Guessing Jobs in Tokyo, Japan

living in japan can be pretty expensive but shockingly the average salary for the college new grad is 20 000 us dollars and i'm curious to see what japanese people do to afford the tokyo lifestyle today i'm guessing people's job and income by asking them few questions so let's get to the video [Music] hey hi so what is your name maya maya so maya do you like your job uh yeah i do so what did you study in school uh international relations and international law so what was your dream growing up i actually wanted to be a doctor but yeah i'm terrible at math so i decided to do politics yeah so how much do you make per month uh can i say in pounds i don't know in yen 450 no like 450 000. yeah so i think 50 000 no yeah yeah not a month yeah i wish i would yo yeah yeah okay are you a politician no um are you a lawyer no and what is your job a political analyst i analyze politics is it a forum based company in japan i work abroad but like i live in japan because my family lives here so yeah it's covered it's easier to work here do you like japan yeah yeah i live here all the time so yeah i like it all right thank you so much no worries absolutely is do you like your job i love it you love it so when did you start what you're doing right now actually i um started three years ago and i'm officially in an agent starting this month it's really hard to explain it's a really weird job i think of myself that i've been doing this my whole life but i officially started this month okay how much do you make per month per month it varies okay which is the really interesting part about this job good days um chaka mayan it's about 10 grand 10 grand per month okay bad months lower than the average like way lower than the average of the japanese salary interesting so is that creative uh work uh that's the only thing about this job i would say i'm gonna try to guess are you a youtuber kind of but youtube is just a way to express my job it's not actually what i am so what do you do for work i'm a comedian comedian i do comedy yes in japan that's awesome thank you so much thank you thank you foreign [Applause] [Music] so what's your first name uh sophia sophia do you like your job yeah i do yeah so when did you start working at your job current job i have a few jobs uh but the most recent one i started like three months ago three months yeah okay so what did you study in school uh international relations international relations oh how much do you make per month uh from the what i'm talking about i make like come on yeah yeah okay okay so how many jobs do you currently have like four four are you a freelancer uh no well i'm just a friend yeah yeah yeah uh do you make uh websites and are you a personal trainer no but it's getting closer it's getting closer yeah um yoga instructor no so what's your main job uh i i work at a bouldering gym yeah and also i do teach english to kids i babysit and i also yes uh my name is antonio when did you come to japan around three years ago so first of all do you like your job yes next question what was your dream job growing up ah that's a good question uh i'll be honest when i was a kid i wanted to become an archaeologist yeah because i've always been passionate about history so what did you study in school school business administration general business administration how much do you make per month per month uh yeah it depends because my job is commissions oh commission based yeah so you have a salary a big salary but good part of it is supposed to come from commission so what's like the highest that you can pay for the highest yeah that you can think of maybe five hundred thousand per month five hundred thousand dollars i'm gonna try to guess your job so are you do you want a tip yeah it's actually pretty not not uncommon job among foreigners and you sell something i sell something something so what's the answer the answer is basically i'm doing a recruitment consultant consultant recruitment recruitment consultant so i am technically selling something it's more like selling jobs and uh from one side and human resources from the other so yeah awesome thank you so much for your time um what's your first name i'm toby so where are you from yeah i'm from germany germany yeah so do you like your job yes i love what i'm doing i love my job what did you study in college geography yeah in berlin how much do you make off of your job right now per month it really depends on the month it's so crazy the highest in one month it was really the best it was like 6k euros so um hachiman maybe no no about but it was really best not the best performance yes is it a creative job it's a creative job definitely okay okay are you a business owner yes um it's also part of the job okay are you an influencer you can call it like this content creator video create on youtube also your youtuber youtuber yeah oh wow okay okay yeah now i get why you don't even know much money thank you guys so much for watching my video to the end and if you guys want to see how much they pay for their rant go check out shota's video

Channel: JESSEOGN

Views: 642,509

Keywords: japan, japanese, work in japan, salaryman in japan, salaryman, jobs in japan, jobs in japan for foreigners, working in japan, tokyo, tokyo life, living in tokyo, living in japan, moving to japan

Id: NBGKZUY8UMc

Length: 10min 13sec (613 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 04 2022