Which Japanese university should I go to if my major is Linguistics?

Which degree would look better to a Japanese company/school etc, Linguistics or English?

• **Before I get reprimanded or insulted, I am obviously aware that it is extremely difficult for foreigners to find work in Japan, even teaching. I am also aware that if I were to find an English teaching job, it would not be long-term.** Okay, on to my question. I am planning to double major in Japanese and Linguistics, because I love translating, working with language etc, but I would like to go to Japan for a period of time, possibly as an English teacher. But I have heard that Japanese companies and/or schools do not like foreigners knowing the language? As in they would prefer you to have limited Japanese and major in English? In Japan, is a degree in Linguistics (from an American University) comparable to a degree in English? Additionally, I am quite proficient in French and have studied some Chinese, does Japan have a need for peple fluent in those? Thank you for your considerations.

• Answer:

  You're not going to get insulted or reprimanded unless you show an extreme degree of ignorance, such as being 14 years old, wanting to run away from home, want to know how to get a free airline ticket and then become someone who draws manga most of the time and watches anime the rest of the time. You don't fall into that category. If you want to become an English teacher, speaking Japanese for most schools that is totally irrelevant. Working in a public school system, it would be very helpful, if not rather necessary. The school I worked for had a strict policy of absolutely, positively no Japanese in the classroom. So knowing Japanese was basically useless. IMHO, by majoring in linguistics you are going to have more doors open up for you. This would be especially true if you had some business courses included in your college degree. A double major would look very good, linguistics and business. Knowing both business and other languages would be a big plus for Japanese companies doing business overseas. Naturally, Chinese would look good on your resume. But I have made an error and don't feel like deleting all this, so I will just add that speaking languages, not being knowledgeable about them academically, would be important. I don't think that there is much of a market for people who can explain about languages, more a market for those that can speak the language. And it is totally untrue that companies don't want you to speak Japanese. In a Japanese company it is exactly the opposite.