Hi - I'm Irish now living in the US, my partner is being considered for a two year assignment in Tokyo, we have to make a decision quickly and I am overwhelmed trying to do the research.
I have the following questions, if this is the wrong forum I would appreciate some advice on where to look/post.
1. we are not married, will that cause visa problems for me
2. would I be able to get a work visa? I'm an IT engineer w. 20+ years of experience
3. would I be able to find work, last few years I have been doing Open Source web development, LAMP/Drupal. But I have broad range of experience.
4. I have maybe 6 words of Japanese but am pretty good at picking up the rudiments of other languages, how difficult is it to acquire a sufficient working knowledge for (a) day to day activities e.g. shopping (b) IT work.
Thanks in advance