Overview

• Yokohama’s Board of Education plans about 140 school librarian hires with applications accepted by mail from October 6 to November 4, 2025, second‑stage selection in December, and appointments on April 1, 2026.
• The librarian roles are fiscal‑year appointments at ¥1,464 per hour for an annual 1,020 hours with up to 29 hours per week, social insurance enrollment, and possible renewal up to four times, conditional on FY2026 budget approval.
• Yokohama is also recruiting foreign instructors for its International Understanding Program with a November 7, 2025 deadline, interviews planned in January 2026, and employment from early April 2026 to March 25, 2027 at ¥3,000 per hour for 3–4 hours per day about two days per week.
• Eligibility for the IUI posts requires a work‑authorized residence status or naturalized citizenship, conversational English and Japanese, and a university degree or equivalent, with statutory disqualifications under Local Public Service Law Article 16 in effect.
• Osaka City announced one curator recruitment focused on Osaka Castle and early modern Japanese history with online applications from October 2 to 30, a first exam on November 26 followed by a January oral, and an April 1, 2026 start, noting Article 16 exclusions and nationality rules for public‑authority roles.