Would a Japanese English interpreter have more job opportunities than a Korean English interpreter?

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Yeah, this is a kind of weird question to ask in the Japan forum. It depends on where you want to work and what kind of interpreting you want to do. I am just wrapping up medical interpreter training and I can tell you Japanese medical interpreters in the states are well paid but not in extremely high demand. However, there is even less of a demand for Korean.

Now, if you want to work in Japan, you would need to be multilingual (Korean-Japanese-English) cause there is no use for a Korean-English interpreter in Japan. But again, this all depends on what field of interpreting.