(2016-02-01, 8:45 am)Elliot Wrote: If I may elaborate, on only a couple of your topics, mentioned above, in the hope that it may prove valuable advice to those considering a career in Japan, university is "the only" serious option for anyone wanting to teach in Japan, as a career.If you failed to follow the a traditional route to teaching and didn't get an actual teaching certification from your home country, then yes, this is probably your only path to a career in teaching. If you have a teaching certificate though and some years of experience teaching outside Japan, there are a handful of international schools that will employ you as a real teacher and you can find a certain amount of career progression.
Beyond that, the best advice for nearly everyone still remains, don't aim to be a teacher in Japan.