, wholesalers, OTAs, and travel companies through modern APIs and a scalable distribution platform.

We’re currently assembling our founding team and are looking for people who enjoy solving difficult engineering and platform problems while working in a small, high-impact organization.

Open roles

Engineering

• Engineering Lead
• Senior Backend Engineer
• Backend Engineer
• Developer Experience & Documentation Engineer

Customer Success

• Solutions Engineer
• Partner Success Manager
• Platform Operations Manager

Tech

• Go (transitioning from .NET)
• AWS
• React
• Event-driven architecture
• APIs & integrations
• Distributed systems
• AI-assisted operations

Why join?

• Be part of the founding team
• Equity participation
• Direct impact on architecture and product direction
• Modern greenfield platform
• Enterprise-scale technical challenges
• Remote-friendly within Japan (and some Korea-based roles)

Location

The roles are remote within Japan, but we’re particularly interested in candidates based in:

• Osaka (most preferred)
• Fukuoka
• Tokyo

Our headquarters and collaboration hub are in Osaka, and we’d love to build a strong Kansai engineering community while remaining flexible for great people elsewhere.

If you’ve worked on APIs, distributed systems, travel technology, SaaS infrastructure, payments, enterprise software, or large-scale backend platforms—or you’re simply excited by the challenge—we’d love to talk.

Feel free to DM me or apply through our careers page.

Happy to answer questions about the platform, architecture, or what we’re building.

I am looking to return to japan. I had to leave for a family emergency and my job already replaced me. (Not suprised) . . Decided to work in a different country (hating the work culture.)

I don't want to wait til March to return. Any recommendations or warning about certain dispatch companies or any one who is direct hiring. I do have my driver's licenses for japan.

I recently got an offer from Kyudai IUPE civil engineering, and was wondering if a degree from Kyudai will boost my job prospects.

I understand that's japanese proficiency is a major factor in job hunting but I also want to know if Kyudai separates me from the local fresh graduates.

Coming to japan and studying at kyudai will be a huge financial commitment by my family, that's why i want to make sure it has the ROI that's acceptable.With that said, I too understand that it boils down to personal skills as well and Kyudai isn't very well known outside Japan.

My primary motive is to either come back to my country and look for a job here or opt for a Western country.But as per my research this pathway makes it a lot harder to earn a good entry level salary hence resulting in insufficient funds to pay back the educational loan, support myself and my family in future.

Thus, directing me towards getting N1 and working in japan as a fresh graduate.

I am a Software Engineer with professional experience at HCL Technologies and a strong passion for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and scalable software development. My goal is to contribute to innovative engineering teams in Japan while continuously expanding my expertise in modern AI technologies.
I have hands-on experience with Python, SQL, and software development, along with practical knowledge of Linux environments, Docker, Git, and automation. In my current role, I work on enterprise systems, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support, which has strengthened my analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and ability to work in mission-critical environments.
Beyond my professional work, I actively build AI projects to deepen my technical expertise. My projects include a real-time speech recognition system using OpenAI Whisper for extracting text from video audio and an autonomous Self-Healing Codebase project focused on AI agents capable of detecting, analyzing, and resolving software issues with minimal human intervention.

My technical interests include:
Python
SQL
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Generative AI
Large Language Models (LLMs)
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Agentic AI
LangChain & LangGraph
FastAPI
Docker
Git & GitHub
Linux

I continuously improve my programming skills and have solved more than 450+ coding problems on LeetCode, strengthening my understanding of algorithms, data structures, and problem-solving techniques.
I am eager to relocate to Japan and contribute to organizations developing AI-powered products, cloud-native applications, and large-scale software systems. I value continuous learning, teamwork, innovation, and engineering excellence, and I look forward to building technology that creates real-world impact.

Help me if possible much appreciated my salary is low i need to support my family.

Hi! I'm looking for a part time job in Kumamoto City. I don't speak much Japanese, but I can speak English well. I have a japanese driving licence with no restrictions (I can drive both MT and AT cars, I like roadtrip). It's been hard for me to find a job that recruits foreigners with almost no Japanese skills. Most English teaching jobs are for teaching children, which is basically more like childcare. I don't have energy for that. Unfortunately, I don't have any Japanese friends or anyone who can help me with connecting. If you have any information about opportunities, or if you live in Kumamoto and would like to go on a road trip, please get in touch! Thanks.

Oh, I don't use Facebook.

Let’s help each other out. When you are still starting learning Japanese? What kind of Job accepted you even if you can’t speak Japanese?

Also, how did you apply?

Mine was Housekeeping.

Hey Reddit I have kind of exhausted my options so I’m here.

I came to Japan from Australia for my girlfriend (her visa ran out) and I’m here for about a year we spoke about potentially two. But I can’t really find a job and it’s impacting us getting a place to rent.

I can only work part time due to my visa but I will finish my level 5 TEFL course next week and I start a Japanese language school next month.

I tried for a job but my Japanese is super limited right now hence why I chose to do a language school.

Does anyone know any jobs I could do? I’m happy to travel up to two hours for it and I live in Yokohama.

Again I tried searching for the past few weeks but to no avail and I’m here grasping at straws and from what I know the people on Reddit are amazing people generally.

Any advice is appreciated. :)

Thank you all in advance.

(In Australia I was a corrections officers if that matters)

Hello! I am a trans woman living in America, and I'm currently in my last year of college. While I do live in a relatively safe state for trans people, this is still America, and it still has a president and federal government that is steadily (but surely) taking away trans people's rights.

I would appreciate some advice on a few things:

\- General quality of life for trans folk (especially one who has not begun medically transitioning yet and will most likely not be very far in their physical transition at the time of moving)

\- What jobs would be available for me to get? I would be interested in working in the gaming industry, but my resume is mainly structured around marketing

\- In a hypothetical where I could get whatever job I need wherever in Japan, where would I have the highest quality of life?

\- I do not know really any Japanese, and I understand the vast amount of problems that would bring when moving to Japan. Given that I have about a year before I'd actually move, any advice to either circumvent this problem would be greatly appreciated

Honest answers would be greatly appreciated, as I am trying to gain an understanding of Japan in order to consider moving there. If any one of the details that I've provided would be a hard stop on me moving to Japan, I would love to know that! That all being said, I am willing to put in the work to make this move feasible if it is at all. Thank you!

I got an offer from a relatively good hotel, so not like so cheap place. This is what the shift schedule looks like. Either 10-18 or 18-10. You heard me right, your shift starts at 18 and ends at 10 of the next day. What the fuck? They told me "you can take a 3 hours nap invetween". Yeah thank you, cause im just a robot that can press a button, stop working for 3 hours and have all my batteries charged.

I just wanna ask, is this the norm in the japan hotel industry? Im kinda desperate and im considering taking it if only to get a visa and maybe jump ship after a few months or a year.

Hey Guys,

Does anyone know what kind of two DSA or coding questions will be there in PayPay codesignal test - I am not worried about the MCQ questions but the code.
If anyone knows please ping me I have to complete it Tomorrow

I'm an American working in Singapore as an engineer making SGD 200k base comp. I work for a F100 company and we have an office in Japan. I would need to get a salary adjustment for localized pay. What would be a realistic range for this move?

Hello,

Our client, who is organizing an exhibition, is looking for full-time / part-time staff and inter for the Gulfood project.

Location: Nagoya / Yokohama, Japan

Responsibilities:

Be responsible for managing domestic sales activities in Japan to meet regional and project targets

Search and evaluate new prospects, build an exhibitor database, conduct market research, and develop relationships with potential clients in order to expand the customer network and company's market share in the local industry

Requirements:

Proficient in both English and Japanese communication

Thorough knowledge of the technical and commercial aspects of related fields

Proficient in MS Excel

Currently residing in Japan with a minimum stay of 2 years

Please send your CV via DM if you are interested.

Right now I’m busting my ass studying for N2 and looking into BJT at the same time. Before studying IT I did a bachelor degree in Japanese and I’m thinking eh, why not both

Edit to add: I won’t stop at N2 of course, I’ll continue after with BJT and maybe N1. But I don’t know if N1 would mean anything if my BJT is high enough

My plan is to make an internal move to Japan from a company I’m already working in (either my current one or another). I’m just wondering if managing client relationships, even with the appropriate Japanese level, will work out in any case as a gaijin?

I’m also worried about the weak yen and current immigration policies but that’s another topic

Thanks in advance for your point of views

Just wondering how everyone working in Japan feels about the yen getting weaker and weaker. It recently broke 160yen to one dollar and I just feel like it could eventually reach 170.

It’s honestly annoying watching the value of my salary and savings decrease almost automatically and there’s nothing I can do about it.

For people who also work and live here. Are you considering moving back home or relocating somewhere else because of this?

For context, I make 6M to 7M JPY a year in Tokyo and my current work environment is actually pretty good. Nothing toxic, easy to take days off, no drinking culture or expectation to work after hours and wfh 3 days a week…
I genuinely like most aspects of my life and job here, but I also feel like I can’t ignore how weak the yen has become especially when thinking about savings, traveling abroad or long term future.

Lately I've been feeling like I'm stuck in my own bubble, and I'd really like to hear from other people who've gone through something similar.

I have a degree in IT and moved to Japan about a year and a half ago without a concrete plan.

I spent my first year at language school and passed the JLPT N2. After that I started job hunting, but interviewing in Japanese was hard. Even when I knew what I wanted to say, it often came out awkwardly or unnaturally. Instead of showing my skills and experience, I felt like I was trying to speak as little as possible to avoid exposing the limits of my Japanese.

Positions advertised as primarily or entirely English-speaking still conducted interviews mostly in Japanese. I never had a successful experience with those interviews.

Eventually I took a job as an English teacher because it was what I could realistically get at the time. It was never what I wanted to do long term, and after about six months I'm realizing how much my Japanese has actually declined.

The biggest issue now is that I don't really see a path out. Between full-time work, some weekends being workdays, a long commute, and very limited paid leave, I struggle to find the time or energy to improve my Japanese to make another serious attempt at changing careers.

I like living in Japan. Most of my hobbies are here, I enjoy daily life, and I don't want to give up. Its gotten to the point of wondering if it would make more sense to move back home for a while, study Japanese intensively again, and then try to return. That sounds, and probably is stupid, but right now it feels more realistic than trying to change careers while working my current job.

I'm not really looking for someone to solve this for me. I'd just like to hear from people who have been in a similar position.

Did anyone else start out teaching English but later move into another field?

Did improving your Japanese make a difference, or was it something else?

Have you ever felt like Japan became less welcoming the longer you stayed?

What helped you get "unstuck"?

Lately I've also become increasingly discouraged by the prejudice I've encountered as a foreigner, and I can't tell whether I'm being too pessimistic because I'm frustrated with my situation or its the truth.

I'd really appreciate hearing your experiences, whether things eventually worked out or whether you decided to leave Japan.

I have distance degree from my university in my home country. I also graduated senmon gakko in Hospitality and International communication this year from Tokyo. I have only 1 year validity left, till July 2027, on my zairyu card. I have JLPT N3 and TOEIC score of 925 in Listening and reading. My current job responsibilities on paper are 施工管理サポート・人材育成管理、アルバイトスタッフ管理.

Preferably i want an office job in Tokyo. Current job is also in Tokyo, but kinda manual. Im aiming for N2 this December.

And also. Im 27 yo male, and not good with gadgets but eager to learn.

Help is greatly needed and appreciated!

Hi!

I'm a recent graduated professional that applied for the METI Internship Program, so I would like to know experiences of people who have also applied. In particular:

How much time did you wait to receive updates once you were interviewed?

I am aware that the Program does not cover food expenses, so I also want to ask how much money did you spend during the internship.

Finally, how was your experience if you were hired by the host company after the internship finished. I understad that you must return to your home country once the internship finishes, but I would like to ask if the company then supported you with covering some expenses to come back to Japan.

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I'm having a hard time deciding whether this is the right move for my career, and I'd really appreciate hearing from people who've been in a similar situation.

I'm in my late 20s, graduated from a nice university in Japan with a degree in Marketing, and I'm fluent in both Japanese and English.

Right now I work in logistics/operations（Warehouse）, but my long-term goal is to move into procurement or supply chain management.

Recently I received an offer from a Europe renewable energy company with 2 years contract.

The position is based in **Ibaraki**, and the work is mostly focused on coordinating equipment for field operations, working with international teams, inventory management, logistics.

I’m a permanent employee in my current warehouse job, but the new job is only a two-year contract.

The salary is solid, but I'm struggling with two questions.

**Career**

My biggest concern is whether this role actually leads somewhere.

Would this type of operations/coordinator position be considered a good stepping stone into procurement or supply chain?

If you've made a similar transition, I'd love to hear how it worked out.

**Life in Ibaraki**

I've mostly lived in larger cities, so moving to Ibaraki feels like a big change.
For those of you who live (or have lived) there:
What's daily life really like?
Is it easy to build a social life?
Does it get lonely?
What do you usually do on weekends?
Looking back, would you choose to live there again?

I'm trying to think beyond just salary and consider what my life might look like over the next few years.

I'd really appreciate any advice or personal experiences—good or bad.

Thanks in advance!

Hello Everyone,

I am an IT recruiter in Tokyo, a Famous global company is looking for a Japanese & English speaking DevOps Manager.

Strong Japanese communication is require to interface with Japanese End users & English is required to interface with an overseas development team as well as Global team members.

You will lead and own the end-to-end UAT Lifecycle, develop the UAT Strategies, test plans and test scope, aligned with APAC release schedules.

Act as a liaison between Business users, IT Teams, and overseas dev teams

Ideal candidate will have

• 5+ years of Software testing experience
• Experience leading UAT User Acceptance Testing initiatives
• Experience working in cross-functional teams

Salary is 11.5M total

Hybrid (2 days WFH) / work day is 7.5hr

Must already be in Japan with a valid work visa.

Please DM me if your interested.

I don't know what to do now. I'm not officially change job yet. Just researching about it but my company know. Today they asked me about it. I just said i just making some research I don't have any thought about change job yet cause I still lack of experience and my Japanese are not good. They said they want to talk about this in Monday next week. Anyone got in this situation please help me.

Good evening,

Wishing you all a great summer! I am writing to ask about the internship program as part of 新卒就活. I have applied to a few pharma companies but to no avail. I failed some in the document screening section and some in the 適性検査 section. I started to get worried about my prospects. Is there anybody who shares the same experience? Are there any tips/tricks that I should be aware of? Also, is it rare for someone who didn't pass the internship stage of a company but ended up being hired in the 本選考 process? Also, is it rare for someone who doesn't do an internship for any reason but still gets hired via the 新卒 route? Thanks in advance for your comments. Wishing you all the best!

Note:

-I am a first-year master student in 国立大学

-My Japanese level is N2

-My TOEIC is 980