🇯🇵 Moving to Japan for Work

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Hey there 👋

This is a free edition of The Global Move newsletter.

Continuing my series of country guides, this week I’ve put together a list of helpful links for those considering a move to Japan.

Here we go:

✅ Destination research

To relocate wisely, start by doing some research.

• Visa options: https://relocate.me/visas/japan and https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html

• Japan’s Digital Nomad visa: requirements + documentation, eligible countries, FAQ, and first-hand advice

• Taxes: https://relocate.me/taxes/guide/japan

• Take-home pay calculator: https://relocate.me/taxes/calculator/japan

• Cost of living: https://relocate.me/cost-of-living/japan + Numbeo

• Healthcare + insurance options: https://relocate.me/healthcare/japan

• Average salary info: https://relocate.me/salaries/japan-average-salary

• Developer salaries in Japan: https://opensalary.jp/en/roles/software-engineer, https://2024.surveys.tokyodev.com/en-US, and https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/japan

• Ask questions about moving to Japan: https://www.reddit.com/r/movingtojapan

• Official websites where you can find various information about Japan: https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/japan/general/index.html

✅ Job search (companies hiring from outside Japan)

If you’re looking to relocate for a tech job, many companies in Japan hire English-speaking international talent and provide visa sponsorship.

Some of these companies are:

• PayPay – https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/paypay

• Zeals – https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/zeals

• HENNGE – https://recruit.hennge.com/en/mid-career-ngh

• Mujin – https://jobs.lever.co/mujininc

• Rakuten – https://japan-job-en.rakuten.careers/search-jobs

• Woven by Toyota – https://woven.toyota/en/careers

• Cogent Labs – https://cogentlabs.breezy.hr

• Wizcorp – https://www.wizcorp.jp/career

• Degica – https://apply.workable.com/degica-hiring

• nanameue – https://nanameue.recruitee.com

• amptalk – https://herp.careers/v1/amptalk

• Rapyuta Robotics – https://apply.workable.com/rapyuta-robotics

• SmartNews – https://apply.workable.com/smartnews

• Alpaca – https://alpaca.markets/hiring#alpaca-hiring

• Autify – https://jobs.lever.co/autify

• Colorkrew – https://recruit.colorkrew.com/en/recruit

• Money Forward – https://hrmos.co/pages/moneyforward/jobs

• Mercari – https://apply.workable.com/mercari

• TableCheck – https://careers.tablecheck.com/jobs

• PlayEveryWare – https://www.playeveryware.com/careers

✅ Job search (local job boards)

Finally, here are some local websites to explore opportunities:

• GaijinPot (focuses on jobs for foreigners, especially in education, hospitality, and customer service; many roles require some Japanese, but some are English-only) – https://jobs.gaijinpot.com

• JOBS IN JAPAN (caters to expats & bilingual professionals across various industries, including teaching, hospitality, and IT) – https://jobsinjapan.com

• CareerCross (targets bilingual Japanese-English professionals, mainly in white-collar fields like IT, finance, and marketing) – https://www.careercross.com/en

• Japan Dev (tech jobs at global companies and startups in Japan, primarily for English-speaking software engineers) – https://japan-dev.com/jobs

• TokyoDev (software developer jobs in Japan for English speakers) – https://www.tokyodev.com/jobs

• Indeed Japan – https://jp.indeed.com

✅ VC and startup news

• https://www.techinasia.com/tag/japan

• https://www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/startups

• https://techcrunch.com/tag/japan

• https://thebridge.jp/en

That’s it! If you know of any other helpful Japan-related resources worth adding to this list, please share them in the comments.

Best,

Andrew