Bilingual Japanese Psychiatrist

What you'll do

Japanese psychiatry has its own conventions, from how depression is often presented through fatigue and bodily complaints to the long-standing place of inpatient care, and a model trained mostly on English-language material will miss them. Your job is to supply the clinical picture as it looks in Japan.

The ad lists the work as developing and evaluating complex psychiatric case studies with real-world, culturally nuanced scenarios; conducting assessments and providing annotations that reflect Japanese psychiatric practice; and writing precise analyses in both Japanese and English. On top of that, you review sensitive case content with patient confidentiality and ethics in mind, contribute to frameworks for carrying psychiatric information accurately between the two languages, and give feedback on how AI systems evaluate mental health content. The customer is not named.

Who fits

micro1 frames these as "preferred qualifications", though the title makes psychiatric training the core requirement.

• A medical degree (MD, MBBS or equivalent), a completed psychiatry residency and a valid medical licence
• Native Japanese and advanced English, written and spoken
• Extensive experience of psychiatric assessment, treatment planning and case documentation in Japanese clinical settings
• Cultural sensitivity and ethical reasoning in complex mental health cases
• A background in teaching materials or case studies for education or research
• Interdisciplinary project experience, ideally in technology, research or digital health
• Familiarity with both Western and Japanese psychiatric frameworks

No AI background is needed, and the ad does not say which country's licence counts. Advanced English is a real filter: you will write analyses in it, not just read it. University-hospital psychiatrists who teach, and Japanese psychiatrists who have trained or worked abroad, are the obvious fit.

How it compares

The sister Bilingual Japanese Psychologist (PhD) listing pays the same $100–200/hour for PhD psychologists and is weighted towards evaluating AI output; this one asks for a medical degree and centres on building and annotating clinical cases. Japanese is also on micro1's broader Bilingual Mental Health Expert listing, which takes either credential; the ad does not say whether the postings share an applicant pool.

What it pays

$100–200/hour, matching the psychologist band. The ad does not explain placement within it, the pay structure, weekly hours or the project length.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Flagged high demand, with 70 openings
• Values Japanese clinical practice specifically, not generic psychiatry
• Case-writing work suits psychiatrists who already teach
• Remote, with no country restriction on the ad

Less good:

• No premium over PhD psychologists for the longer medical path
• A 2x spread with no published basis for placement
• No hours, duration, pay structure or start date stated
• Detailed psychiatric case material can be heavy going
• Contractor engagement: no benefits, your own tax to manage

About this listing

Posted by micro1 on its own jobs portal and confirmed open on 29 September 2026, when it was marked new and flagged as high demand. The $100–200/hour band, the 70 openings, the scope of work and the qualifications above are micro1's published text; the customer is not named. See micro1.