Pursuing a career as an English teacher is one of the fastest ways to live and work in Japan—provided you meet the requirements. However, the drawbacks to this convenience are the industry’s ...

At another, an assistant principal is taking classes despite their role not usually being a classroom job. It's a scenario that's playing out across Japan as the country's teacher shortage ...

It has been edited for length and clarity. I got an initial offer for a teaching job on a military base in Okinawa, Japan, in July 2022 — and I returned home to Arizona almost exactly one year ...

The education ministry plans to consider reviewing the country's teaching license system to make it easier for people who pursue graduate studies in the middle of their careers to become teachers.

Foreign students in Japan have continued to face hurdles in securing employment due to language barriers and the country's ...

Her application was accepted, and she landed an assistant language teacher (ALT) job in Nagasaki Prefecture. After graduating from university, she arrived in Japan in July 2016. But she said her ...