Quoting Joe Petrow <joepetrow@gmail.com>:
> > Find a job in Japan !  Many fellow MLers were/are doing the same.  Joe
> > and Ive were mentioned earlier in this very thread, and they both had
> > found work in Japan.  Ive has left, but Joe remains, got married, and
> > settled down with his kids.
> 
> To be fair, Ive and I both studied Japanese many years at the
> University of Michigan.  Richard Kim also studied in college before
> coming.  I don't know how much Japanese Michael and Jerry knew before
> coming over though...

One viewing of NHK Japanese and two semesters of once-a-week evening classes at
the japanese consulate... And a whole lot of anime. Pretty much fully self-
taught (and very badly).

> > You can do it if you really want to do it.
> 
> That is true...but knowing Japanese opens up a lot more doors and
> makes things a lot less scary than not.

Mind you, the adrenaline rush is amazing. My first visit to Japan was when I 
knew a LOT LESS, and I was like tripping on adrenaline the entire three days...
^_^; Stranger in a strange land indeed.

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