Employment in Japan?

[KVH1]

Just curious has anyone of you ever seen a foreigner working on the rails in Japan.

I never have!

:(

[bikkuri bahn]

Just curious has anyone of you ever seen a foreigner working on the rails in Japan.

I never have!

:(

It depends on your definition of "foreigner".  I assume you mean those of European extraction in visible job positions.  I would reckon none.  There are just too few of them who have graduated from a three year Japanese high school (at least), with native level fluency and reading/writing skills, who can be trusted to work in a safety critical profession (for example, becoming a driver requires passing a national examination).  I assume those that do have native level language skills likely choose more lucrative careers than being a railwayman/woman, though.  Maybe some of them do work in a desk job- such as JR East's HQ in Shinjuku, such as the tourism promotion department or the like. 

 

If you are thinking of foreigners as a whole (i.e. those individuals not holding Japanese citizenship), then I'm sure there are a number of people of Korean or Chinese descent (who happen to number in the hundreds of thousands and are by far the biggest group of foreigners in Japan, dwarfing westerners in number) with permanent residency who work for railways, including operational positions- they have lived in Japan all their lives and have been educated in the Japanese system, and are culturally Japanese.

[KVH1]

In all my time on the rails here in Sydney I have only met 2 Japanese staff members. Last count from memory Cityrail has about 6000 staff.

The majority of staff were born overseas and call Australia home. It's a good mix.

I reckon my dream job would be front line staff on the railway in Japan. The uniforms are very sharp and the the whole system runs like clockwork. Not to mention the customers who respect the trains without trashing them.

[miyakoji]

I've always imagined being station staff. I think I could handle that :)

[E6系]

Only in Kyushu, miyakoji, where it is warm and quiet, and there are fewer tourists.

[Guest 鉄道オタク]

This has been a dream job I have aspired to for a long time. I now have my doubts of ever becoming a driver for the JR (especially the shinkansen)  Though I am still young 20's I may be considered to be too old and probably also too old to go through the three year high school system. Whether college would work, for this , I just do not know.  Though of Japanese decent, I appear Caucasian or a 'hakujin',  I may by the time I have to go through the college et al be considered too old tfor entry level, again, I am only guessing.

 

I have to vastly improve my Japanese especially tackling the kanji. It has been my dream job, but I just don't know about it becoming a reality.