Do i need a bachelors degree?

Hi everyone i just wanted to ask if i need a bachelors degree to get a visa to work while i am in Japan? i know it would make things alot more easy, but is it possible to get one without this??

Thanks for the help.

For a full fledge work visa yes.

Unless you have some experience in one of the specialized fields they allow, but this has always been vague information.

James,

A working visa for most jobs typically requires a university degree or 5-10 years of relevant work experience. If you are married to a Japanese national, then you can work without a working visa or degree. Same applies if you have permanent residence status.

Details of the various options are given here...
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2221.html

If you are in Japan in some other status, that is not temporary visitor, then it might be possible to work part-time. Also if you come from a country that offers working holiday visas, then you can work, but only for a limited amount of time (about 1 year) before you have to go or get a real work visa.

Did I get this right?
Even if I might get contracted for several years, I might not get a visa that lasts long enough without a university degree?

If you don't have a degree or a number of years experience in the field you wish to work in, then you are only eligible for a working holiday visa, and then only if you are under 30 and from certain countries. Student and cultural visas also permit part-time work.

A company will not offer a long term contract to someone on a working holiday visa or any other non-work visa.

Year-long contracts are standard in Japan anyway. It is rare for a non-Japanese to be taken on as a permanent employee (seishain) f they don't have permanent residence or a spouse visa.