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 ...

According to insights from Japanese job boards and our own GaijinPot Jobs, the average English teacher salary in Japan is approximately ¥290,000 per month, totaling around ¥3.46 million annually.

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 ...

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