What could get you to Japan this week?

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Every Sunday we custom build your Radar around those answers: the deadlines open to your passport, jobs in the work you picked with the ones that fit your Japanese first, and what to do that week. All of it to help you get to Japan.

From John

I read the official sources every week, work out which windows are genuinely open to someone applying from outside Japan, and send what I find. This is a real issue, so you can see what the Radar looks like before you pay for it.

Dozens of programs and 680 jobs open to overseas applicants

Checked every week across 94 employer sites and job boards

01 Closing soon Don't miss these deadlines

JET Programme

2027 departure

A year or more teaching English in a public school (ALT) or working in a local government office (CIR), placed anywhere in Japan by the Japanese government.

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Country	Application window
Canada	Open now, closes Nov 13
United Kingdom	Open now, closes Nov 5
United States	Open now, closes Nov 13
Other countries	Oct to Nov

The catch

You need the bachelor's degree by departure and citizenship of a participating country. Permanent residents are out; the UK bars anyone who lived in Japan six or more of the past ten years, the US six or more years since 2016.

This week

Applications are open. The UK deadline is Thursday, November 5, and the U.S. and Canada close on Friday, November 13 (Canada at 3pm Eastern), so start this week: references and your transcript take the longest. Applying from anywhere else? Your country's JET office sets its own date, so check its site.

02 Opening next Get your documents ready

ECC

USA sessions: New York 24-25 Oct, Houston 28-29 Oct, Los Angeles 1-2 Nov

Over 400 native English teachers across more than 140 schools. Almost all recruitment happens outside Japan, at in-person sessions in Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA.

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Country	Application window
Canada	Open now, closes Nov 6
United States	Oct to Nov

The catch

Sessions are in person only, with no online route, so you have to physically reach one in Australia, Canada, the UK or the USA. They will not interview anyone already in Japan on a tourist or working holiday visa, and they ask you to have at least ¥300,000 available for the move.

This week

Check the country pages for the next session in a city you can reach, then apply through the pre-check form well before it.

03 Jobs open from abroad 3 Office · 3 Tech · 2 Teaching · 2 Hospitality

ALT in Koshigaya, Saitama (2027 position)

Heart Corporation (ALT)

Koshigaya, Saitama · Japanese not stated · Visa sponsoredEmployer site →

International Reservations Consultant

MnK Niseko

Kutchan Cho, Hokkaido · Japanese not stated · ¥260,000-300,000 JPY per month depending on experience and/or language ability · Visa sponsoredEmployer site →

Platform Engineer (Infrastructure/Kubernetes & AWS) - HENNGE Platform Team

HENNGE

Tokyo, Japan · No Japanese required · Visa sponsoredEmployer site →

🔒 7 more jobs in this week's issue

Subscribers get all 10, the newest of 648 that matched this week, each with the employer and a link to the official listing.

You choose the kind of work: teaching, tech and professional, office and sales, or hospitality, care and trades. Your jobs then focus on those fields, and your passport sets which deadlines you see.

JSPS Summer Program

2027 program

Two months in a Japanese research lab, 14 June to 24 August 2027, with flights and an allowance paid, for graduate students and recent PhDs from six countries.

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Country	Application window
Canada	Open now, closes Dec 2
France	Open now, closes Nov 19
Germany	Open now, closes Oct 31
Sweden	Open now, closes Jan 3
United Kingdom	Open now, closes Oct 19
United States	Open now, closes Dec 2

The catch

You must be a graduate student or have earned your PhD on or after 2 April 2021, and a researcher in Japan must agree to host you before you apply. It is a two-month stay, not a move.

This week

If your country's deadline is days away, apply only if a researcher has already agreed to host you. If it is weeks away, write to one or two researchers in Japan whose work fits yours this week and ask whether they will host you, because the application needs their acceptance.

Regional Revitalization Cooperation Corps

Ishinomaki, Miyagi: five posts, selection online

Paid posts of one to three years with a Japanese town, doing local work such as tourism, farming or relocation support. The openings listed here accept applicants who live abroad.

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First deadline	October 31, 2026 12 days left
Final deadline	January 29, 2027
Pay	¥171,561 to ¥291,000 a month
Japanese required	JLPT N2 or better
Degree required	Not required
Apply from	Overseas

The catch

Applications, interviews and the work are in Japanese. None of these postings says it will sponsor a visa, and a service contract (業務委託) with no employment may not support one, so ask the town about your status of residence first. Some interviews are in person in the town.

This week

Email the town office with your nationality, where you live and your visa situation, and ask whether the post can support a status of residence before you send documents.

21 more programs in this issue

Including Borderlink (teaching, from ¥200,000 a month), Peppy Kids Club (teaching, ¥240,000 a month), Regional Revitalization Cooperation Corps (¥171,561 to ¥291,000 a month) and Mihara Village yuzu farmer training (¥137,500 a month).

Same detail on every one: the dates, who it is open to, the money, the catch, and what to do this week.

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