2019 Top Jobs in Japan Week 33

STH Japan, the exclusive hospitality distributor for the Rugby World Cup 2019 and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is looking for its new head of business development.

Your key responsibilities will be to engage sports rights holders and federations to unearth opportunities and build a network in the sports industry to highlight STH Japan objectives.

The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in sports as well as proven previous experience in a business development role.

Experience working in sports, travel or the hospitality industry is preferred.

The famous Japanese taxi company Hinomaru is hiring taxi drivers specifically for tourists.

Benefits include four weeks of fully paid training. All cars have built-in navigation systems, which you will be trained to use.

Workdays will not exceed four days per week as they are very strict about work safety rules.

The Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy (JVTA) is looking for a native English speaker to take care of their course in Japanese-to-English visual media translation, which mostly consists of how to do translation for subtitling and voiceovers, but also covers other media such as manga and entertainment-related text translation.

You must have professional translation experience.

Teaching experience is very welcomed!

Sokoku is looking for a web designer to design or maintain websites as well as create web banners.

You must have at least one year’s experience as a web designer and have a valid working visa for Japan.

Benefits include a meal allowance, annual medical check-up, and bonus twice a year!

A Ninja-themed restaurant located in Akasaka and Shinjuku is looking for ninjutsu-skilled staff to join its Shinobi team. Meals, transportation and uniforms will be provided.

Restaurant staff and kitchen staff positions available.

Your main duty will be handling general inquiries (by mail and phone), scheduling room viewings and translating documents on a needs basis.

You will only need conversational Japanese.