Konnichiwa, /trv/. /jp/ sent me over here, since their board apparently isn't really about Japan. Who woulda guessed? Anyway, I'm wondering if you folks might be able to tell me what job prospects are like in Japan post-quake.

I'm about to finish law school, and will be a U.S. registered patent attorney (software background) once I pass my bar exams. Pre-quake, I had heard that the job market was good and that I had a decent chance of getting an in-house job. I'd been planning to go since before starting law school. I'd still like to.

Have enough "flyjin" left permanently that Japan needs people, or have corporate budgets been so badly hurt that they cannot hire replacements?