High-Tech Japan Running Out of Engineers

Any gaijin lurking here working in Japan?

The article mentioned a lot about recruiting Asian engineers, but little about Americans or Europeans (I'm a U.S. citizen). What's the market like for Westerners?

I worked in Japan for a year before, and the idea of going back intrigues me. Having a wife and two kids makes the logistics much more complicated and certainly limits the options worth considering, but I'm interested in finding out what the possibilities might be.

Surely some of the creative pursuits will lead back to engineering, although maybe not in a traditional sense - and (possibly) not via university.