Your global career.

Your next chapter.

A curated community for mid-to-senior Japanese professionals who have built careers at global institutions — and are ready for what comes next.

About
About 
Who We Serve

You have built a career that crosses languages, cultures, and borders — accumulating skills that are genuinely hard to find and increasingly urgent to Japanese companies going global.

The Market. Right Now.

87%

of Japanese companies are struggling to fill mid-career roles — the highest rate globally

17,700+

Japanese companies now operating worldwide

9 out of 10

of Japanese employers who hired returnees would recommend it to peers

The hindrance for Japanese companies’ competitiveness is not capital or tech availability.

It’s talent.

I started Arch Global because this platform should already exist. I have spent my career at exactly the intersection of Japanese and global business — at Goldman Sachs in New York and Tokyo, as COO of a global Japanese company expanding in Asia, and now running a Japan-US advisory practice in New York.

In every chapter, I encountered the same gap: brilliant Japanese professionals building world-class careers abroad, invisible to the companies that needed them most — and Japanese companies unable to reach the very talent that would transform them.

Neither side had a channel.

So Arch Global was born.

About Arch Global
About Arch Global

Your talent is scarce, and is in high demand.

But the channel to find you has never existed.

Until now.

If you have tried to explore opportunities with Japanese companies from abroad, you already know the problem. The recruitment platforms that exist were not built for your profile.

  • Japan's domestic job boards were not built for professionals based abroad

  • Generalist bilingual platforms serve too broad an audience to reach talent with global careers and desirable skills

  • Traditional headhunters work only at the very top — leaving the mid-to-senior pipeline completely unserved

    Arch Global was built to close this gap.

Who ARCH GLOBAL is For

We seek individuals who meet the criteria below:

Japanese Language & Culture Awareness

1

You are steeped in Japanese business culture — not just the language, but how things actually work.

5+ Years of Global Work Experience

2

You have 5+ years of experience working outside of Japan or at a global firm in Japan.

Excited about Japan’s Future

3

You are genuinely excited about Japan’s future and how your skills can contribute to its continued growth and transformation.

Open to Opportunities - Now or Later

4

You are actively exploring, or open to, a role with a Japanese company — in Japan, the US, or anywhere in the world in full-time, part-time, consulting, or advisory opportunities.

This is not a general bilingual job board. If you do not have significant global career experience, this community is not the right fit — yet.

What Membership Gives You

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    Access to Partner Employers

    Direct connections to Japanese companies actively building global leadership teams — roles in Japan, the US, and worldwide. Through a channel that was built for professionals exactly like you.

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    A community that gets it

    Curated gatherings virtually or in-person with peers who have lived the same crossing. No networking theater. Just people who understand where you have been.

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    Guidance from people who've done it

    Career coaching, salary benchmarking, and reintegration support from someone who has navigated this transition herself — and built this community because it should have existed already.

FAQs

Am I the right candidate for this community?

We are currently growing through referrals, curating the most sought-after talent for our Partner Employers. If you are here, you are the candidate our Partner Employers are looking for.

How do I stay anonymous?

You will be able to view and edit how your profile looks like to prospective employers. The default setting will have your name anonymized and your education and company names will be descriptive rather than actual names. (For example, if you graduated from Columbia and worked at JPMorgan, you would be shown as “Ivy League grad, Top 3 Global Investment Bank.”)

Is this free for me?

The service is currently free for those who become members. With exclusive benefits like coaching and career sprint sessions, we envision this platform to become an additional resource as you level up and deepen your own career.

Let’s begin the conversation.

Membership is free for candidates.

Access to partner employers, invitation-only events, and career support.