Huge Potential for Pinoy Teachers to Find Teaching Jobs in Japan

Summer English conversation class with a Filipino English Teacher

IF YOU ARE A FILIPINO English teacher looking for work, then the opportunity you are waiting for might just be in the Land of the Rising Sun. 

Citing a new law requiring Grade 5 and 6 Japanese students to learn English, Philippine Ambassador to Japan Manuel Lopez said there is a huge potential for Filipino teachers to find jobs in Japan. 

Aside from teaching positions, Filipinos can also take advantage of other job openings particularly in the fields of nursing, care-giving, electronics, engineering, information technology and construction.

Filipino workers, however, must learn both oral and written Nihonggo, the Japanese language as part of the stringent labor requirements in Japan.

Lopez said the Philippine government can appeal to Japan to reassess and give some consideration when it comes to their licensure examinations.

Many EIKAIWA or English conversation schools are already accepting Filipino English teachers. Hence, Jin Kitagawa, Go English School Manager said he only hired Filipino English teachers because aside from their good English communication skills, their energetic and cheerful way of teaching the subject inspires Japanese students to like and learn the language. He also said that Filipinos are hardworking, creative and accommodating.

“They have the heart to teach the language to non-English speaking students,” Kitagawa added.

The "Superman" Suit

If you think your childhood dreams of being Superman or the Incredible Hulk is way beyond your reach, then let the latest technology of this generation make those impossibilities become a reality for you. If lifting a truck with a single hand is just an effortless act for Superman, then it would be similar for you, too. With the entry of the Superman Suit in the world of fashion in the late 21^st Century, you are sure to be doing heroic acts in your neighborhood when you wear the the Hybrid Assistive Lim or HAL system.

This is a fully functioning robotic exoskeleton designed to provide it’s wearer an unimaginative strength and super abilities that will enable you to perform extraordinary things like lifting a 50-kilos barbell with one hand. This extra-ordinary suit as developed by the Cyberdayne in Japan. This is especially designed and developed in a way that it moves according to its wearer’s orders. Thus, this only moves whenever the wearer wants it to move.

This suit is covered with sensors at are applied to the skin. This suit makes use of these sensors to help detect the feeble electrical currents sent by the brain through the nervous system whenever it commands a certain task or activity. The sensors are connected to a computer that interprets the signal received. Next, they send their own commands to the electric leg and arm braces. When the signals are being detected, the appropriate electrical nerve signals, and then the HAL moves for a split-second before the leg muscle will move itself. The upper-body component of the exoskeleton improves the strength of the entire portion of the arm.

This amazing suit is then attuned to the wearer’s natural strength. This helps the weak to wear this technology easily. This was created as a rehabilitation tool that will bring strength and mobility to physically disabled people and the older ones. Nevertheless, availability for this suit is still limited in the market. Even the upper-body units are not that popular in the fashion market yet. "Unlike cars, HAL wasn't developed in a one-sided fashion, but by incorporating the views of many people, including end-users," Yoshi-yuki Sankai, Cyberdyne Chief Executive said in a statement,

You might be excited to own one of these super-suites to become the next superhero, but you might also want to consider how much it will cost you to become a strong person. This suit is indeed amazing, but wearing one isn’t the only way to make you a superhero. Helping others in your own little way will make you a modern-day hero, too.