Japanese government awards its first-ever working visas to foreign professional gamers

There are a handful of jobs that quickly spring to mind for whichforeignerscan obtain aJapanese work visa. Language instructor is by far the most common, but skilled positions in banking and finance, as well as certain engineering disciplines, are also viable avenues by which to secure the legal right to work in the country.

Now, though, there seems to be one other way to score a Japanese visa: being really, really good atvideo games.

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