Have your worked for a municipal or prefectural government as an ALT, CIR, or other office staff? Here's a heads-up about the types of employment, the pros and cons. https://www.city-cost.com/blogs/TonetoEdo/GLqDD-living_work
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I am working as a "chiiki okoshi kyoryokutai" (地域おこし協力隊) in Ogori of Fukuoka Prefecture since April 2021. The work is part of the Soumusho (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications efforts to revitalize non-urban locations throughout Japan. We are not bureaucrats (we don't take the civil servant exams) and all of our salaries and expenses come from the national budget (albeit after the cities pay them in advance). My experience is relatively unique, since I don't work inside the local city hall but in a Center for Buried Cultural Properties, under the auspices of the local board of education. For this reason, I'm given considerable freedom in doing what I think is relevant and interesting. The program provides for three years of commitment. The program's is to give participants experience in living and working in non-urban locations with the hope that we develop the interest and connections to continue to live and work in the inaka. Thus, it is critical that we aren't merely supplementing local government initiatives and are actually working on things that are sustainable after the expiration of our contracts. My interest in rural communities and environmental sustainability have made the program a convenient way to relocate to an inaka location. While launching a long term enterprise has proven more difficult than I'd hoped, I'm making concrete steps in that direction. As Japan opens up towards inbound tourism, I think that many more opportunities will emerge for foreign nationals in this. While the income from this program is very minimal, there are many advantages in comparison with work as an ALT or CIR. Often, the work allows "moonlighting" and since the work is intended to give the participant long term potential for a permanent move, one's ability to develop business connections is not generally inhibited by the government.
I don’t think any ALT job could be classified as black kiygo, but maybe Eikaiwa schools, require a lot of overtime work and don’t like to give anyone holidays. Of course all of these companies pay for overtime.
City hall jobs are held in high regards in Japan. I think many Japanese people would be very impressed if you work at a city office.