>>82826073 (OP)
>only pre-requisite: must currently reside in Japan
I've been trying to do exactly that for the last 10 years OP, starting with English teaching and then moving on to something else after finishing university. The result? Being rejected from EVERY SINGLE ENGLISH TEACHING JOB/EIKAIWA Japan has, and also being rejected from any Japanese or Japan-adjacent job stateside (with the idea that I'd work up enough and get transferred). And so, I've been stuck in a warehouse for the last 8 years surrounded by the laziest, self-serving, barely literate degenerates you'd ever have the misfortune of meeting (let alone working with). They ALL mock me for my interest in Japan and Japanese culture, regular coworker and supervisor alike. What's worse, is that I see Japan today suffering from an influx of third-worlders coming in and absolutely wrecking the country, with nuisance-streamers from the U.S. and such treating Japan like their own personal adult amusement park/gym.
I honestly want to shout
>FUCK JAPAN!!
But at the same time, I can't; I can't hate Japan, and I'm still a complete whore for its soft power, popular culture, and traditional culture. I make way more than I would in Japan, but this isn't what I went to university for, interned for, or spent my whole life building a personality and avoiding criminal trends for. Not to mention the multiple times I've taken (and failed) the JLPT, with the exception of actually passing N4 10 years ago. All those hours, years, etc and for what? Fuck, man...