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Dear /jp/,

I recently quit my Japanese Studies degree, with an aim of moving to Japan in the near future. Having never lived in any country other than England, have any of you got any advice on such a move..?

The move isn't permanent, but I will living out there hopefully for an extended period.

In before weabo or any other such sillyness.

>> No.1914141

op is a scifag

>> No.1914142

Good, OP. We have prospects of ever hearing from you ever again.

>> No.1914146

>>1914141

OP: I'm a what??

>> No.1914149

I don't follow you're quitting japanese studies so you can move to japan?

>> No.1914153

i lold.

if you quit your degree you can't get an extended visa. (save working holiday) back to school newfag.

>> No.1914158

>>1914134

1. when eating noodles, slurp very loudly
2. cry when you are really happy
3. cry when you are very sad
4. cry when you eat something really delicious

follow these rules and you'll fit in fine

>> No.1914160

>>1914149

No, I've quit my degree already, because it wasn't going in the direction I wanted.

>> No.1914166

>>1914134

Without a degree, you won't get a Visa. Sorry, but that's the truth.

>> No.1914177

>>1914166

What about all the poor Chinese in Japan without degree's then? They got in to Japan somehow.

>> No.1914173

I hear getting a degree in Japanese Studies helps

>> No.1914183

>>1914177

illegally

>> No.1914190

Also do you really want to do what the illegal chinese migrant labor is doing?

>> No.1914191

For extended stays japan requires a degree and a sponsorship from a company sayin they will pay you a certain amount per year. its to stop japan gettin filled with /b/tards and newfags.

Dont even think about overstaying a tourist visa either = V& then B&

Why cant it be that strict here in aus, fucking eurofags everywhere.

>> No.1914192

>>1914177

They got in the same way Mexicans got into the US.

>> No.1914193

>>1914177

Mostly because of family connections, but also because Japan takes a much more lax approach to their Far-Eastern relations. It's also relatively easy to get a fake degree in China. The best you'll be able to get is a 3 month visitor Visa.

>> No.1914199

>>1914173

OP: I didn't want to get in to mountains of debt for a degree I didn't want to do. Large parts of the course weren't even related to Japan, so I thought it was better in the long run to go to Japan and study Japanese there instead.

>> No.1914203

>>1914191

Yes lets have tighter immigration control in australia, they're not xenophobic enough already and the locals are clearly more cultured then any european.

>> No.1914210

>>1914192
God I hate Mexicans
>>1914191
Lol no one goes to Australia, except well... except Nemo

>> No.1914215

>>1914193

There's also the fact that finding any kind of accommodation without a sponsor/guarantor is very difficult. Expect to pay upwards of £500 a month for a 4m by 4m guesthouse (shared bathroom, kitchen between about 8 people). Of course, that's if you want to be in a big city, outside of the big cities, things will be even more difficult.

>> No.1914212

>>1914199

You can get jerked around a lot with student visas when applying for a japanese university. It's a tricky process without sponsorship from a partner institution at home.

Not to mention that "Japanese" is hardly a major you can graduate with.

>> No.1914221

>>1914212

If you want to apply directly to a Japanese University you also need JLPT1 (unless it's one of those crappy International Universities), or an equivalent test.

>> No.1914224

>>1914212

OP: I was planning on working and then going to summer school to finish my Japanese language learning. My goal before starting university was to become fluent in Japanese, not learning obscure parts of Pan-Asian history. In short, I don't give a shit about 18th century Chinese histpry.

>> No.1914235

>>1914203
I'm not a xenophobe, i love other people and cultures AS LONG AS THEY STAY THE FUCK OUTTA MY COUNTRY.

Just imagine, aus could end up the same as england full of Muslims, currys and sand niggers *shudder*

>> No.1914240

>>1914224

You should have gone to a decent University and done Japanese, like Leeds for example.

Anyway, you'll still need to do JLPT if you want to get into a proper Japanese University.

The only quick fix available is doing a good TESOL course, but even then, many employers in Japan will see you don't have an Undergraduate and probably ignore you for people with them.

Maybe you should go to Korea.

>> No.1914246

>>1914235

Instead of all the Chinese and Italians.

>> No.1914247

Kill yourself. You'll never move to Japan no matter how hard you try.

>> No.1914254

SO I NEED TO SPEAK JAPANESU TO GET INTO NIHONGO SUPERIOR BEING LAND?

>> No.1914256

>>1914221

I think universities have their own language test, and for a undergrad course it certainly won't be around the level of JLPT1.

Post-grad courses however have some pretty tight requirements.

>>1914224

Chinese history from the colonial period onwards is some of the most interesting shit ever. Hell east-asian history owns, don't regret majoring in it in the slightest.

>> No.1914265

>>1914256

History is an interesting subject in general. Though majoring in it, I dunno. My roommate was a history major and 2 years post-graduation, he still doesn't have consistent work, just temp job after temp job.

>> No.1914266

>>1914235
Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Daily Mail

>> No.1914295

>>1914266

Don't reply to such awful opinions

>> No.1914291

>>1914256

Most do have their own tests nowadays I think, a change from the 90s when it was JLPT1 or nothing. You're probably right about undergrad, but I'm pretty sure the equivalent to at least JLPT2 would be required. I mean, most Japanese finish JLPT1 at the end of Junior High School when they're 15.

The best way to get into Japan and get a decent career (ie, not be a JET, ALT, etc), is to get any degree, learn Japanese in your own free time, do the JLPT tests and get a crappy teaching job (JET, ALT, etc). Once you're in Japan, keep learning the language, look for better teaching jobs inside Japan. Once you're fluent and have a few years working in a more respectable teaching job, you'll probably be able to find translator, corporate teaching or maybe even private school management positions.

>> No.1914302

>>1914240

OP: I'm not planning on returning to Higher Education, and I've studied Japanese before, so I know I'm not missing anything by not going back. I did the same course that they do at Leeds and it was a serious mistake. I wish I could have gone to Durham or something, where you don't have to do pointless rubbish like East Asian Studies. Learning about the history of Singapore doesn't improve my Japanese.

>> No.1914310

>>1914302

Basically, the only chance you have of living in Japan without a degree is to marry a Japanese woman.

/end

>> No.1914327

Try living in Hawaii for a while, if you can stand their attitude, you can graduate to living in Japan.

>> No.1914329

>>1914291

I wouldn't be surprised if undergrad still had strict requirements, I'm going by how much english people have to know to attend a under graduate course at my university which isn't that demanding.

Probably comparing apples and oranges there.

Thing with work visas is that mobility is restrictive due to how the sponsorship system works. No company looks within the country to recruit people on work visas, you're as stuck as someone in JET until you don't need to maintain a work visa anymore.

>> No.1914334

>>1914310
what a japanese women that wants to bang him just for a green card?

WHAT A TWIST.

>> No.1914336

>>1914134
>In before weabo or any other such sillyness.

OP, why the fuck did you say that on an imageboard that was meant for weeaboos in the first place? Most of us are so used to being called "weeaboo", we don't think of it as an insult anymore. Now go back to /trv/.

>> No.1914348

Moving to a country because you like their cartoons and video games isn't a good idea.

>> No.1914359

>>1914348

That's not why I'm learning Japanese. I have Japanese friends, among other things.

>> No.1914364

>>1914348

Seriously I haven't heard of anyone that goes to the permanent residency stage for any reason other then that they found a woman.

>> No.1914579

be wary of niggers. i am sure you are more than aware of the dangers and troubles they bring.

>> No.1914615

Japan is the place where you can act like an asshole and people will forgive you because you are simply "following your own culture".

>> No.1914645

>>1914134
eat lots of Yoshinoya in Japan.

its so tasty

>> No.1914680

>>1914645

wrong, eat lots of coco ichibanya

>> No.1914711

What about me? In my case I'm studying for a Bachelor's in Computer Science, then 2 more years for the Master's, after which I will move to Japan to get some kind of IT job (I'm also learning Japanese in my spare time, and I have 5 1/2 years to do so). Of course, I want to marry a nice Japanese woman and live there for the rest of my life. Anything wrong with my plan?

>> No.1914715

>>1914711

You're not Japanese

>> No.1914728

>>1914192
Swimming the Rio Grande?

>>1914134
>> I recently quit my Japanese Studies degree
And now your studying what? Asian Studies? Linguistics? International Relations with a focus on East Asia?

Wait, you're not attending a university any more? That wasn't such a bright move, now was it?

>>1914199
>> I didn't want to get in to mountains of debt
It's an investment. One you'll recoup fast enough. Besides, there are plenty of ways to finance a study.

>> Large parts of the course weren't even related to Japan, so I thought
You mean basic knowledge like how to write good papers? Do research? Learn to use English at an academic level so people can read your work and get what you are talking about? How to defend your theories? You know, the basic knowledge you would expect one to have upon graduation?

>> No.1914736

I recently quit my Korean Studies degree, with an aim of moving to Korea in the near future. Having never lived in any country other than Japan, have any of you got any advice on such a move..?

>> No.1914740

>>1914711
guess what, bro? a fellow jap could do your job better, faster and for less.

>> No.1914743

>>1914302
>> pointless rubbish like East Asian Studies. Learning about the history of Singapore doesn't improve my Japanese.

No, but it gives you a damn good understanding of the region, the tensions between the nations inhabiting it, and why Japanese politicians follow a certain course.

You can't seriously study Japan (or any country) without learning about its neighbours.

>> No.1914747

>>1914740
The thing is, I know I could probably earn a lot more money staying in the US and working here, but all I want is enough money to sustain myself and my future Japanese waifu in an acceptable little house/ apartment. Surely that's possible with a bloody Master's Degree.

>> No.1914763

>>1914728
Have you ever gone out on the Rio Grande?
It's there that the rivers run Golden Sand.

>> No.1914762

>>1914747

>my future Japanese waifu

That's not going to happen.

>> No.1914765

WHY DO YOU FAGGOTS THINK THAT YOU'LL BE INSTANTLY ACCEPTED IN JAPAN BECAUSE OF YOUR DEGREE
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF JAPANESE PEOPLE WITH DEGREES
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THEY'LL HIRE A NON-NATIVE JAPANESE SPEAKER OVER A NATIVE JAPANESE SPEAKER WITH THE SAME QUALIFICATIONS
KILL YOURSELVES

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>>1914765

take a drink and calm down bro.

>> No.1914792

One of this days, I will travel to japan walk into a mahjong parlor, and beat everybody after that, I'll become the representative player of a Yakuza leader.
After I become rich by playing mahjong I'll marry a hot J-IDOL (Shokotan,Aya and Reina come to mind), buy our own island and live the dream!, I'll be call the JP KING!

Futaba Channel will hate me so much that they will probably make a board for me, circlejerking on how much they hate me, and you guys won't stop talking about me.

After that, I'll fund everything Touhou related, to the point me and ZUN will be awfully rich, and have a company called "CIRNO INC.", I'LL LAUGH HAPPILY ALONG WITH MY J-IDOL WIFE AND ZUN! ON HOW WE'RE LIVING THE DREAM!

AFTER I DIE, I'LL BE SIMPLY KNOW AS THE KING!

>> No.1914798

>>1914792
Best post on /jp/ ATM.

>> No.1914813

>>1914792
LOL cool story bro

>> No.1914822

>>1914792

kakkoi monogatari aniki.

>> No.1914827

>>1914765
For the most part, the ability to speak English.

>> No.1914871

>>1914827
That's not incredibly important most IT jobs...

>> No.1914874

>>1914792
>I'll fund everything Touhou related
I support your dream 100%

>> No.1914886

>>1914871
In most/for most*

>>1914747
Why do so many guys around here want to marry a Japanese girl? Young English/American girls look far closer to anime girls than the Japanese.

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>>Young English/American girls look far closer to anime girls than the Japanese.

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>>Young English/American girls look far closer to anime girls than the Japanese.

>> No.1914924

I have been to Japan on a holiday, was alright, felt like a complete 'foreigner tourist' tool, and this was before I even had a power level. But we saw some cool sights, Fuji, Kinkaku-ji, etc etc.

>> No.1914941

They're both island nations.

You'll fit right in.

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>>1914897
they do

>> No.1915700

>>1915676

Strangely enough none of those girls look like the figure.

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>>1915700
obviously not because they don't have huge eyes and other anime features, but the white girls look closer to the figure

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1915737

Rei rei.

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1915738

and they look closer to Japanese anime characters too

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1915753

Also /jp/ related.

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>>1915737

moo moo

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>> No.1915773

anyone have that pic of the "no foreigners allowed" sign?

>> No.1915780

>>1915773
Which ONE?

>> No.1915799

>>1915780
everyone there is, if you can.

>> No.1915800

so your trading one over crowded island for another?

>> No.1917554

>>1914886

Yeah! I want to marry a young American girl who can speak Japanese.

Of course I'll have to divorce her and marry someone else when she grows breasts

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