How far so far

Right, why can I do this job?

I have been asked by several people why now, why not after finishing university?
I realised at university that I only had 2D experience. A head full of theories, but little practical experience.
I always saw myself travelling abroad after graduation in order to learn a new language and learn more about the world through direct experience.
I realise the danger of discussing this in a blog, it runs the real risk of being a monologue full of self adulation.
Plus I hope to pepper this blog with my experience and not turn it into a ‘me’ fan club.
So, living in a foreign country like Japan, where you can only really live if you can communicate through the language, has taught me more than my degree did about the power of communication. Not just words, but actions, what is said and done and what is not said and done.
I came here with zero Japanese and built from scratch, so I learned a lot about cross cultural communication and an awful, awful lot about cross cultural miscommunication.
My university education and personal interests in psychology, economics and international relations did however provide me with a nice framework to make sense of it all.
Communicating through English speakers for whom the language is a second language is also a skill I am getting to grips with. Something I want to touch on later as I feel it’s a big selling point for me which won't necessarily be important just in Japan as the percentage of people who speak English as a second language around the world is enormous.
This leaves a huge potential for misunderstandings and communications. This is where I hope to fit in to the PR industry. Multinationals, corporations etc... do business with people all over the world, and communication can be the factor between profits and losses.
Unfortunately I lack experience and have been told by most I have contacted so far that I should get experience before coming back to them.
To sum up where I am with my search just now, I have identified many PR companies in Japan. (multi national and national) and contacted all by email in order to get contact names. I have also contacted any recruiting companies who deal with PR positions, but I hold little hope for them. I think it is a truism that the best jobs are not advertised. That said, to get the experience I would take any PR job at present.
I have also started to make contacts in the industry, in the hope of my CV being put on someone’s desk.
Lastly, I have started fishing for free work to do to get experience that way. An internship would be nice, but
A: It costs to live, I must eat and
B: I am concentrating very heavily on my Japanese studies. Within 2 years, my personal deadline for beginning my future career in PR, I aim to be fluent enough in Japanese to work in business here.

As they say, aim low, score low. Aim high, score high.