How much does the japanese language influence jobs in hawaii?

Question

What jobs require them?

Answer 1

For most jobs, it will not matter.  Of course, a second language is always a plus, but it is not a requirement.  But if you will be working in the hospitality or in retail in areas that cater to tourists, then it would be a definite advantage.  Some places that really cater to the Japanese tourists would require it.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I've known some people who got their jobs because of their Japanese language ability. One of them had a job trying to encourage tourists to take a tour at a retail location. The other rented short-term cell phones to Japanese businessmen and tourists. These jobs are more important on Oahu because Asian tourists tend to prefer Honolulu to the more rural islands (US visitors tend to prefer Maui, for example). Most of the people who work in Hawaii do not speak Japanese, however.

Curiously, Japanese descent may influence the public job sector more. At one time, not too long ago, about 2/3 of schoolteachers and about 2/3 of civil servants in Hawaii were Americans of Japanese Ancestry (AJA), when that group was only about 1/3 the population of the state. There were Nisei (second generation) men during WWII who were not allowed military service at first, then were finally allowed to join the specially created 100th Infantry Battalion and  442nd Regimental Combat Team.

"For its size and length of service, the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was the most decorated US military unit."

The survivors of those units became the elected officials in the Territory and new State of Hawaii. Perhaps their most famous member is US Senator Daniel Inouye, whose arm was shot off, and who reached down to get the grenade out of that hand with the arm he still had, and threw the grenade into a nest of German soldiers.

With those folks in power, the government jobs tended to go to people who were similar to them.