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Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services (技術・人文知識・国際業務) is Japan's main status of residence for professional and office jobs. Your employer in Japan is your sponsor, and it covers work tied to your field of study or experience.

What this status lets you do

  • It covers technical or knowledge work in the natural sciences or humanities, and work that calls for ways of thinking or a sensitivity grounded in a foreign culture. The Immigration Services Agency gives engineers, interpreters, designers, language teachers and marketing roles as examples.
  • For most roles you need a degree in a field related to the job, or without a matching degree, 10 years of relevant work experience. For roles that lean on your foreign-culture perspective, such as translation or interpretation, you need 3 years of relevant experience, and a university graduate in any field is exempt from that experience requirement.
  • Since April 15, 2026, a role built mainly around language skills used with people, such as translation, interpretation or reception work, also needs CEFR B2 level in the working language, unless you hold JLPT N2, have lived in Japan 20 years or more, or graduated from a Japanese high school.

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    Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan· yesterday· Full-time

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    Field CTO (Japan)

    Datadog

    Tokyo, Japan· 1w ago

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    Tokyo, Japan· 7m ago

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    Tokyo, Japan· 2m ago

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    Tokyo, Japan

    Japanese JD

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    Tokyo· <1w ago

    Japanese JD

  • Operations

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    Tokyo Prefecture, Japan· <1w ago

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    Tokyo, Japan· 1w ago

  • Marketing

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    Japan - Tokyo· 1w ago

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    Tokyo, Japan · 3w ago· Full-time

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    Tokyo· 5m ago· Full-time

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    Tokyo· today

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    Four Seasons Tokyo - Marunouchi· 1m ago

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    Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

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    Fukuoka, Japan

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    Tokyo, Japan

  • Engineering

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    Tokyo, Japan· yesterday

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    Tokyo, Japan· 1w ago

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    Japan, Tokyo

    Japanese JD

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    Tokyo, Japan · 1m ago· Full-time

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    Japan· 2m ago· Full-time

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    JPN - Tokyo - Chiyoda· 1m ago

    Japanese JD

  • Design

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    ASIA > JPN > Tokyo > Sumitomo Fudosan Harajuku Building Office

  • Engineering

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    Koto City, Tokyo, Japan· 2w ago· Full-time

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    Tokyo, Japan· 1m ago· Full-time

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    Tokyo· 1w ago

  • Operations

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    Tokyo, Japan

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    Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan· 1w ago

    Japanese JD

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    Saitama, Japan

    Japanese JD

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    Japan > Kawasaki· 2m ago

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Common questions

Does a job on this page mean the company will sponsor my visa?

No. It means our read of the posting maps the role to the Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services route. Sponsorship is the employer's decision, so ask the recruiter early.

What if my degree doesn't match the job?

The Immigration Services Agency wants your university major related to the work. Without a matching degree, 10 years of relevant work experience can stand in for it (3 years for work that leans on international or language skills), and a university graduate in any field is exempt from that experience rule for translation, interpretation or language-teaching work.

Who applies for the visa, me or the employer?

If you are applying from outside Japan, your employer usually files the Certificate of Eligibility application in Japan on your behalf. If you are already in Japan on another status, such as a student visa, you apply yourself for a change of status.

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