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Are degrees from schools in the US the "most marketable"?

I was doing research on doing graduate studies in Japan, and someone recommended getting a Western grad degree (i.e. a degree from North America?) and instead doing your postdoc in Japan or wherever else, because Western grad degrees are "more marketable". How true is that last statement? Are Western grad degrees more eye-catching than degrees from school in other parts of the world? Europe has some big name universities as well as far as I know (I mean, I'm sure all the continents do, but Europe comes to mind first)

Edit: Sorry for not specifying from the start, I'm wondering about STEM fields specifically. I'm studying a mix of gerontology + biotechnology-related topics if I need to be even more specific 

Sorry if this is a stupid question, any answers are appreciated!
gpt
Like most things around here, this is going to depend heavily on the field. Does the field... have anything to do with Japan? Is there a famous researcher in the field based in Japan? A ground-breaking lab, some special facility?

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It's impossible to make sweeping statements about graduate studies "in Japan" vs "Western" ones.