<p>I have lived in Japan since when I was little and I have family there so I always visit. But because my dad is in the military I travel a lot but spent most of my schooling in America. I take all honors, advanced placement and dual enrollment classes. I am half Japanese and speak the language fluently however since I have lived in America for most of my schooling I am not perfect at writing kanji, Japanese literature, etc. This is why I want to take a Japanese major so I can study more, become fluent at writing it, and successfully live in Japan. </p>
<p>To work in Japan as an engineer what kind of degree should I get in engineering? Electrical? Computer? Mechanical? Other type?</p>
<p>Do you know anyone who has or is currently working in Japan as an engineer?</p>
<p>Is it particularly hard to get hired or are there openings?</p>
<p>Please help, any advice welcome.</p>
<p>I don’t know any specifics about Japan itself, but many countries have lists of skilled labor that the country needs. Check the Japanese immigration website and see if you can find a list like that. It might not tell you everything but you can at least see if Japan needs engineers.</p>
<p>There is no specific major to work in Japan. It is a highly industrialized country just like the US and needs skilled workers of all varieties.</p>
<p>I hear they need good nuclear engineers since giant lizards keep destroying the power plants.</p>
<p>Damn it da6onet stole my joke. I was gonna say Civil Engineering with emphasis on Godzilla resistant construction.</p>
<p>" I am half Japanese and speak the language fluently however since I have lived in America for most of my schooling I am not perfect at writing kanji, Japanese literature, etc. " </p>
<p>You Japanese fluency will be a big value add. Imperfect kanji will probably be ok. I’m under the impression that much technical work relies on simpler phonetic katakana (which often represents English of techie terms). </p>
<p>Funny story - DS taught himself some katakana before a trip to Japan with DH. He was pleased with his abilities until DH pointed out those same signs also had English. DH’s Japananese coworkers were impressed that he could sound out most ice cream flavors in the freezer display case… but hey, this kid has been all about food since age 1 
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<p>Almost everyone here is based in the US and probably very few know anything about the market in Japan, which may be very different than it is in the US, so I recommend finding a different forum.</p>