Ben Gran lived in Japan for a year teaching English. More than 20 years later, he still vividly remembers the experience and ...

While assistant language teachers play a critical role in English ... Japan, many are struggling to make a living wage. Jesse Ali, 43, an ALT originally from California, has spent 15 years ...

I made a comfortable, mostly tax-free, salary of about $2,500 a month, or 300,000 yen, teaching English at local middle and elementary schools and working with Japanese teachers and students.