Living here in Japan, it is hard not to get caught up in the recovery of the local economy. There is so much capital investment in infrastructure and operations going on, as well as a flood of foreign investors and market entrants that the opportunities for employment are better than they have been for a decade. I am aware of companies that have orders in to recruiters for...

There are of course many successful foreign CEOs in Japan, and I would guess that at least half or more don't speak Japanese. Of course, 90% of these people are seconded by head office to work in Japan as expatriates, so they are not included in this discussion. However, there are some who have been appointed as local...

Recently I received a letter from a reader who is married to a Japanese national and is considering moving back to Japan so that his wife and 3 kids can be closer to her aged parents. He is a senior executive in a major firm in the US and is well respected for his organizational and leadership abilities. He wonders what kind of job he might...

Most of the successful foreign graphic designers in professional agencies that I have met in Tokyo gained their jobs through personal relationships rather than answering newspaper ads. This isn't to say that agencies don't advertise jobs, but you'll find that with the sheer flow of people out of the design schools being...