As always just want to point out how misleading this thread title is - there are plenty of PILOTS in Japan but too many without the experience and/or qualifications to be CAPTAIN.
No Captain = no fly....EOFS!!
However I digress, rumours (almost facts....maybe??) that both the age 65 limit and 100 hours pcm to be deleted, possibly by early next year.
If so would be an interesting paradox: the legal ability to fly over 65 but show an esteemed Japanese captain a sked with anything LIKE 100 hours and he'll politely tell you to get f**ked (in the local vernacular of course!)
Intersting if does happen.