Japanese for work in Japan: confident interviews, the Japanese way of working
Japanese supervisors judge new workers by very short sentences: greeting at the right moment, reporting as soon as a task is done, asking to confirm when something is unclear. This program builds exactly those habits (報連相: report, contact, consult) along with job interviews, workplace safety, 5S and talking with elderly people in care homes.
7 units in this program
The AI plays the interviewer, your team leader (班長) and a resident of a care home. Every line comes with romaji and a translation in your language.
Framework: JLPT (N5–N4) · JFT-Basic. Target: N4 / JFT-Basic A2. Mock test criteria: Understanding questions and answering to the point, Honorifics and attitude, Work vocabulary, Pronunciation and fluency.
- 1Self-introduction (自己紹介)A proper self-introduction: name, age, hometown, experience, a bow and a polite close.Model sentence: はじめまして。ベトナムから来ました。 (Hajimemashite. Betonamu kara kimashita.): Nice to meet you. I'm from Vietnam.
- 2Job interview (面接)Answer a Japanese company's interview: why Japan, health, overtime, plans after returning home.Model sentence: 日本の技術を学びたいです。 (Nihon no gijutsu o manabitai desu.): I want to learn Japanese techniques.
- 3Report, contact, consult (報連相)Report progress, report mistakes at once, ask for instructions when unsure — Japanese work culture.Model sentence: すみません、確認してもいいですか。 (Sumimasen, kakunin shite mo ii desu ka.): Excuse me, may I check that again?
- 4Safety and 5S on the factory floorUnderstand signs, safety commands and 5S (整理・整頓・清掃・清潔・躾).Model sentence: 危ない！ (Abunai!): Danger!
- 5Basic caregiving (介護)Talk with elderly people: ask how they are, help with meals, moving and bathing — in gentle polite language.Model sentence: お体の具合はいかがですか。 (Okarada no guai wa ikaga desu ka.): How are you feeling today?
- 6Daily life: rubbish, trains, neighboursSort rubbish, take the train, greet neighbours, see a doctor, send money home.Model sentence: 燃えるゴミは何曜日ですか。 (Moeru gomi wa nan'yōbi desu ka.): Which day is burnable rubbish collected?
- 🏁Japanese interview mock testA realistic mock interview + 2 workplace situations; scored on understanding, answers, attitude and pronunciation.
About the exam and the program
- The Japan Foundation's JFT-Basic measures the Japanese needed to live and work in Japan and is used for the Specified Skilled Worker (i) status.
- The test has about 50 questions in 60 minutes, in 4 sections: script and vocabulary, conversation and expression, listening, reading.
- Scores range from 10 to 250; 200–250 is assessed as A2. From August 2026 the test also reports A1 and A2.1.
What you should know before you start
Practise the multiple-choice sections with the official sample questions as well. MOMIC focuses on listening and speaking, which decide your interview and your first weeks at work.
Frequently asked questions
What do Japanese employers usually ask in the interview?
Why you want to go to Japan, your health, whether you can work overtime, your experience and your plans after returning home. The “Job interview” unit and the mock test cover all of these.
What is 報連相 and why does it matter?
It is short for report (報告), contact (連絡) and consult (相談): report as soon as you finish or make a mistake, and ask when something is unclear. Japanese workplaces value this very highly.
Try the Japanese · technical interns & Specified Skilled Workers program
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