Question # 5. What are the education requirements to teach ESL in Japan?

Question #5. What are the education requirements?

Japan is quite strict about the education requirements IF you do not come to the country from a place with a working holiday agreement.

A four year university degree is necessary to secure a working visa. End of discussion.

But…

We found a way around it. At my school, in addition to English classes, we also offered Bible classes. There are groups in Japan that drag their children about while knocking on doors or ride on bicycles in white shirts and ties.

These and other groups offer English classes under pretenses of teaching, evangelizing, prosletizing, that is spreading their religion.

English is taught using their religious textbooks.

We did things differently.  We made every effort to teach English well, to satisfy our students. After all, they were our customers and we felt that they deserved nothing left.

Also on the schedule, apart from English classes, we offered Bible classes free of charge. In short, we felt that if we did a quality job of teaching English, the Japanese, who know quality, might stay around to see what else we had to teach.

It worked.

We grew several churches that way.

The point being…at times we hired workers who did NOT have four year degrees but were serious Christians who had much to offer Japan.

We secured missionary visas for them by offering sponsorship in Japan and through church connections.

A second point…there are always ways, legal ways, to get around the four year degree requirement and when you are not from a country with a working holiday agreement.

But…it's easiest to finish college and then apply.

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