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[mitsui]

It is easier if you have a spouse visa and don`t pay rent, thanks to ones in-laws.

Outside Tokyo, things are tougher.
Not everyone is content to work at different part-time jobs.

Frankly, it is like getting to a party late. The beer is gone, and you look for what is left: whiskey, sake, and shochu.
Some people are standing around with beer in their glasses, while you just look on.

Even now some universities are putting caps on part-time teachers, giving them five years.

[Solar Strength]

[mitsui]

I have been here 13 years straight. It is getting worse.
I have only worked full-time at two schools.
However my luck may be running out.
I have a spouse visa and could get PR but I thought, why bother?

I have applied for jobs in the US and in Japan
for next year.
Long term it is a no win situation, since there are more teachers than before, and schools will close, since there are fewer young people.

Many universities are trying to stay afloat and they do that by having more teachers on contracts, and that includes younger Japanese teachers too.

To stay, people have to be flexible. Some people don't seem to mind moving around the country in order to get work, but it really sucks having to fork out that key money.
Out in rural areas there is less competition.

Some people are willing to do business English with two or more jobs,
but that commuting can be tough.

Lots of teachers lose their jobs at universities and have to work part-time at two or more jobs. It takes time to set up your schedule where you can get enough koma at enough schools and the teaching and commuting takes a lot of energy.

[Solar Strength]

[mitsui]

One teacher I know left for China not long ago.
He left his Japanese spouse and kids behind in Tokyo.
What does that tell you?
They pay no rent since the in-laws owe the apartment, but still, he left.
If you can make the same pay in China, with a lower cost of living, I can see that.

[RustyShackleford]