Introduction:

A language is not just its vocabulary words or textbooks full of common phrases. You absolutely should learn the basic phrases, especially if you will be visiting Japan with only a month to learn how to speak or read a new language. But it’s also important to get a handle on Japanese grammar and sentence structure. This way, you will at least have a little bit of information memorized to help in a contextual situation where you are not entirely sure what someone said or how to respond. Understanding or studying any language is not an easy task. Studying Japanese will take a lot of work but it is not so difficult.

When you first start learning Japanese, you may be unaware of all of the benefits that can result from your new language skills. Once you’ve achieved a certain level of proficiency, you can put your Japanese skills to practical use, especially in the workplace. Professionally, you can use your Japanese-language skills in two different ways: 

• To earn supplemental income,
• To build your full-time career in the corporate world.

While learning Japanese can expand your professional options, the real purpose of language is to connect with others. career-wise, Japanese is one of the top 5 most useful languages to study. Japanese is the leader in many sectors like automobiles, animations, consumer electronics, computers, optical media, semiconductor manufacturing, infrastructure, shipbuilding, and many more. Having these skills can give you a great job and business potential in India and worldwide. generally, these less struggle for positions with Japanese-speaking applicants. If you want to learn a language with less competition, a high competitive edge, better pay, and more work, Japanese is the right choice.

• Bigger business opportunities 

If you want to open your own company in Japan, you will get more opportunities if you speak the language. As the second-largest economy in the world for a while and now third by GDP, there are hundreds of billions of dollars spent by the Japanese on consumer goods and services. Its imports and exports are healthy, and there are Japanese multinational corporations with branches around the world.

Being able to communicate well with potential customers, business partners, employers or vendors will be valuable in making your business grow.

• Jobs in embassies and government sectors

Indian government entities like the external affairs ministry, the Indian embassy in foreign countries, the ministry of tourism, and other ministries like education, commerce, science & Technology, Agriculture, Textile require Japanese language experts. While the number of openings is quite limited if you are not a government employee, still you will be able to grab a job opportunity with these government entities. 

• Flight attendant and jobs in the aviation industry

 Here is a career opportunity that requires just a bachelor’s degree. You can apply for this job by making sure you focus on your Japanese ability and your English/native language. A career as an international flight attendant tends to be fun and rewarding, as it will also help you to hone your Japanese language skills in the area of customer service relations. Also, have a better chance of promotion.  

• Sales representative/ service agent/export sector

Since the Japanese economy is export-driven, most of their companies rely on service agents or sales representatives to help in communicating with foreign clients, data entry, answering telephones, advancing the company’s objectives, and other administrative tasks. 

• Work at a Japanese company

There are branches of Japanese MNCs doing business in India. You can become an employee of one of these companies. According to the embassy of japan and JETRO, the total number of Japanese companies registered in India is 1,441, and that of Japanese business establishment in 5,102, as of October 2018. Depending on your primary skills, you can work in Japanese MNCs like Toshiba, Honda, Suzuki, Sony, Toyota, Canon, Yamaha, Panasonic, Casio, and more. The position on offer will also vary according to the company.