[3] Barakat has spent a total of seven years in Japan coaching Top League Teams NTT Communications Shining Arcs and Toshiba Brave Lupus.

[4] At NTT Communications in the Japanese Top League, Barakat played an integral role in the team's success, mentoring Former All Black Isaac Ross and former NRL and Australian RL player Craig Wing along the way.

To finish up the 2014/2015 Top League season, Toshiba Brave Lupus were awarded the title of number one scrum and line-out in the competition.

[5] In 2019, Joe Barakat returned to NTT Communications in the Japanese Top League as the Forwards and Defense assistant Coach where the tournaments were run disrupted over the next two seasons due to the Global Pandemic.

Barakat was primarily responsible for the defensive strategy and the contact zone,[11] with the side finishing the 2015–2016 season with only 29 tries scored against them (second only to Leinster at 27).

This contract was cut 6 months short by an offer from Australian Super Rugby team The Western Force to be the sides Forwards coach.

In this team, Barakat fostered the likes of Phil Waugh, George Smith, Craig Wing, David Lyons and Ryan Cross.

With his commitments to the NSW Waratahs, Barakat established connections with Fiji National Rugby Union and Japanese Top League team – Toshiba Brave Lupus.

After the Western Force was axed by the Australian Rugby Union, Barakat joined the coaching team in travelling to the east coast Melbourne Rebels