Newspapers & free publications

The Nikkei - Sunday edition

Don't ignore "the Nikkei" after all it is the most important newspaper of the Japanese business community. Job postings appear in the Sunday edition and are placed throughout the entire newspaper.

Compared to the Japan Times, the Nikkei has much fewer job postings directed to bilinguals or foreigners. Almost all the ads are in Japanese, seeking Japanese candidates. However, there are a few important "buts":
More than a few foreigners have secured a job by applying for a job which was originally meant for Japanese nationals only.
Companies specifically looking for candidates from Asian countries such as China or Korea will often choose the Nikkei over the Japan Times. Why? Because they need somebody that speaks Chinese and Japanese, or Korean and Japanese respectively, but not necessarily English.

Free publications

Most of the free English magazines mainly provide information on "life in Japan" but some do also provide job information. The jobs advertised in these free publications tend to focus on language teaching and employment in restaurants and bars.

Metropolis

URL: http://metropolis.co.jp/default.asp
Managed by: Crisscross KK

For those of you who have been in Japan for a few months chances are high that you have skimmed through an issue. This weekly free magazine has the biggest circulation among English magazines in Japan. It's issued every Friday and includes a lot of useful information about life in Japan for foreigners (restaurants, events, movies etc.). It also has regular features on topics related to job-hunting. Originally, the magazine started as "Tokyo Classifieds" with a specific focus on Classified ads and Tokyo. To this day they have an extensive ads section where you can find anything from second hand microwaves for sale, to personal ads, and people looking for private language teachers.The company also publishes Kansai version of Metropolis "Kansai Scene"(http://www.kansaiscene.com/current/html/home.shtml)

You can find it at: Local CD shops, book stores and clubs, hotels especially in Shibuya, Roppongi, Hiroo area.

Tokyo Notice Board

URL:http://tokyonoticeboard.co.jp/
Managed by: Tokyo Notice Board Inc.

A free monthly English-language magazine. Each edition contains a map of various cities in Japan and an entertainment guide as well as articles and information on Japanese life, classifies, job information.

You can find it at: Local CD shops, book stores. But I haven't seen this magazine recently, probably because it's monthly magazine?

A free monthly English-language magazine. Each edition contains a map of various cities in Japan and an entertainment guide as well as articles and information on Japanese life, classifies, job information.

You can find it at: Local CD shops, book stores. But I haven't seen this magazine recently, probably because it's monthly magazine?

Japanzine

URL:http://www.seekjapan.jp/
Managed by: Carter Witt Media Japan

A free monthly English-language magazine. Each edition contains a map of various cities in Japan and an entertainment guide as well as articles and information on Japanese life, classifies, job information.

You can find it at: Local CD shops, book stores. But I haven't seen this magazine recently, probably because it's monthly magazine?

Japanese Free Job Magazines

There are lots of Japanese free job magazines available at train stations, book stores, convenience stores and on the streets. Despite the economic crisis there are lots of job information on the magazines but I don't know if there are any jobs for foreigners. Most jobs are part-time or temp-work, these magazines are not for specialists.

Job Idem

URL: http://baito.e-aidem.com/
Managed by: AIDEM Inc.

An weekly free job magazine distributed every Monday, provides all kinds of part-time jobs, temp-jobs, some perm-jobs. AIDEM has more office job information than other 3 magazines.

DOMO

URL:http://domonet.jp/
Managed by: ARBEIT-TIMES Co., Ltd.

An weekly free job magazine distributed every Mondays and Thursdays. Monday edition contains all kinds of work, while Thursday edition provides only short-term job information.

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URL: http://weban.jp/webapp/gen/PSPCSTO000M.do?CMD=100
Manged by: Intelligence, Ltd

Another weekly free job magazine distributed every Thursdays. This one is a bit more for students, young people I think. Sometimes there are some part-time jobs for foreign students (mostly convenience store staff or delivery staff).

You can easily find all Japanese job magazines above at stations, book stores, convenience stores, and on the streets.

Other foreign-language newspapers, magazines in Japan

・There are other foreign-language news papers and magazines in each foreign communities.

・For example, there's a free newspaper for Filipinos living in Japan, called "Pinoy Gazett" which provides information from local Philippines news to job information in Japan, even information on Filipino food and cosmetics. You can get it at local Asian food stores or Filipino restaurants.

・I'm sure there are more in each foreign communities. See below is the list of foreign-language (some magazines are in Japanese for foreign students in Japan) magazines. Those newspapers and magazines are usually found at local stores or restaurants in each communities. There might be something at Embassies or Chamber of commerce if your home country has one in Japan.

The list of ethnic magazines

URL: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cj7h-mrgc/EMG/english.index.html

This information is a bit old so some of the magazines don't exist anymore, or the names changed (for example, "The Alien "changed to "Japanzine"), some magazines are free, some are not.

The list of free papers for foreigners in Japan

URL: http://www.world-freepaper.com/weblinks1+index.htm

This list seems to be constantly updated and you can search by the language.