Why Japanese?

一体...どうして 日本語を?

Native speakers: 128 million

Number of job postings in 2014: U.S.: 9,069; total: 18,644

Median annual salary (2015): U.S.: $44,138; total: $39,314

Knowing Japanese grants you access to Japan’s high-tech economy, the third largest in the world and consistently ranked as one of the most innovative. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that Japanese companies employed nearly 840,000 people in the United States in 2014 and invested nearly $27 billion of new direct investment in 2015. Likewise, many major corporations recently announced plans to invest in and expand their operations in the USA. Japanese multinationals such as Sony, Toshiba and Toyota maintain U.S. offices, and many value Japanese proficiency in their potential employees, making having Japanese language skills an even more marketable skill in years to come. “Japanese people, [even if they] have learned English . . . have a strong language barrier when communicating with foreigners,” says Masahiko Seto, senior lecturer of Japanese at Yale University. “Learning Japanese is tremendously beneficial to doing business.”

U.S. jobs for Japanese speakers fall mainly in the sales and technology sectors. Top 2015 jobs included sales representative (median salary: $50,000), software developer ($72,500) and product manager ($75,000).

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