I'm around a lot of expats that have spent considerable time in China and Japan. They're two of the most "foreign" countries for us in the US, which is part of the draw.

Obviously fluency is going to be required to get the job, and I don't mean the "fluency" they teach you in school. Classes are garbage at teaching language. You need to be mistake for a Japanese over the phone.

I'm sure you know all about the culture, about how they feel towards gaijins and everything.


AJATT | All Japanese All The Time | You don't know a language, you live it. You don't learn a language, you get used to it. is a really good source of info. He's got a packet of info that helps you apply to Japanese jobs. Includes a copy of a Japanese resume and everything (which is way more important than it sounds). I've used his site for Mandarin.

我仍然需要中国的语言实践