u/Technical-Mind-7052

Hi everyone,

I'm a 31F, married to Japanese, moving shortly to Osaka this year. I'm from Sydney and would love to connect with people interested in fashion and beauty, if there are any groups dedicated to that, please let me know.

I also generally want to make new friends, especially with other girls :) I like attending live music events, cocktail / wine bars, brunches, nice dinners, and open to try new things! I don't know anyone in Osaka other than my husband's friends, but they're all guys so.. not helpful for me :(

If anyone would like to swap IG etc, I'd like to contact you when I arrive!

Hi everyone,

I wanted to garner opinions on whether my planned move would impact my career significantly (negatively).

Basically, I have a Japanese husband, and will be obtaining a spouse visa. We're planning to move to Osaka in a few months.

I'm 31F and have 9 years of working as an auditor in large, respected organisations (including a short stint at Big4) in Australia. I also have a decent educational background (commerce degree) and a chartered accountant qualification.

I've been trying to apply for related jobs in Japan from abroad, focusing mostly on foreign companies, but even positions where I am exactly qualified for, I'm being rejected for solely due to lack of Japanese skill.

I've had numerous recruiters approach me with positions from big-name foreign companies then quickly backtracking once I reiterate to them my Japanese level is minimal (it's on my profile / resume but sometimes they don't read).

At this point, I'm starting to think it's better to simply take a year off work and study full time at language school. I believe some foreign companies I was aiming for only required medium level Japanese and I think I've also been receiving a fair amount of rejections just for being outside Japan as well.

Mentally, I'm also slightly burned out for working 9 years straight and would enjoy just studying for a while.

I'm self studying in Australia until we move, so 1.5 years studying in total (0.5 years in Australia while working and then 1 year in Japan).

Is it total career suicide?