Internship: BB ER in Tokyo vs L/S in NY

Received 2 offers for junior yr internship from a target school, one being in ER for a BB based in Tokyo (can speak Japanese), and the other being a return for a L/S in/near NYC. My goal is to live in NYC post-grad so I would most probably not take the return offer from the Tokyo office, but I worry about FT recruiting in either scenarios; if I were to take the L/S offer, they do not guarantee full-time returns + their team is small to begin with. On the other hand, most people tell me that having BB experience would be beneficial for my "name brand" especially with future FT recruiting. Not sure how to proceed.

TLDR: 

- How is senior yr FT recruiting after a BB internship junior yr summer?

- Have people working at BB's in APAC region been able to successfully transfer after a short period of time (1-2 yrs)? What would that process look like? Could you even receive a FT offer in a different region after your summer internship?

- How valuable is BB ER experience given that my end goal is to end up at L/S HF? Compared to 2 years of L/S internship experience

Thanks in advance.

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Can try to speak on the last part. I very well could be wrong I'm a junior in college as well, however this is what I've seen from my experience working in research last summer:

BB ER experience is valuable to L/S, especially if you're working under a top II ranked analyst. Since it seems like you are planning to recruit for FT regardless and want to live in NYC, I would say go back to New York this summer work your ass off to get a spot FT. They offered you a return for a reason. If you do - you're set. If you do not, you now have 2 years of L/S internship experience, which I think will also be very competitive for everything FT, including BB ER

Take the best opportunity as it comes and worry about the future later. 

 

If you speak Japanese. You can also just aim for Japanese banks in NYC. They cream their pants for Japanese speakers. I've seen extremely unqualified people join or transfer to FO because they speak Japanese.

 

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