The Atarashift Blog
Insights for working in Japan
Guides, interviews, and honest advice for international talent building a career in Japan.
The Atarashift Blog
Guides, interviews, and honest advice for international talent building a career in Japan.
The Atarashift Blog
Guides, interviews, and honest advice for international talent building a career in Japan.
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Tokyo pays about 20% more and has 2.8 times the work-visa holders. Osaka's rent is a third lower. Government data on jobs, pay and costs.
12 IT companies in Japan that confirm visa sponsorship on their own careers pages, from Rakuten and Mercari to AI labs and IT services firms, checked Oct 2026.
Can Indians get jobs in Japan with visa sponsorship? Official data on the visas Indians hold, the industries hiring them, pay, and how to apply from India.
Your Japanese job offer comes with a written notice of working conditions. How to read it: contract type, probation, scope of change, fixed overtime, red flags.
Japan's SSW visa lets you work in 19 fields without a degree. Who qualifies, the tests, the 5-year limit, family rules, and why food service is paused in 2026.
IDOM CaaS Technology, the Gulliver spin-off behind NOREL, is now hiring on Atarashift. Four roles open in Tokyo, plus an interview with its Chief Strategy Officer.
