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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've thought about moving there after my youngest leaves for college.  For a couple of years. What are your thoughts on a single older woman going over there for a stay to work?
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I have similar plans, but mine would include working at an international school in Singapore or Japan after retiring from my current career.

I think that if you were planning to take a transfer from a company and work in an international office there, there would be a lot of challenges to being an older woman in a Japanese workplace unless you have crazy seniority or it’s a small company where you already have a lot of power.

I’m aware that by being in a workplace that centers around expats, I’d lose the chance to be completely immersed in a place. But as an older white woman, I would never be able to completely slip into a culture anyway- but my invisibility also keeps me safe from some of the stuff that younger women have to deal with.

I’m not concerned about healthcare in Singapore, but Japanese healthcare works so differently than the U.S. that I do worry about navigating the system successfully.[/quote]

I'm not really looking to slip into a culture or live there forever.  Just thought it might be fun after working here 30 years to go off and work overseas for a couple of years to a healthy country especially one that is short workers.[/quote]

If you're not fluent the only thing you can be is an English teacher. Even badly needed healthcare workers must pass the licensing exams in Japanese .
There is plenty about Japan that the DCUM crowd would hate. Special needs kids are basically warehoused. Fat shaming is rampant. Tattoos are looked upon with disgust and will get you ejected from some businesses. Tr*ns is considered to be a sympathetic mental illness. The gift exchange culture is exhausting. There is no concept of "you do you" which I hear here all the time. Public life is all about conformity.[/quote]

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