Has anyone had experience looking for a job in Japan?

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The next question is interesting, does anyone have experience of looking for a job in a Japanese company while in Russia and can share this experience and tell what you should pay attention to, and the process itself from start to finish. Yes, work, of course, in the field of IT.

Answer 1

Personally, I have no such experience, but there are guys I know with such experience.
Finding a job remotely is quite possible. But it all depends on your level of Japanese (well, at least you have English, I think) and your specialization.
If you are a zero level and specialize in Web and PHP, then at least try to write, for example, to the Shiawasedo desk. They once hired a web proger like, maybe they have thoughts of hiring more.
If you don’t fit, then start wooling sites https://japan.careerengine.org/ https://www.daijob.com/en/ etc. with the appropriate settings: Overseas application OK and Japanese proficiency - Basic.
Most likely, if they are interested in you, they will do a bunch of Skype interviews. And then everything will depend on whether you can interest them so that they are ready to pay you over 20 mana (more than 100 thousand rubles gross) and suffer with paperwork for you. It should be noted that a serious company will prepare documents for an annual visa for you. Yes, and you are also interested in an annual visa - in case of dismissal, you will have time to maneuver. Well, beware of those companies that will sweetly invite: "We urgently need you, get a visa, come for 3 months as a tourist, and we will make you chocolate on the spot." You don't have to be 7 spans in the forehead to understand the catch in such a proposal. Yes, and 3-month tourist visas are not made to citizens of Russia.
Well, learn at least basic Japanese. At the level, it's nice to meet you, exchange a few words, go to a store, a restaurant, etc. So that the desk does not consider that you will have to babysit in the first months.
PS The salaries of Japanese IT workers are really ridiculous by world IT standards. So you should really want to go to Japan, and not somewhere else.

Answer 2

Interesting, of course, but I think you need to find a good employment agency on the spot.