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wow! I'm new to this forum but not to Japan, and reading your stories has made me realize for the umpteenth time how hard those not on spouse visas have it here.

We used to live in Japan back in the 90s, then left and came back in June this year. I'm not a professional teacher. In fact, I'm not much of professional anything (used to work in advertising, LOL!) But getting a teaching job was ridiculously easy. Granted, I don't live in a big city and there's a lot less competition here, but still...

And this is what I heard repeated over and over at language schools that I got in touch with: we want female teachers. Blonde, skinny, cheerful females.

A couple of eikaiwas even said, "If you have any friends just like you who want to teach in Japan, please let us know. We can even sponsor them."

So maybe that's why guys have a harder time getting a job right now?