Hello!　わたしはあんどれい(Andrei)です。はじめまして. And that’s about as far as I’ve gotten with this, though I will say my studies are going much better than I originally anticipated (kudos to Koichi I guess). I just wanted to pop in and say hi to everyone (and ask a couple of questions). First off, I’m a 6th year med student from Romania, finishing my studies this year, and I’ve always had a thing for Japan (before I decided to go to med school I wanted to do an English/Japanese profile university, but it fell through, recently though I’ve started thinking about working there after I finish my studies).

Now for my question. I’ve tried finding out if it would be possible to actually work in Japan as a doctor (or even do my residency there, although I don’t think my Japanese would be up to par in a year), but I’ve found lots of different opinions on the subject. Most of the information I found in English is either old or unreliable, and a lot of people are saying it would be impossible. If you have any info on the subject, I’d really appreciate a pm with some details (or at least someone that can read Japanese well enough to research a bit).

Thanks in advance. Andrei