[NaraNeil]

I'm afraid I must agree with the posters above, being 68 AND of Asian descent would both ensure a job in Japan is out of the question. They have a job postings board at my Uni for professors wanting to move and more than half of them have an age limit of 35 years old to be considered. The kind of employment restrictions which would land an American employer in court are par for the course here. E.g., if you want to work as a flight attendant for JAL the application requires that you MUST be: single, female, right-handed, between the ages of 21 - 25 for an entry-level position, at least 160 CMs tall and "of pleasing appearance."