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Just like back home, it depends on what you're looking for and how much relative experience you have. Japanese language ability helps but is not always necessary especially for entry-level jobs teaching English. The conditions since the 1980's have seem to have deteriorated significantly over time.

Recently, there was an opinion piece in the local Metropolis magazine describing it as the "McJob of Asia" http://metropolis.co.jp/features/the-last-word/the-mcjob-of-asia/

If under 40, a college graduate, and from an eligible English-speaking country, if set on coming over to teach English, the Japanese government-sponsored JET Programme http://www.jetprogramme.org/index.html is provides better circumstances than any of the corporate eikaiwa (English conversation) chains like Interac, AEON, Geos and ECC.

For non-eikaiwa jobs, this site - http://saltocean.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-post.html - has a good selection of links to solid advice and links to job sites that have mostly or only direct postings to employers (rather than postings put out by recruiters).

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