well, a pm can be flexible, doesn't really have to be in banking, most of the time, pm is in IT based sector. I know that a PM job is to deal and communicate a lot of people in the team and clients, which makes me less desirable for Japanese to hire me if my command of japanese is not business level.

For the bold part, highly unlikely after much searching as future career advancement will still stuck in Malaysia rather than transferred over to japan.

Regarding 日本語専門学校, they do not offer night class or weekend class in japan? If i get a job in japan, i am thinking to attend class after work or on weekends though.
I have another route suggested by my japanese sensei at the japanese institute i am studying now. But her recommendation is that i need to study full time japanese for half a year in japan, then i will 100% get a job after that, and assigned to one of the companies collaborating with the institute.
I really wanted to go, but couldn't resolve my financial commitment here (house and car loan) without a job for half a year. i need to secure a job first to pay for my commitments sadly.

ok, then i may opt for private tutor if i am able to work in japan.

For the last paragraph, it is hard for me, i wish i can throw away all my commitments here but too many parties affected, so i am pretty much tied down financially. Oh well, looks like i have to go with the conventional way to search on job sites and with plenty of luck.

whether i am going to have any change of mind on studying when i reach there, well, there is no way to know unless i know about my workload etc.

for the 2nd point, after serving 3 months at current company and get the visa ready in japan, i am able to move immediately. Tiring or not, well, that's secondary, since i do not have a family of my own

Of course, anything mentioned above is hard to be proven unless i get a job offer first

enworld, thanks
any other site for recommendations?

Is this Thread dead? I hope it's not! It has been awhile since the first post back in 2016, after i read thru all the way down till the latest post. Minnasan dou desuka? minna genki? How are u guys doing now? @Flanegan @sacwoc @Innovation @Riolis @honesty tan. I'm sorry i dont know how to tag u guys properly, I hope u guys are doing awesome!, i'm looking forward to hear from u guys again.  

i wonder is it hard to get a job in japan?
qualification just until high school
i do have an admin experience but i wouldnt mind to work in factory jobs

Do you need to know Japanese in order to work in Japan? it also depends on the company, and also what kind of job, for example if sales kind of job of course you need good japanese, as for my case we just focus on coding and make great products, we dont need to talk to client and stuff (keigo), BUT!, we still need to able to speak basic Japanese in order to communicate with the Japanese in the company especially the HR staffs, besides that, u also need to be to communicate with the officer here in order to deal with the government and other stuff like post office, or create bank account and etc. You MUST at least know the basic, at least able to have a conversation in japanese, once you have that, the officer will try their best to help you out. Unless your company provide you a human translator or do everything for u.

Must follow their working culture? It really depends on the company you are working at, different company has different culture, but the still the general Japan culture is still there, but as for my case, all the Software Engineers in my company are foreigners, and the management staffs (all japanese) they understand and want us to work our best by letting us work with flexible hour and we are able to work remotely. Of course some japanese here also they dont work OT, like once their work is done, they just go back, of course they would say Osaki ni shitsurei shimasu , and inside your Malaysian heart would whisper aiyah beh hiao kin lah, just go bak and get a good rest lah dont worry. Nowadays japanese people are changing i guess? My company people are different from what i had in mind before i work there.

Anyway, i'm working on the story of how i change from fresh graduate as E & E engineer to become Self-taught software engineer and got employed in Japan. It's going to be on Medium. Stay tune~

Hi. Just curious.if say I am earning around 18k, how much should I expect in Japan

Does anyone know that with Malaysian driving license, can we just swap to Japanese Driving license by paying some top up fee?

Or do we need to take the driving license test from zero and pay 300,000 yen for it?

*I am currently working in Japan full time.

Is there any Malaysian community in Tokyo?

Any link that I can refer or join?

Have you done it this way?

I remember I saw a list of countries that collaborate  with Japan and there are like 20+ countries which are mostly in Europe and these countries do not have to pay the 300k yen to convert, and Malaysia is not one of it.

Edited :
https://www.japanistry.com/converting-a-for...rivers-license/

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