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[konkai]

Can somebody teaching or recruiting in Japan give me an idea of a maximum age of recently hired teachers there?

I have a late-30's-nice-american-teacher look, in great shape, blah blah blah but actual age is late 40's.

[Glenski]

You should be just fine. Everything here depends on credentials and chemistry and luck.

[luckbox]

There are in fact some companies in Japan who prefer older foreign teachers - for obvious reasons. Older workers tend to be more mature, more reliable, more professional, and have long since gotten the party-til dawn college days out of their system. In any case, you should have no problem as long as your credentials are in order.

[tokyo376]

I recently went to my company's regional meeting. There were 19 teachers, and at 35, I was the 7th oldest. One was 53, and a few were 40ish.

[gaijinalways]

At the universities this is more common, though older people will have a harder time getting full time (temporary or permanent). where I teach I am probably one of the youngest except for one new full timer I know (she's Japanese), but she does have a PhD.