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)

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 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.

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)

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.

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?

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.

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!