As an international student with a college visa and a work permit, you can only work up to 8 hours a day during vacation or 28 hours a week at any other time (that's 4 hours a day). If you're like me, a graduate student who works from 9.30am to 7pm in a laboratory (usually interpreted as 9am to 7.30pm), you won't be able to take up normal part time jobs available to most people living in Japan. So, that sorts of narrows down your options to midnight jobs, online jobs, or tutoring jobs. Now, I can't work as a tutor in Japan since I have no knowledge of Japanese schools or their education system. (I can't teach English very well unless people don't mind me drilling the language into their heads.) Midnight jobs are quite acceptable actually but I have reached a point in life when I can't seem to go without sleep anymore. So! That leaves me with online jobs. I managed to snag one and I hope it'll pay well. I've also considered other jobs but have not started on them. (Perhaps the lack of motivation is what's driving me to the point of 'cashlessness'.)
These are some sites that may be of interest to you (whether you're living in or outside of Japan). They're online jobs so you can do them as long as you own a computer (and since you're reading this blog, I'm assuming you own one).
Translation jobs
The following sites are for translators. They're mostly Japanese-English jobs but there's quite a few other language pairs. (Chinese-English for starters, something I'm considering if there aren't enough Japanese-English jobs to do.)
+ Minna no Hon'yaku +
You start off as a Level 1 translator paid 0.9 yen per character translated but after 2500 characters you get evaluated to see if you're qualified to level up. Prices and bonuses paid increases with each level. The type of translations you will be doing are mainly product descriptions but as you level up and are more confident with your skills there are news articles, blog entries, and other more challenging texts.
+ Gengo +
Basic pay begins at USD0.03 per character so it pays rather well. But the tests you have to pass are quite difficult. The articles you have to translate on this site are usually of a certain level of difficulty so you need to be confident in your skills to work here.
+ Translator Base +
A paid, out-sourcing website for freelancing translators. Not exactly a steady source of income. You have to bid for jobs here and you actually pay for a subscription to this website to get better jobs.
Freelancers: Online Projects
Project based work paid hourly or per project for freelancers.
+ oDesk +
+ elance +
Tutoring
Yeah, I know I said I can't tutor but I decided to try anyway.
+ A Power Academy +
Long term teachers only.
Teacher-Student Matching Service
These sites are basically for teachers to advertise themselves and for students to look for teachers. They're mostly promoting language tutors so... who knows.
+ Hello Sensei! +
+ Find Students +
+ My Sensei +
+ International Language Academy +
Jobs for Foreigners
Now these sites are mostly for full time jobs but they also have contract, part-time and freelance jobs on occasion.
+ GaijinPot +
The good thing about this site is that it's in English so you know they're looking for people who knows English.
+ A Power Now +
Jobs aimed at foreigners in Japan. There's also a link for international students who wish to work part time.
+ Baitoru Dot Com +
As the name suggests in Japanese, it's a job site for part-timers.
+ Job Sense +
Another job site that has a special foreigner category.
+ Town Work +
Mostly actual work but you can search for part-time jobs aimed at foreigners too.
+ Baito College +
Part time jobs for the college student.
+ Work in Japan +
A free site for employers to post jobs.
+ Craigslist: Tokyo Classifieds +
Not sure if this is a reliable source but like any other online site, just be careful and wary. Don't give out your personal information or anything compromising and you should be fine. This site doesn't just advertise jobs but it's basically for people to buy and sell stuff too.
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