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Hello <<First Name>>-san,

I hope you’re having a good week! Here’s what’s new:

• 2 new ads 🆕

  • Freelance interpreter/translator on board a cruise ship in Japan 🚢

  • Mid-career communications role in the gaming industry 🎮

  • … and 2 expire soon!

• Last chance: Maplopo nihongo course for intermediate/advanced users enrollment closes May 1 ‼️

• Partner board job ads have been updated ⬇️

Sincerely - どうぞよろしくお願いします。

Kasia

10 Featured Job Ads on Nihongo Jobs

3,241 total ads on the job board today

1. [New] J/E Cruise Ship Translator/Interpreter (cruise ship 🛳️ in Japan) Freelance opportunity for April 28-May 4 & June 10-23.  Int'l travel to, or domestic travel within, Japan will be covered. Medical background preferred. Must have a Japan passport/visa.

   
   

2. [New] Partner Relations Representative (Santa Ana, CA) Excellent J/E skills required for this mid-career communications role at a Japanese publisher of video games in Orange County. Must have Japan-based work experience and be willing to go on business trips to Japan.

   
   

3. [Expires soon] Bilingual English-Spanish and/or French Admin Support (remote in CA or TX) Japanese language skills not required but appreciated for this admin support role at a Japanese localization company. Good starter job if you want to get into localization or translation!

   
   

4. [Expires soon] Inspection Engineer (Japan) Remote for Japan residents with travel to US & Dubai. Advanced/native Japanese & intermediate English levels for this role at a corrosion and non-metallic materials engineering & inspection company.

   
   

5. J/E Bilingual Compliance Auditor (Novi, MI) Have advanced Japanese/English skills & internal audit experience? Now hiring for a full-time Compliance Auditor role in the automotive industry.

   
   

6. Sales Coordinator (Toledo, OH) Have 1+ yr automotive industry experience? All Japanese lang/cultural skills appreciated to coordinate sales activities & support customer satisfaction.

   
   

7. Sr Tax / Audit Staff Accountant (Novi, MI) Japanese language skills a plus if you have (or will have) a CPA license to support as a Sr Tax or Audit Staff Accountant at this accounting firm in Michigan.

   
   

8. Bilingual Tax Staff (Novi, MI) ミシガン州ノバイ市の会計事務所で働きませんか。CPAを持っている税金に詳しい専門家が必要とされていますので、ご興味がありましたらご連絡ください。

   
   

9. Project Manager (Novi, MI) Trading company seeks a Project Manager w/ engineering experience and interest in connected, autonomous, and electrified tech (Japanese language skills a plus)

   
   

10. Sales Support (Trenton, MI) Support sales activities in Michigan's automotive industry; Japanese language skills are a huge plus! Entry level welcome but some sales experience preferred.

Select the US city or state you would like to work in, or search by keywords from the job ad page (i.e. industry, position, department). You can also use bookmarks and create job alerts that get sent directly to your email! Job ads are updated daily and the total number will fluctuate accordingly.

⚠️ Enrollment closes May 1 ⚠️

Want to challenge yourself and exponentially improve your Japanese language? 🚀 It's not too late to register for the unique "price-drop plan" (ie. the more students, the cheaper for all).

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You'll read a Dazai Osamu novel 📚 and end up mastering your Japanese for both business and pleasure. This will be more interesting than a typical textbook 💯

This program will keep you on your toes, but anyone with a full-time job or school schedule can handle it if they want to 🎯

Partner Job Boards

Click on the below logos of job boards managed by our partners in the US-Japan career space: USJETAA, JETwit, and AATJ.

Here are some listings that you may find interesting:

• Project Manager, Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York (part-time)

• Program Officer, Business & Policy Forum at the Japan Society in NYC

• Economic Section Assistant at the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago (Apply by May 17)

• Cultural & Public Affairs Staff Member, Security Section Assistant, and Official Consulate Driver at the Consulate-General of Japan in Detroit

• Hybrid internship at NAJAS (National Association of Japan-America Societies)

• Fully remote, part-time Program Coordinator for Kizuna Across Cultures.

• Social Media Manager for a Japanese company, Fujifilm Sonosite, in Bothell, WA.

• Social Media Specialist at the Embassy of Japan in Washington DC.

• Senior Fellow with the German Marshall Fund to support the Japan Trilateral Forum in Washington DC.

• Japanese language/culture instructors: check out all the openings on the AATJ website for K-12 and higher ed positions in various states and online!

• Marketing & Communications Coordinator (Japan America Society of Dallas & Fort Worth): full-time role; Japanese language ability a plus.

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