Chinese vs. Japanese

Okay so. I've planned to learn an Asian language, but I'm stuck between 2.

These are Chinese(mandarin) and Japanese. I know its sorta biased, but can you guys give me an indication of which I should learn?

I want to go to either country and teach english as a second language, but which would be more "opportunistic?"

>>39
Traditional characters are in fact more clarifying and easier to remember, despite their complicated appearance. I'd recommend learning both simultaneously, it's not that hard. In fact, you can never study simplified and still understand mainland Chinese texts.

>>31
As if you fucking meet your own requirements
gtfo

>>42
Unfortunately, I do.

>>43
Yes, you know 20,000 characters. Right.

Chinese know maybe 1/3 of that.

>>44
Reread my post again. I have been intensively studying Mandarin for more than 6 years.

>>45
even with 6 years, that shouldn't be enough to learn 20k. Besides, how the fuck do you know how many you know?

>>46
Is right.

>>45
You fag, 20k characters are not what are used daily, or even in specialized texts. There are said to be 40000 characters, but a whole lot of that has been lost in history.
Unless you read classical Chinese from the Tang dinasty, or whatever, you are not going to bump into 20000 hanzi.