I got my PhD in Japan. What Japan wants is to bring you in, underpay you and send you back. They make it very difficult to build a life for you there, which may be fine for some but for specialized professionals who tend to be older is a horrible deal.
@@JSK010 basically, except UAE at least favours the rich migrants for a permanent stay. Japan makes no distintion in treating you as a daily wage labourer no matter how skilled or educated you are.
oh and not to mention treat like second class trash. what they claim as "work ethic" is basically just a thinly disguised practice mentioned above. god i hate working with japanese companies.
I work in Japan, and it is the truth. After they are done with you they kick you out. As an aerospace engineer, I am under paid compared to the local people. They can not embrace immgration or diversity. After being laid off, you only have 3 month to find a job if you don't visa gets revoted. They have figured out everything to makesure you do not stay.
Agreed. It's a cool place, but I wouldn't want to be an employee there. As a business owner, maybe? But not already living there means I'd be anxious about the quality of my Japanese and the bureaucracy involved.
Their work culture isn't the issue here. Their modern westernized culture is. We know that once feminism was embraced, birth rates fell rapidly. Urbanization and materialism were also just as big factors as feminism. So unless these 3 issues are solved, their birth rates will be below replacement level just like the rest of the 1st world.
Actually, it might. Immigrants often introduce ideas and practices that might end up weaving their way through the culture, corporate included. Japan being a very conservative country is extremely resistant to this possibility, much like other anti-immigrant sentiment across the world: they fear the cultural change that might threaten the status quo. Currently, women from western countries that work in Japan already blatantly refuse to participate in their “make morning tea for the boss” routine, and thus already demonstrate the idea of saying no to such an ingrained (and definitely misogynistic) gender role to locals.
@@blackbelt2000 they refuse Millennials as well, there are no excuses for them. U should tell the application wage, his/her tasks and if he/she's interested in it. It's simple
I live in Japan, there are a ton of Vietnamese, Nepalese, Filipinos and even Bhutanese here, usually working in entry level positions. There's usually little issues. But for professions that require higher levels of education, Japan has difficulty in attracting (due to lower salary) and retaining foreign talent.
"retaining foreign talent" so true, I know many foreign engineers here, half of them leave after a few years. Some Americans can't even repay their student loan with how weak the Yen is. It also doesn't help that mixed marriage have such a high failure rate, and in this case the Japanese keeps the children 100% of the time.
“Difficulty attracting” - as explained, they made it intentionally difficult until recently. The biggest issue is their work culture though, no self-respecting engineer would go to Japan to work as basically a slave
There are only certain areas and apartments designated for "gaijin". For that matter Japanese elderly find it difficult to rent apartments because the apartment owners are afraid that they will die in the apartment and then it becomes difficult to rent it thereafter. The government needs to intervene but they won't.
This is actually the largest problem in Japan with immgration: The country simply uses immigrants like the USA It’s sad but if you have problems with your own country, your only hope is to find a country that isn’t rich because these countries overvalue themselves. Then you’ll find maybe a compatible one. The problem is money and greed. It’s the exact same problem with relationships
外国人お断りの賃貸があるのはパーティーなどの騒音問題が起こる可能性が高いことを管理会社が知っているためです。日本人は一般的に家でパーティーはしません。また基本的には賃貸のオーナーが入居者を追い出すことができない事も原因の一つです。The reason why some rental properties are not open to foreigners is because the management company knows that there is a high possibility of noise problems occurring from parties. Japanese people generally don't have parties at home. Another reason is that rental property owners generally cannot evict tenants.
A lot of people move to Japan seeking a better life than decide to move back to their own country and that's because Japanese people are very good at reminding foreigners they will never really be part of society regardless of how amazing their Japanese is, if you marry into a Japanese family or contribute to society. There are people who decide to stay and accept they are outsiders, but vast majority of people leave due to the mental strain Japanese society puts on them. I have friend who has been in Japan for over 20 years married to a Japanese women has a child and was at out at a bar in Tokyo; met some random Japanese people and firstly they were shocked he spoke Japanese ,which is normal for expats, but then after he told them his story , was asked when he plans to go back to his country. This was not an attack on him directly, but how Japanese people think. Even if Japan opens their doors and people come in; majority will eventually leave, unless the situation in their home country is dire.
Couple that with the lowering of the yen's value and it's just not very attractive moving to Japan, financially speaking. There's a chance this was intentional although albeit at the expense of everyone. To be honest, looking at how immigration has impacted places like Britain, it has far, far more negatives than positives. Japan playing this long game is for the best.
It *IS* a temporary solution, however, instituting any long term solution would require time, tremendous effort and resources, and by that time Japan will suffer anyway. So yes, immigration.
There might be original peoples and culture in Japan, but certainly not in Germany. Germany has always had a massive influx of migration since before the time of the romans and way before anything that resembles the nation of Germany startest to exist.
I've been in japan for almost 6 years, spent 2 in tokyo and 4 in the countryside. My experience here was all great. I've made great friends, met great people, gotten great support from japanese government. You could say that I got so lucky with all the Japanese that I even had the chance to meet but many of my friends share the same experience as well. Working in japan often gets the perception of being excruciating but that really depends on the place you work for and what type of jobs you are doing. Once you sorted these out, you may find that japan is not that different from many developed countries. The problem is probably the language, and the culture. Learning and getting used to these take time, i think it's the same for anywhere else. I just want to say that most of the things that people think they know about japan is just as wrong as what are being said on the internet. Agree that Japan is not for everyone, but if given a chance, you should experience it yourself. You can't know a country sitting at home and talking on the internet.
You're well informed. Probably most of the posts are from Europeans. The working hours of Japanese people are not long compared to other countries. There's a false impression of the work environment in Japan that has been created by those who work in sectors like financial securities firm, marketing/Ad agency, teacher and bureaucrat. The fact is most Japanese work standard 40 hour work weeks. Japan ranks 31st in the world for hours worked per annum according to OECD's statistics. Those statistics are corroborated by JR's statistics that show train stations throughout Japan are most crowded during the evening rush hour between 5~6pm, indicating that is when most Japanese are returning home from work. Japan is also the country with the third most National holidays in the world. Japan has fewer working hours than the U.S., but no media outlet describes America's long working hours as bad as East Asia. I know Korea are famous for their imbalanced work/life bakance but after having traveled through vietnam and thailand i can tell you that in South East Asia things are even worse. People work 10 hours per day often 7 days per week. Ive met people who work 8-9 hours a day everyday with no free day for over a month and often difficult shifts or double shifts resulting in 70+ hour work weeks. They hate it but dont complain because it is expected to survive and people are happy with the jobs they have, be it in the countryside working on the land or in a hostel as a receptionist.
@@yotadisigma The US is accused of many things, sometimes rightly so, but "xenophobic" is definitely not a defining characteristic. It is a fundamentally immigrant nation. America takes in, by a significant magnitude, more immigrants than any other nation in the world, and while there is bigotry there (as it exists literally everywhere) there are far more and robust laws and policies in place and a general societal awareness of the matter. You do not get that in culturally xenophobic societies.
@@FFXIgwyn Being xenophobic is normal animal behavior and humans are animals after all. What's NOT NORMAL is ignoring all the violence and crime in your nation and doing something about it because you're afraid of being called 'xenophobic' and 'racist'.
The naturalization process in Japan is actually not that difficult. The reason why many choose not to do so is because Japan does not recognize dual citizenship, which requires people to completely cut ties to their native land, a difficult decision for many 1st and 2nd generation immigrants. For many Zainichi Koreans, it's more about internal pressure within their community to not abandon their Korean heritage and resist efforts by the Japanese government to assimilate them into the Japanese population. With that being said, many 3rd and 4th generation Zainichi Koreans are increasingly choosing to obtain Japanese citizenship, as many have little to no remaining ties to the Korean peninsula and have lived in Japan their entire lives.
Korea is in even bigger trouble than Japan lol. They choose Japan for economic reasons, and have to internally grapple with abandoning their ancestral home for monetary reasons. That is why many diaspora communities are hostile towards their host countries, because they hate themselves for "selling out".
I heard somewhere that it’s easier to become naturalized as a Japanese citizen than it is to become a permanent resident of Japan. It only takes 5 years to become a citizen but takes 10 years to become a permanent resident. Part of the time spent in Japan as a student also counts towards the residence requirement for naturalization.
A lot of people mention the work culture, but Japan does not expect immigrants from Europe or the United States. Most immigrants who come to Japan are from Asia. I also think that Japan's labor culture needs to be improved, but I don't think it will get better so soon.
There are millions of japanese blood descendents in South America. If they need more people, why not help them with an abandoned house and some help with the work and education for them and their son? Instead of bringing people with another culture, doeing this they would do exactly what South Americans did for their descendants on the last century.
They already offer visas for Japanese descendents from South America (eg Brazilians, Peruvians) they're called Nikkei and they can get permanent residence status very easily. There are a lot of Brazilians that work in car manufacturing plants for example you just need to prove that you have at least one grandparent that holds Japanese nationality @@EngenheirUber
@@EngenheirUberjapanese descendant in south America does not have the same culture of Japanese people. They never lived in japan and never experience japanese culture. They only have blood and some memories
Dear TLDR as a person that has lived in Japan for 28 years, gone from student to permanent residence and currently as a citizen I say to you this time your report is brilliant. I salute you on how accurately you have explained the nuances of the government that while the word migration is taboo they keep quietly changing the legislation to increase the number of foreign labor. A good measure of how sensitive is the topic is to see late prime minister Abe emphatically defending the, at the moment discussed at the Diet, the introduction of the SSW1 visa.
many mistakes in the video 1) SSW2 isn't a PR. Just lets you to update this visa every 5 years as long as you have a job. You lost your job - go home. 2) less than 50 people have SSW2 because the requirements are harsh and it's easier to apply for an actual PR. 3) Any SSW1 holder can upgrade to SSW2. 4) They extended categories for both visas. Basically treat them as the same, but SSW2 requires to live in Japan for many years before you are allowed to apply. This is why people go for PR, it has almost the same requirements. 5) Zainichi refers to all people staying in Japan. zainichi koreans only to koreans.
Every time Japan runs out of free labor, they tapped new demographic to mitigate that. They tapped rural Japan for a while and the population pyramid of rural Japan looks more like population mushroom. They tapped elderly, not only had they delayed the official retirement age from 60 to 65, people can now "chose" to delay retirement up to 75. They tapped women, which absolutely would have no effect whatsoever on already collapsing birthrate. And now it's foreigners. Hope you Gaijins love our working culture!
@@cooliipie And I am noticing It. Foreigners in your country have pros cons and Challengers. But working culture is starting to diversify into different options for different people and Life Styles.
Hahahaha.You took words out of my mouth.Japanese want immigrants since they have no choice left because of falling birth rate but at the same time they also don't want the people to come over here 😂😂😂.
I’m 25yo software engineer and i know Japanese N2-1 . But after reading this comment section i don’t want go to japan anymore if they will use me with min wage and kick me out when they are done. Thats so toxic. Every human being wants to build a sustainable happy life.
Avoid black companies and you should probably be fine with work. Let's be real here, most people here who are saying that Japan is horrible have probably never been there or been there without speaking Japanese. I recommend not looking too much into UA-cam comments or Reddit But don't listen to me, I've never been to Japan 😂
Something to keep in mind. Someone who is happy with their life and their work is less likely to go on the internet and talk about it than someone that is happy. Don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of problems with Japan but as a foreign software engineer you’ll probably get a job in a decent company. Your wage will definitely be lower than it would be in the US or Europe but also a lot of things are cheaper than they are in those place. Try it out first don’t let an internet comment section ruin your hard work and ambitions.
The language, low wages, rigorous work culture, and lack of social security are not attractive to Europeans like myself. Why should I work in Japan when I could work in Switzerland under much better conditions?
I was honestly a little surprised Japan was offended at being called xenophobic… having lived there for years it’s just the reality and the general populace is broadly aware. It’s literal policy. So
*I was honestly a little surprised Japan was offended at being called xenophobic* I think its more the Japanese government and other authorities that might be more xenophobic, but the vast majority of Japanese people seem to be very friendly and nice to everyone.
@@BHFFS This is another one of Japan's biggest issues it's lob-sided hypocrisy and self-righteousness. It is simply too homogeneous, xenophobic and even Misandrist to the point of being considered a Mouse Utopia. And while it is indeed Hypocritical for the United States of all nations to call them out on their BS, especially when we take into consideration how Xenophobic and Misandrist they've become, is it really surprising?! The US and the rest of the West have been doing this crap to their own western societies for decades, it be only a matter of time that they do it to Japan. Furthermore, Japan is kinda responsible for supporting the USA's Left-Wing Government and encouraging them to be more liberal.
@@UzumakiNaruto_Depends, there has been a rise in violence against Vietnamese people in Japan. Rural areas are known for their hatred of foreigners. Ryukyu, Nivkh, and Ainu people still face discrimination and loss of identity.
I am a software engineer from EU and actually had a Japanese company very recently contact me with an offer that had a hard requirement to relocate to Japan, which was a big No-No for me. Usually I get “remote work” offers but this Japanese company was adamant I relocate, which makes more sense now
Japan has mostly Vietnamese and Filipino migrants, and they assimilate into Japanese society. Many Vietnamese and Filipinos already have ties to Japan for centuries.
I am Japanese and currently living in Australia. I believe Japan is a country where you can enjoy a high level of public safety, social security, and services that exceed their cost, although wages and prices are lower compared to other advanced countries. Regarding public safety, it's self-explanatory, but because of the robust social security system, all citizens can receive any medical care and various services at minimal cost and often for free. What I want you to consider is what immigrants who want to come to Japan are seeking. Would they come to work hard in jobs that are lacking in Japan? I don't think so. While not everyone, some immigrants come to Japan for its social security, and there are already many foreigners who have come to Japan for this purpose. For example, people from a certain country (Initial is C) come to Japan to undergo surgery at a low cost using Japan's medical insurance because it costs a fortune in their own country. There are even explanatory videos circulating about how to use Japan's social security system for this purpose. Moreover, many people have started receiving welfare benefits within a month of coming to Japan. Japan is a nonsensical country that, once recognized, provides welfare benefits to foreigners as well. Of course, this money comes from the salaries of Japanese people. In cases I actually saw when I was in Japan, the families (parents, siblings, etc.) of people who married Japanese citizens and were recognized as immigrants in Japan, totaling more than 10 people, came to Japan as legal immigrants and lived on welfare without working properly. What I'm trying to say is that accepting immigrants will not solve Japan's labor shortage but will only increase the burden on Japan's social security system. People who want to work hard and earn a lot of money go to other advanced countries with higher prices, not Japan.
Japan (and South Korea) has been trying to attract more blue collar workers from South and Southeast Asia. These people do want to come to Japan to work. They can try to get a job in other developed countries such as Australia (often using working holiday or student visa), but there is no sure fire way to get a job like in Japan with their "Specified Skilled Worker" visa.
@@hitthedeck4115 Yeah only the super desperate in South and Southeast Asia will go to Japan and South Korea. If they had a choice, they'd prefer Australia or New Zealand.
I am a nipponphile, and with that said, in street interviews, the Japanese public keep saying that they raise an eyebrow to foreigners because "they don't learn our language and manners." 🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵
Importing guys who will work for pennies on a dollar and accept being treated as second class citizens is going to create tough competition for native born population and decrease their earnings. More labour means cost of labour goes down so everyone gets paid less.
What do you know about their wages? From what I've heard, Japanese are very safe with their wages and has so much money that they couldn't spend because of their work culture. If anything, adding immigrants wouldn't change shit besides having more people companies can enslave. If you want to blame something for this, just blame capitalism for this
@@billusher2265 No, that means lower pay. Lower pay leads to debt and lowers spending. All immigration does is shift money from the workers to the rich by lower pay and increasing the power of the rich older people with capital. This will doom the country.
The is also real labour shortage , jobs that need to be filled to keep the company running. Look at construction and ship building. As are the hotel staff that they need to fill to keep the service sector running
Hi, I’m a long-term resident of Japan from America, and I have to call out some pretty frustrating errors. The word Zainichi means “residing in Japan”and denotes people born in Japan, but who choose to hold south or North Korean, or Chinese, passports, instead of becoming Japanese. They do this for historical reasons, because they choose to identify as belonging to their traditional country, rather than becoming Japanese, but they are welcome to do so anytime without any limitations. In the past, there were certain frustrating rules, everyone who became Japanese citizen had to choose a Japanese name, which was not acceptable to people of Korean origin, but these rules have all been removed. Resident of Japan with. Zainichi status have full rights to every aspect of living in Japan,, although as they aren’t citizens, there are a few jobs they can’t do, like firefighter. I just wanted to say, in no way does Japan not allow people born here to automatically get citizenship, it’s a choice made by people of south/North Korean, or Chinese, ancestry, who don’t want to become Japanese for whatever cultural reason they may have.
Remember lads. It was all done very quietly Edit: Okay, how did a joking comment turn into a discussion about economy versus culture Also, it needn't be Africans. I hear South Asians are in high demand in Arabia.
@@museli_addict😂😂😂 Are you successful because you have 2 million Somalis, or do you have 2 million Somalis because you are successful 😂 The question of the ages.
Looking at the current immigration profile of Japan and immigration profiles of the other former colonial powers . The majority of immigrants to Japan will be from south East Asia
East Asia how? The migrant workers and other expats mostly come from Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Nepal and Myanmar - all of which are in South and Southeast Asia.
TBH, I still find this work culture statement kind of overblown. Speaking from my own experiences, it's true that a lot of companies are still overworking their workers. But more and more companies are starting to take notice of such issues. The Japanese government is limiting the amount of overtime a company can give to their workers; more companies have started to implement a split WFH style for their workers; and these days, a minimum of two days off a week is also the norm. Sure, not all of them have implemented these policies, but nonetheless, it's still progress.
Couples go without even sleeping or touching each other for YEARS this is laughable that you are trying to throw shade AT JAPAN for "NOT getting in between the sheets" This happens MORE IN THE WEST trust me on that. So 27hour work days which aren't bad are amazing for work
@@beelzkingexactly they have packages that include vacation days and mental health days. It's funny that people say this as if it's a trope at this point
I know many Taiwanese who live and work happily in Japan. None of them complain about xenophobia. You really need to understand the Japanese mindset to get along with them. They are high maintenance. You don’t get to ask them to change easily for the newcomer.
Taiwanese who move there are probably a unique anecdote. Many Taiwanese today see themselves practically as Japanese due to their shared history when Japan colonized Taiwan.
Helps to be Asian looking duh. If you don’t blend in the discrimination is much more blatant (getting the gaijin seat on the train, waiters avoiding your table at restaurants, people refusing to speak Japanese with you, etc…)
Like most reports on this issue there are serious problems with the claims and there are inaccuracies. Firstly Japan has never been anti-immigrant in the modern period. That's giving Japan too much credit. Japan is immigrant indifferent. A crucial socio-political difference (maybe not in a casual conversation, but TLDR News is exactly the epistemic sphere with this difference must be noted). You can come as long as there is a skilled job to be offered. It's VERY easy for native English speakers to enter the country. It's easy for most skilled workers in North America and Europe to enter the country. SSW1 and SSW2 are *residency statuses.* A visa is only granted for initial entry into the country, then it is cancelled. Visa has a different meaning to Japan than it does elsewhere. You don't have a visa after you have entered the country for the first time. You have a status of residency for a fixed or unfixed term of residency. Japan's lack of incentivising labor due to the wage situation, the language barrier, and the lack of government assistance for assimilation is the reason Japan struggles with immigration. Citizenship and permanent residency are way easier to get in Japan than to get in a place like the United States. There may not be any chain migration, but there are also no quotas. I've been here 16 years and had no trouble getting into the country, and no trouble staying here. Why? US citizen, native English speaker willing to teach English, and currently work in IT, communications, and union organising. I will retire and die here. How many people like me want to come to Japan? Not many. Without explicit incentives for high skilled developed nation immigrants, none will come. Without incentives for low skilled developing nation immigrants, none will come (and certainly none would learn Japanese, when English is right there, and they can go to the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK). Japan isn't xenophobic. It just doesn't give a crap. But come if you want, I did, and I'm fine.
As a consumer is Japan a heaven for me, the people work hard &seriously and care more friendly to me. While you are laughing about the small /tiny spaces and the condense of people in the country, you cannot request more people into the island.
Capping the stay duration rarely works in practice, like in Europe. People find ways to overstay. Maybe Japan (and other western countries) should just stop vilifying blue collar work so much and also pay them a survivable wage. If Japan (and Korea) wants to control migration to combat sudden population decline, I'd imagine it will probably have to be middle class migration to avoid more problems down the line.
They have been reforming their visa policies for blue collar jobs since 2019, and then 2023 (South Korea is basically taking the same step). They have abolished the "technical interns" program and move to the still expanded "specialized skilled workers" program. Although those two might still be considered the same in practice, migrant workers now have more benefits in Japan under the new program.
The pay gap between blue collar and white collar workers isn't actually that bad in Japan. The problem is that people think salaries there are comparable to Western countries when they're not. Even native Japanese don't earn all that much, it's just that social services keep the base standard of living relatively high.
Well, I certainly hope that key members from the National Diet have seen the comments regarding this very hot issue. Most people, especially NON-JAPANESE, totally dislike the idea of Japan opening up more to foreign immigration. If this is what MOST people actually want, then that should be respected and even ENFORCED.
If Japan wants to increase its population, it needs to vastly improve its working conditions and tackle the incredibly suppressive culture that forced young people to live and die alone.
Goal is not to increase the population but replace the retiring workforce with foreign workers in essential sectors. Japan is gonna need north of 2million net migration per year if they want to increase the overall population.
No. Japanese is not an ethnicity. Yamato, Ainu, Ryukyuu (and there are others) are ethnicities. Japanese is a legal nationality. Which is why the presenter wisely choose to say "perceived to be." It's an imperial lie (which was never true).
@@nippolitica Bro if white (black, latino) is an ethnicity then japanese is an ethnicity... Like continent vs island... IDK bout you but I think that maybe also he never said ethnicity he meant something else but you know if you set up your opponents arguments it is quite easy to knock them down lol. Edit: No cap, seems as though I assumed more genetic mixing happened in Japan after hundreds of years of occupying the majority of current day japan. Clearly not. Also one of the people responding though is just taking an L by saying latino isn't an ethnicity... according to google and the places I looked.
@@tristancoffin Not a bro. :P Racial category of the multiple major ethnicities to be found in the Japanese population would be "Asian." Japanese as a sociocultural identity or Japanese as a legal nationality would also not be 100% of the population of Japan, as there are non-citizens present, and even some citizens of Japan don't identify as Japanese socioculturally. Therefore a pie chart might be MOSTLY red, but there would be at least a sliver of some other color, regardless of how you define the term "Japanese." Pedantic? Yes, I am. As someone whose post-grad work was focused on Japanese radical ultranationalism (whether ethnonationalist or civic nationalist).
I've lived in Japan for a while and will go for citizenship someday soon. From my understanding, it is neither costly nor very* difficult (although it does take a while and requires careful review by authorities.) Others have already pointed it out in the comments, but the lack of dual citizenship seems to be the main issue. In terms of just staying here on a visa, well that might present some issues depending on the individual situation.
as a Japanese citizen myself I am strongly opposed to dual citizenship i think it is key to maintain a cohesion in our nation if someone can't choose then just forget about becoming Japanese
I'm currenty studing Japanse, and I have already passed the N5 profiency test 14 years ago. I don't think I'll ever live in Japan, because I would starve to death, but I may go there on vacation, some time in the future.
I am a Brit/Australian citizen, and I have lived in Japan since 2012. I was lucky with my employer (originally on a professor visa) married a Japanese woman and am now on a spouse visa. I love it here. No complaints. Japan has a reputation of being conservative, which it is in some ways, but it is also socialistic e.g. excellent public transport and free public toilets everywhere. Also, the rental apartment where I and my partner live is rent capped, which means the rent Never goes up. I recommend living here.
@@patricksweeney5308 Russia is literally allied with China. And Japan is allied with the US, which means it'll never be able to get along too well with Russia, territorial dispute or not.
@@gregoryturk1275 Based on what? The Ainu were just chilling in The Kuril Islands for millenia. They are still the vast majority of the population on most of the islands. Yet despite that, this has become a stupid debate as to whether Russia or Japan should own them.
@@paullunsford8921 Most Ainu left are in Japan. Although it is a shame that the Ainu are mostly gone Japan gained the entire Kuril archipelago peacefully from the Russians while the Russians got Sakhalin (A very favorable deal to the Russians I might add). Then at the end of the Second World War the Russians just invaded and took the territory even though Japan and the Soviets had a neutrality pact. Then once the war ended the Russians kept fight the Japanese for the Kuril Islands causing unnecessary deaths. In most maps back then the Kurils were classified as part of the Japanese “Home islands” too. I will oppose any government that is friendly to Russia unless they at the very least return the 4 southern islands.
At 2:23 : The 25% for germany are not entirely accurate. That number includes so-called "germans with foreign background", meaning people with at least a parent who is a foreigner but have a german nationality, therefore those people are not foreigners. The number of actual "foreigners", so people without a german nationality/passport is more around 12-15%.
@@TrueNativeScotyou are german as soon as you feel german. So I think a question like "do you feel like a german citizen?" or "in which country do you feel like home?" is more accurate for these kind of comparison.
@@tatututuuu3515I would disagree, there are degrees of germanness, a Muslim is inherently less german, for example, since they don't partake in the very german pastimes of alcohol and pork out of religious obligation, I would say that a religious restriction is moreso signififant than a personal choice and to not drink by choice would still make you more german.
Canada is DOOMED unless a new leader and government chooses a different direction than Trudeau has chosen and can repair some of the massive damage he has done to this nation in his time as prime minister here.
Hahaha right!? I know a couple here who is moving to Japan in a few months because the housing is at least affordable, despite stagnant wages. The wife is Japanese and has family there so it won't be hard for them. Canada has stagnant wages, a falling birth rate, crumbling healthcare but the housing is skyrocketing!
@@slothsarecool *You make it sound like Syria or something, it's Canada, one of the most privileged countries in the world* Canada is by no means a 3rd world country or becoming one anytime soon, but if you've lived here for many years you can definitely see the increases in crime, violence and general bad behaviors caused by certain minority groups. I guess the thing you have to ask is at what point do we do something about these problems before Canadian cities become more like American cities in crime levels? Should we wait until it actually happens before we take action or should we do something NOW and try and keep things in check before they get worse? I would prefer the latter option, but it seems like our government prefers the former option. Also if anyone questions that the vast majority of crimes aren't committed by certain demographics of people, all you have to know is that the Canadian government absolutely refuses to gather race based crime data and then release it to the public so that everyone can see which groups of people are committing what kinds of crimes and at what levels. Its almost like they're trying to hide the truth about a couple of demographics of people that everyone already knows, but cannot publicly say.
@@slothsarecoolI am a Canadian living in Japan. Every time I go back to Canada it’s shocking how things have started to go downhill in the past 5-10 years. Crime, drug use and homelessness are steadily increasing and middle class workers are struggling to afford life’s bare necessities such as housing and food, which have become ridiculously expensive. I feel the quality of life has dropped significantly and is continuing to drop since I left the country.
The problem is that Japanese work culture is already notorious for being very different. It may be commonplace for Japanese to adhere to that workplace culture of long hours and a long list of workplace ettiquette that must be followed to the t (and that they're used to that since being kids so it's not a big deal for your Japanese person), but that's not something most people from other countries can follow, especially in those that have more relaxed workplace cultures. I live in a country where it's common to be late and I'm more than sure those people that arrive late would get into a lot of trouble in Japan. I'm not trying to say one workplace culture is better than the other because ultimately I'd see both as a whatever floats your bost situation. The problem is that it's so different that anyone from the outside trying to adjust to a Japanese way of working in the office is probably going to struggle a lot, not to mention struggling to integrate in a society that's already somewhat apprehensive with foreign tourists (case in point that whole deal to cover up a view of Mount Fuji because of tourists).
To be fair, regarding the Fuji ordeal, the reason was because of very real issues where the influx of many tourists trashed the area & caused traffic jams on the road in front of the convenience store, especially as tour buses began operating to/from it. In the end, they decided to take the measure of disincentivizing the place as a tourist destination altogether as it was all difficult to manage for those in or around the vicinity.
There is no doubt that there are problems with Japan's working environment, but it is also true that they are exaggerated when reported overseas. I think the most difficult thing for foreigners living in Japan is understanding Japanese culture and values. It seems that there are many people who cannot understand these things, hate living in Japan, and return to their home country.
First of all, as a basic premise, we should consider that the values of the Japanese government and the Japanese people toward immigrants are diametrically opposed. The Japanese government is willing to accept only highly skilled foreigners, but the majority of the Japanese people reject even that.
@@ThatGuy-bz2inBecause taking immigrants won't stop the collapse of the country's economy, it'll just change the country such that it will no longer be *their* country.
@@ThatGuy-bz2inso lose your safty, culture, and your own country to foreigners just for what money? Robots and AI are advancing so fast here in Japan we don't need to bring potential criminals and bums.
I hope that whatever the Japanese people decide to do, they don't make the same mistakes Europe has made. Protect your wonderful, kind and gentle culture.
@@edwardmarshall they are polite not kind. There is a difference. observe how cold they generally are when someone has an emergency especially when its a medical emergency. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
If you are Japanese reading this, understand this: It is an honourable and truthful thing that your country go down due to population collapse than to multiculturalism. Don't give in to the lies. Don't full prey to the woes of your women.
Japan is not anti immigrant. They have been accepting migrant workers from southeast asia like Indonesia and the Philippines. But the Japanese people tends to be a bit racist towards the migrant workers. So the conclusion is that, they're never anti immigrant, but don't expect them to treat migrants as normal Japanese.
@@josuaerick9670 I mean immigrants are NOT japanese, and will never be. That’s one of the things people need to accept if they’re going to leave their country of origin. There’s nothing wrong about being an immigrant per se, and only perhaps America they will accept you as American, in most countries nationality and ethnicity are mutually inclusive.
MS-PhD student turned employee in Japan here. As an Asian with similar culture as Japan, I must say that the two main issues of Japanese people regarding foreigners are assimilation and language. I come from a homogeneous asian country so I understand the sentiment that if a foreigner arrives and changes the status quo i too would be upset. Regarding language and communication, the Japanese however are poor in English, and the complexity of their language is both a blessing and a curse. It has the same if not higher complexity as an international language such as English, but even Japanese people struggle to be truly fluent in it. With the professional sphere discriminatory against those who can't speak it well. After learning and following the culture and being fluent, they stop seeing you as a foreigner. Understandably not everyone has the resources, time, or just sheer willpower to do all that. One realistic change I can recommend is lowering the required level for "Business Japanese" and stop using that as a metric during job applications. It will help everyone get in and the issue regarding communication is lessened.
Good insight. I am a Japanese, lived in Japan for 30 years, received secondary education in Japan. Yet, when I was working at a Japanese company, my boss would revise my documents (for the company) as my Japanese writing was awkward. You are truly correct that even natural Japanese struggle with business level Japanese😂
I disagree. Knowing keigo is a proof that a foreigner did geniune efforts to learn the language (and has an IQ level that enables it) and is respectful of Japanese culture
I plan to study abroad in Japan while in university & minor in Japanese if possible (CS major) as I believe my quality of life as a student + individual would stand to benefit from the experience (my personal circumstances are... not the greatest, without going too in-depth). However, I see no incentive to actually work in Japan when compared to the wages offered in the US tech industry. I am aiming to be open to work with JP companies & clients on projects, but only in collaboration with predominantly English-speaking employers. I don't mind the culture surrounding keigo entirely & tend to wear a polite face in front of others in general, but with the hard demand for business-level Japanese + weaker yen + lower wages + stagnant innovations outside of robotics & _maybe_ AI (there's a lot of competitors in that space atm) + difficulty for companies to collaborate with foreign companies & clients due to language barriers, if the country has an actual invested interest into importing skilled foreign workers or bolstering their own workforce in high-value, innovative industries, English is a major key to better opportunities. It makes me wonder how many of their skilled workers that _are_ proficient in the language actually end up deciding to look for more favorable prospects elsewhere (& what percentage are actually proficient to begin with; stats are likely out there, but I won't delve into that right now). It's never great for any economy to have its most productive/skilled workers end up emigrating as a result of better offers overseas. Many other countries have long since been aware of the benefits to learning English early on, even if not as a native language, & it thus facilitates international work, collaborations, & relations/understanding. I've seen a lot of people against the notion ("They have no need to change anything!" "Preserve their culture!" "It'll erase their language!" or whatever else), but fact of the matter is that proficiency in a common/universal language is only beneficial. Plus, it's not like countries all gave up their native languages as a result of teaching English. People can be fluent in more than one language.
The Japanese government and the Japanese people have very different attitudes. Japanese people are annoyed not only by immigrants and refugees but also by even the arrival of foreign tourists.
I wish countries would just take the time and effort to retool their economy and society to incentivise people having children rather than just relying on foreigners
2:09 It is wrong that naturalization processes in Japan is difficult, specially in the case of Zainichi that lived many years or born in Japan. Many of them don’t adopt the Japanese nationality because their decision.
Immigration solves economic issues only temporarily. But totally destroys a local culture of any country. People are super concerned about the economy but forget about culture. So here’s my question: how much are you willing to sell your country’s culture for?? Japan is amazing due to its people that share the same values, culture, history and same heroes and enemies, therefore they have a strong social cohesion. Europe, Canada and the US are an “amazing” example of what NOT to do. UAE and Qatar have way way better approach. If there’s labor shortage, they issue work permits but make it extremely hard to immigrate. I hope Japan will remain the way it has been and will preserve its uniqueness and delay the process of ugly cultural globalization.
Japan's population is decreasing and labor shortages are becoming a serious problem. For this reason, the Japanese government and business community are promoting policies to increase immigration, but the general public is strongly opposed to immigration. This is because the majority of immigrants will be Chinese and Korean.
It's sad when a politician restates a widely known truth, and many of the same people who complain that politicians lie then happily jump on to the 'controversy' like a bunch of seagulls. Talk about bad incentives.
My friend is a half Japanese half black, born in Japan with even a Japanese passport. He says its easier to live in the states as currently. They make sure to remind you you'll not one of them if you are not fully Japanese ethnic.
I don't mind a small amount of immigration. In normal times its better than none at all. But when housing is increasingly out of reach for young people and they avoid starting families because of that, mass migration turns into almost a betrayal. The government is saying to the younger generation that they are more interested in the GDP going up than they are in preserving their people.
Love how this video trys and paints Immigration as an amazing idea but leaves out the facts of what Immigration has done to many countrys. Nothing new that this channel leaves out the bigger pic or information to paint a point.
Jacking up rents, making it hard for the native population to actually react to economic strains. Instead the job market is flooded with low pay workers (especially if they come from a poorer country). Community disruption, lowered social trust. How do you not see this?
I'm not sure accepting immigration will be the solution without a lot of changes in Japan as well. Look at our problems in the West. I'm not against immigration: I'm a child of immigration myself. But there are many risks.
And also Japanese society has always been more closed off to foreigners. So I feel it may be hard for some to integrate. We have more or less the same problem here in Denmark. We have some immigrants who’ve fully integrated but a lot of migrant children tend to only stick with each other and not talk too much with the native Danes.
@@juanaloulehoux I trust the Japanese to continue to be smart enough to protect their nation and their people from outside destruction unlike most western countries that have failed their people.
Please Japan do not open your borders. Preserve your unique culture, traditions and religions. Immigration although seems like a shiny brilliant solution to the short-medium interim problems they open a can of worms in the long term, which you won’t be able to solve and can only sit and regret in hindsight. Europe and the rest of the west is gonna pay a painful price for their over the top tolerance and open border/ refugee policies. If you do need immigration and labour for the ageing population or for skilled labour, take a very careful balanced approach. Only bring in people that have skills, will bring positive contribution/productivity and most importantly hold social and cultural values that are similar to your own people. I am saying this as an Indian immigrant in Australia.
Not mentioning that the Japanese culture kinda excludes foreigners (Gaijin) from total social integration, like places only Japanese people can participate... For example, here in Brazil, the Brazilian immigrants in Japan, the majority are Japanese descendants from the Japanese community in Brazil, but as they weren't born in Japan (Dekasegi), they are not considered Japanese Community bound is essential for good immigration policies. I had lots of Friends from Japanese immigration that wanted to go there one day, but this kinda of social barrier makes them cautious.
I live in Italy,as a foreigner. And its becoming like trash here, i hope Japan doesnt do the same. Cause the plan is to bring som many of them that replace the people of that place.
@@amt6307 same. I’m in the United States and the state I live in is still good. It hasn’t had any “cultural enrichment and diversity” strike the part of it that I live in yet thankfully. But thanks to Biden that probably will happen at some point. There were groups of South American “migrants” breaking into homes and cars around where I live, a couple months ago. Sorry to hear about Italy it’s a real shame. I remember hearing about that island where illegal migrants outnumber Italian citizens and that is absolutely disgusting.
@@powermetalcarnivore5088 This is the Kalergi plan that has been organized by that victim country which i cannot say the name here or i get banned cause they control all the media and they work on important public institutions(of every country) to allow this things to happen. They want to wipe out the races by mixing them. I am open to anything but when i see this intentions its a big red flag. Italy and all Europe, so Us will accept illegal immigrations and criminals which their countries don't want indefinitely. Luckly people are understanding it.
Immigration of highly qualified people who bring knowledge and expertise through a legal channel has never been a problem for any country. Illegal immigration on the other hand...
@@ZaKRo-bx7lp actually huge portion of US illegals come in by plane and stay past their visa's end date. Thing is Japan is harsher on that sort of thing so it's much harder for illegals to stay.
I have seen a lot of comments about the work culture and wages in this country, so I would like to ask a question to foreigners. What is the work environment and wages in your country like? As for wages in Japan, 25 years ago, due to the influence of the United States' crushing of Japan, the wage level was extremely high in dollar terms, and statistically twice that of the UK, but now, compared to countries like the US and Australia, Japan definitely has low wages, even before the yen weakened. And now that the yen is weak, wages are significantly lower than countries like the UK and France. The weak yen and industrial policy, which are the factors that made Japan the world's most competitive, caused the lost 20 years due to the super-strong yen brought about by the US, forced market liberalization, and unequal treaties such as the Japan-US Semiconductor Agreement. As a result, when the yen was super-strong, Japan had the same wage level as countries like Switzerland and Luxembourg, but now it has the same nominal wage as Spain and South Korea. In terms of purchasing power parity, it is lower than those countries. In the first place, even until 2020, before the yen weakened, nominal wages were about the same as those of the UK and France. Nominal wages were about 15 to 25% higher, but in terms of purchasing power parity, they were the same wage level as South Korea and Italy. From these data, Japan has low wages among developed countries, but wages are relatively high compared to developing countries. However, the data shows that the working environment in Japan has definitely improved over the past 20 to 30 years. And subjectively, I wonder if the working environment in Japan is really that bad. I don't know about foreigners working in Japan, but for Japanese workers, companies with an average monthly overtime of more than 40 hours are quickly abandoned by young people. It is true that working 8 hours a day is a given for Japanese people, and if the working environment is said to be bad at that point, then Japan is definitely a country with a bad working environment, but I wonder if people in other countries really only work 6 to 7 hours a day. I'm still a student, but many of my friends are working, and most of them work 8 to 9 hours a day, but does that apply to very bad working environments in other countries? The OECD data includes part-timers, so it's not very useful, but the working hours in Japan are 1,601 hours, which is shorter than the 1,791 hours in the United States and the 1,685 hours in Canada.
The US is also infamous for long working hours, no paid parental leave, little vacation time and low salaries for some jobs (servers for example). Where I've worked in Japan (one office in a private company and one factory baito, so not that many places) there was constant micromanaging and tension between management and workers or even just senior and junior workers. Since I'm a gaijin I got off the hook easier in most situations so I wasn't personally targeted that much, but it felt like there is no trust in people, if something happens you immediately and loudly have to find out who's fault it is and tell them off, even for the smallest things. Getting time off was always a struggle and you're always reminded of how much meiwaku you're imposing on your colleagues even though that's not really true. It's very rare that anyone takes more than a couple of days off at one time. When I was working at the factory after school our working times were 14 to around 17-18 and on weekends we worked around 8-9 hours + 1 hour break (we worked until the work was done). But in the busy summer months we would work until much later, sometimes until midnight and no one questioned it. You got your hourly pay which was cr*p but no extra. (this was 10 years ago though) I'm from Sweden and here and here it's much more ingrained in most that people will take their 4-6 week summer vacation, get at least 1 year paid parental leave per child and of course paid sick leave if you or your child get sick. Working overtime is rare but if you have to work overtime you get extra pay or you can take another day off. We get extra pay for "uncomfortable working hours" (late evenings and nights, although the rate is low in hotel, restaurants and clubs&bars) Relations between management and workers are usually relaxed, especially compared to Japan where hierarchy is strong. There are of course exceptions here too, for example healthcare staff is currently protesting about overwork, lack of staff and low wages. And Elon Musk refusing Swedish Tesla workers to unionize 👀
Don't pretend that Japan correctly reports working hours. Many companies don't pay or report overtime - it's just part of culture not to leave before your boss. As result people work 12h shifts while being paid only 8 hours. And don't even get me started about normalcy of "black companies" which would be straight up illegal in EU.
tokio min wage is officially ¥1,113, or 7 dollars an hour, about 70% of the EU has a higher wage, and even "poor" EU states have 4-7 dollars an hour. Tokio is Somewhere between Poland and Spain in term of salaries, in the EU we work 42 hours per week max at base pay, base pay is what you get paid without added multipliers, everything above base pay is considered "extra hours" and has a different pay scheme, extras, bonuses. I used to get 1.5x after 40 hours per week in Ireland, so my salary after 40 hours was 17 dollars an hour or ¥2700, I was working in a factory, understandably, management didn´t want us there after 40 hours. Counting "average" working hours is not a good idea, because the government also counts part-time workers in it, you should count labour productivity per hour worked, and for Japan its low, it sits surprisingly between Poland and Spain.
@@Lomhow Or maybe there are already too much people in Japan already? For comparison, Japan landmass is only 1/2 of France, yet it has TWICE the population of France. On top of that, Japan is very hilly, mountainous, very less flat-lands for living or arable. France actually has much bigger flat-lands percentage-wise, very fertile lands too. In short, when talking about immigration, you have to factor the population density as well as geographic too.
@@BYD-Gold That's fair enough. South Korean demographers were horrified to discover that their newest forecasts had South Korea falling from 51 million people to 15 million people by 2100 but Sweden is 4 times as big as South Korea and has only 10.5 million people and the Swedish people don't seem to have any desire to greatly increase their population. If Sweden had the same population density as South Korea has now it would have 200 million people. Mind you Sweden is a very northern country with a short growing season. On the other hand for both Japan and South Korea the problem is less about a problem of having fewer people in future and more about having a problem with having a very elderly population in future. In 2070 the median age in South Korea is expected to be 62. Yikes. Imagine being age 60 and being considered a young whippersnapper.
@@geofflepper3207 The aging demographics isn't really an issue if you just forget about GDP growth and just let it [de-growth] and adjust to their natural balance. Korea has accumulated lots of wealth, all south korean can retire modestly IF the top 1% of Korean-elites sharing their wealth back to their average Koreans instead of keep hoarding to themselves. Oh and btw, people often criticize East-Asia culture of "workaholic" But in reality, it isn't unique to east-asia. It is just "over-population culture" If you look at India, they also don't have "work-life balance" either, simply because too much competition for one job, even if its just a low-paid job. And when there is too much competition, the salary goes down, but the hours go up. Because Big Corps can always replace you in an instant. Modern exploitation... Don't believe me? You will see "workaholic culture" in the near-future in the U.S or even Europe when too many people + little jobs available. Soon too, probably by 2028.
and there's literally nothing wrong with wanting to remain an ethnostate lol nearly every african country is by that definition but nobody bats an eye there
My only two trips to Japan in December 2019 and November 2023, it surprised me how frequently service workers in Tokyo are from China. It made my trip there easier, that's for sure. Instead of awkwardly using English, if I get a vibe they're not Japanese, trying Mandarin sometimes is surprisingly effective. Whether it's waitresses, cooks, store staff. It still did catch me off guard sometimes when a service worker would switch to Mandarin when they themselves realize that me and my family can speak it.
@2018 the German stat is a little misleading; it’s DW article saying that 25% are immigrants or have a migrant background (at least one immigrant parent).
Japan was one of the most isolated countries for centuries. It’s ingrained into their culture to keep to themselves. No work life balance, low pay and an almost discouragement of the family unit makes it extremely hard for expats to stay or consider working in the first place. I’d love to visit Japan but I’m definitely curious to see how this all changes over the coming decades.
@@Cha4k as a 4th gen British immigrant, it’s the unfortunate truth and probably due to stricter standards of education, living and employment that all clash in a more developed country.
Im japanese myself, and one of the issues are work culture, and also the benefits of being in the part of the work force in japan .. my mother is South korean and even she gave birth to me, still had to pay taxes for 15 years before she was able to get citizenship. Not many people can put up with such a long time process. Even just getting a place to live is almost impossible without having connections...law makes it seems like they really dont want outsiders.
Although violent crimes committed by foreigners are reported daily these days, there are many cases that go unreported and unprosecuted. Clearly, security is deteriorating. Vandalism to religious institutions such as shrines is symbolic. Originally, that alone would be punishable by imprisonment, but due to the fact that there have been few such incidents up to now, there is also the problem that it has become a skeleton and is not being operated.
Who wouldn't want college graduates who build successful start ups in the Silicon Valley? And as you yourself would say: "If you don't like it here, leave!" Go to your favorite country: Russia.
@@patbenz4327 If you don’t want to listen that’s fine least you could do is being polite and try to understand what I mean instead of assuming I’m a fan of Russia. What I meant was the protests in the universities for example Colombia university. These protests are the result of carelessly accepting immigrants to the USA. I never even been to USA but I can tell you this much these protests will only get worse and if no one will put a stop to everything that’s going on. The Americans are facing a dire situation with Middle Eastren immigration and so is Europe as a matter of fact. Also that’s another thing but I have no respect for universities that teach you gender instead of something practical to you and your county’s economy so take that as you will.
Good idea Japan, as long as you don't mind the bedrooms costing 1.5 million, the massive rental crisis, the 20% inflation, and the tent cities, it's not to bad.
@@ab-3983my friend is an Australian and told me that everything is becoming expensive in Australia especially house rentals that is why he returned to Japan with his Japanese wife. He enjoys his work from home where is receiving his salary in dollar and spending it in yen I hope you’ve got what I mean.
I wish. I got a Master degree related to the field of Japanese studies, speak the language at a fluent level (N1), and I've got a salary that's over twice the average salary in Japan. But since I'm an independent worker with an online business, I've got basically no opportunities to move, except for their newly introduced, quite useless six-month no-residency-card digital nomad visa. That sucks.
You could buy your way in with a business manager visa? The rules aren't so strict regarding renting office space / hiring staff. Sole trading videographers do it and pretend 50k spent on camera equipment is the investment to qualify! As long as you can generate a sustainable income and pay tax soon after, they have no cause to send you home when the years up and it's time for renewal.
@@jacknakamori3280 Still, that's at least a 40k$+ base investment and, afaik, a requirement of having an office space that isn't your home, which I don't need because a laptop is all that I use for my work so renting a whole space would be a complete waste of money.
@@jacknakamori3280 tried to answer, comment got deleted. Long story short, it's too expensive of an investment, and you need an office space which would be a waste of money for someone like me who works with a laptop only.
Some facts from an expat living there: - there had never been more foreigners than now (and you can witness it every day), however so far none of the trouble Europe has to endure with its botched integration. - I see many families with 2 (or even 3) kids, but many many people are single. So it's not like women only make 1 child, but more that many make none. - of course Japan is more xenophobic than many countries, it's an island! Moreover it was closed for a long part of its history. As an example, the cashiers at an Ito Yokado went from all South Asians to all Japanese, over night, apparently after some complaints from customers. - you can never overstate how important it is to speak the language. Forget the kanjis, talking fluently is the key that will open many doors for you.
Here's the problem with the statement that there have so far been none of the troubles Europe has experienced (which I've seen some people, including Japanese people, present in an optimistic way such that they would say Japan will be fine with more immigrants): the majority of the immigrants which Japan has taken so far are people who *chose* to move to Japan because they wanted to be in Japan for cultural reasons. This is a very different situation as compared to if Japan started to take on greater quantities of economic migrants who are only interested in moving to a richer country to earn more money. Economic migrants aren't generally interested in blending into the local culture, and Japan has very little experience with this type of migrant, so they are completely naïve to the behaviour of this class of migrants.
@@mckendrick7672 Those are valid points, let me add some counter arguments: - foreigners are mostly concentrated in Tokyo area; in some places the concentration is quite remarkable. - while Japan is not economically attractive for Europeans, it is for South Asians, and many come here to make some cash or have a better life. - but I think that maybe 1 reason it's working so far is that Japan is not rushing it like Germany, so the integration is smoother. Also, the rules are way more strict (you can't stay if you're jobless). Finally, most foreigners are also from Asia, so the culture difference may be smaller.
Japan should not make the same mistakes that the United States and Western Europe have made in the last few decades. I understand your population crisis and the difficulties that arise from that. A better solution would likely involve incentives for childbirth and an overall rejection of global, modern and any Postmodern "values" presented. Insisting that new citizens (not tourists) speak Japanese is important. Respect for your culture and customs is essential for preserving your two-thousand-year history. A merit-based system of immigration and incorporating these standards is essential for all developed nations. In France, half the crime in Paris is currently committed by recent immigrants and second-generation youth, seventy-seven percent of s3xual a55aults are committed by these same groups. My country (USA) experiences these issues regarding crime to a far lesser extent, but our government services are at a breaking point ( also a consequence of the majority of our financial resources going towards non-defense related military expenditures) and our wages for blue-collar workers are drastically brought down by competing with illegal labor as well. Accusations of "Racism" are used to protect this current policy (or a lack thereof), while simultaneously Black Americans deal with the consequences of these immigration policies disproportionately. Yukio Mishima had tremendous foresight regarding the issues you are discussing now.
I would like to move there as a construction specialist and I dont mind the lower pay (actually it may be the same or higher for my occupation), I just hope they do not lose their national characteristics. Japan is clean and safe, like my country was for the most part before mass immigration and I intend to only speak Japanese even when talking to other english speakers.
2:03 The word “Zainichi” does not reffer to Korean residents. It just means living in Japan. Correct way to use is “Zainichi Kankoku-jin” which is Koreans living in Japan.
Depending on where this immigration comes from, it can either be a blessing or a curse for Japan. Certain regions of the world are definitely less favourable.
I got my PhD in Japan. What Japan wants is to bring you in, underpay you and send you back. They make it very difficult to build a life for you there, which may be fine for some but for specialized professionals who tend to be older is a horrible deal.
Sounds like the Emirati immigration model
@@JSK010 basically, except UAE at least favours the rich migrants for a permanent stay. Japan makes no distintion in treating you as a daily wage labourer no matter how skilled or educated you are.
oh and not to mention treat like second class trash. what they claim as "work ethic" is basically just a thinly disguised practice mentioned above. god i hate working with japanese companies.
@@bluepurplepink Spot on. I'm from a wealthy family but because I'm foreign and single they don't allow me to apply for PR.
I work in Japan, and it is the truth. After they are done with you they kick you out. As an aerospace engineer, I am under paid compared to the local people. They can not embrace immgration or diversity. After being laid off, you only have 3 month to find a job if you don't visa gets revoted. They have figured out everything to makesure you do not stay.
Japan's work culture is more pressing issue, increasing immigration will not solve that.
Agreed. It's a cool place, but I wouldn't want to be an employee there. As a business owner, maybe? But not already living there means I'd be anxious about the quality of my Japanese and the bureaucracy involved.
Their work culture isn't the issue here. Their modern westernized culture is. We know that once feminism was embraced, birth rates fell rapidly. Urbanization and materialism were also just as big factors as feminism. So unless these 3 issues are solved, their birth rates will be below replacement level just like the rest of the 1st world.
@@captainvanisher988so we should remove feminism and implement some kind of sharia law. Thats ridiculous lol.
Actually, it might. Immigrants often introduce ideas and practices that might end up weaving their way through the culture, corporate included. Japan being a very conservative country is extremely resistant to this possibility, much like other anti-immigrant sentiment across the world: they fear the cultural change that might threaten the status quo. Currently, women from western countries that work in Japan already blatantly refuse to participate in their “make morning tea for the boss” routine, and thus already demonstrate the idea of saying no to such an ingrained (and definitely misogynistic) gender role to locals.
@@winzyl9546literally yes why is it ridiculous
In the U.S. the business owners say “no one wants to work anymore” yet they get 1000’s of applications for 1 job posting and they choose not to hire
its because the applicant is a lazy gen z
@@blackbelt2000 they refuse Millennials as well, there are no excuses for them. U should tell the application wage, his/her tasks and if he/she's interested in it. It's simple
@@blackbelt2000no, people do not want to work for food
@@Rusu421 they don't want to work period
@@blackbelt2000yeah if everyones gonna pay shitty n living expenses continue to rise
Please stop asking me all these questions, I don't know.
Typical, I'm not voting for you in the next election. I honestly expected more.
Shut up spam
I didn't vote for Liz Truss.
#NotMyLeader
Fucking gold comment
lmao these UA-camrs just ask questions for us to ‘answer’ to increase engagement that’s it 😂 they dont give a rat’s ass what we have to say 😅
I live in Japan, there are a ton of Vietnamese, Nepalese, Filipinos and even Bhutanese here, usually working in entry level positions. There's usually little issues. But for professions that require higher levels of education, Japan has difficulty in attracting (due to lower salary) and retaining foreign talent.
"retaining foreign talent" so true, I know many foreign engineers here, half of them leave after a few years. Some Americans can't even repay their student loan with how weak the Yen is.
It also doesn't help that mixed marriage have such a high failure rate, and in this case the Japanese keeps the children 100% of the time.
@Booz2020 lol, that guy is fun. the summary of every car video of his.. buy a Toyota.
“Difficulty attracting” - as explained, they made it intentionally difficult until recently. The biggest issue is their work culture though, no self-respecting engineer would go to Japan to work as basically a slave
At least they’re Asian
These are Asians...we need more diversity
Most rented apartments will just straight up refuse to rent to foreigners it's a fact.
There are only certain areas and apartments designated for "gaijin". For that matter Japanese elderly find it difficult to rent apartments because the apartment owners are afraid that they will die in the apartment and then it becomes difficult to rent it thereafter. The government needs to intervene but they won't.
they are xenophobic and racist. plain and simple.
Good. Don't follow Westerners and have their native populations replaced by people from the global south.
This is actually the largest problem in Japan with immgration:
The country simply uses immigrants like the USA
It’s sad but if you have problems with your own country, your only hope is to find a country that isn’t rich because these countries overvalue themselves.
Then you’ll find maybe a compatible one.
The problem is money and greed.
It’s the exact same problem with relationships
外国人お断りの賃貸があるのはパーティーなどの騒音問題が起こる可能性が高いことを管理会社が知っているためです。日本人は一般的に家でパーティーはしません。また基本的には賃貸のオーナーが入居者を追い出すことができない事も原因の一つです。The reason why some rental properties are not open to foreigners is because the management company knows that there is a high possibility of noise problems occurring from parties. Japanese people generally don't have parties at home. Another reason is that rental property owners generally cannot evict tenants.
A lot of people move to Japan seeking a better life than decide to move back to their own country and that's because Japanese people are very good at reminding foreigners they will never really be part of society regardless of how amazing their Japanese is, if you marry into a Japanese family or contribute to society. There are people who decide to stay and accept they are outsiders, but vast majority of people leave due to the mental strain Japanese society puts on them.
I have friend who has been in Japan for over 20 years married to a Japanese women has a child and was at out at a bar in Tokyo; met some random Japanese people and firstly they were shocked he spoke Japanese ,which is normal for expats, but then after he told them his story , was asked when he plans to go back to his country. This was not an attack on him directly, but how Japanese people think.
Even if Japan opens their doors and people come in; majority will eventually leave, unless the situation in their home country is dire.
I was born in Japan, and I'm only a fourth Japanese.
"Your Japanese blood is thin."
Japan needs cultural enrichment and diversity.
Couple that with the lowering of the yen's value and it's just not very attractive moving to Japan, financially speaking. There's a chance this was intentional although albeit at the expense of everyone. To be honest, looking at how immigration has impacted places like Britain, it has far, far more negatives than positives. Japan playing this long game is for the best.
That first paragraph is how it is in most countries.
@@hipiticlivi7400Not really. Many countries are multicultural, and immigrants can genuinely make it their home.
Immigration is only a temporary solution. It doesn't fix the underlying issues why birth rates are down.
Exactly, and it's a "temporary solution" that changes the country forever.
@@underratedbub Yes without fixing the birthrate issue, it inevitably leads to the total destruction of the original peoples and culture.
Not if they convert
It *IS* a temporary solution, however, instituting any long term solution would require time, tremendous effort and resources, and by that time Japan will suffer anyway.
So yes, immigration.
There might be original peoples and culture in Japan, but certainly not in Germany. Germany has always had a massive influx of migration since before the time of the romans and way before anything that resembles the nation of Germany startest to exist.
I've been in japan for almost 6 years, spent 2 in tokyo and 4 in the countryside. My experience here was all great. I've made great friends, met great people, gotten great support from japanese government. You could say that I got so lucky with all the Japanese that I even had the chance to meet but many of my friends share the same experience as well.
Working in japan often gets the perception of being excruciating but that really depends on the place you work for and what type of jobs you are doing. Once you sorted these out, you may find that japan is not that different from many developed countries.
The problem is probably the language, and the culture. Learning and getting used to these take time, i think it's the same for anywhere else.
I just want to say that most of the things that people think they know about japan is just as wrong as what are being said on the internet. Agree that Japan is not for everyone, but if given a chance, you should experience it yourself. You can't know a country sitting at home and talking on the internet.
as long as you don't kid yourself thinking you will part of the gang then ok🤷♀
@@blackbelt2000 I'm not sure what you mean by "the gang".
You're well informed. Probably most of the posts are from Europeans.
The working hours of Japanese people are not long compared to other countries. There's a false impression of the work environment in Japan that has been created by those who work in sectors like financial securities firm, marketing/Ad agency, teacher and bureaucrat. The fact is most Japanese work standard 40 hour work weeks. Japan ranks 31st in the world for hours worked per annum according to OECD's statistics. Those statistics are corroborated by JR's statistics that show train stations throughout Japan are most crowded during the evening rush hour between 5~6pm, indicating that is when most Japanese are returning home from work. Japan is also the country with the third most National holidays in the world. Japan has fewer working hours than the U.S., but no media outlet describes America's long working hours as bad as East Asia.
I know Korea are famous for their imbalanced work/life bakance but after having traveled through vietnam and thailand i can tell you that in South East Asia things are even worse. People work 10 hours per day often 7 days per week. Ive met people who work 8-9 hours a day everyday with no free day for over a month and often difficult shifts or double shifts resulting in 70+ hour work weeks. They hate it but dont complain because it is expected to survive and people are happy with the jobs they have, be it in the countryside working on the land or in a hostel as a receptionist.
@@user-co5ri8dp_978 Thanks for your reply. Your comment offered some really good insights.
Great point
Its like saying "That ain't exactly wrong, but that was rude bruh".
Being xenophobic is rude.
I mean, it's hypocritical for the US to say that, but they're right.
@@yotadisigma The US is accused of many things, sometimes rightly so, but "xenophobic" is definitely not a defining characteristic.
It is a fundamentally immigrant nation. America takes in, by a significant magnitude, more immigrants than any other nation in the world, and while there is bigotry there (as it exists literally everywhere) there are far more and robust laws and policies in place and a general societal awareness of the matter. You do not get that in culturally xenophobic societies.
Lol it's more like they said "That's not true" and then secretly start making plans to fix the problem they denied exists.
@@FFXIgwyn
Being xenophobic is normal animal behavior and humans are animals after all. What's NOT NORMAL is ignoring all the violence and crime in your nation and doing something about it because you're afraid of being called 'xenophobic' and 'racist'.
The naturalization process in Japan is actually not that difficult. The reason why many choose not to do so is because Japan does not recognize dual citizenship, which requires people to completely cut ties to their native land, a difficult decision for many 1st and 2nd generation immigrants.
For many Zainichi Koreans, it's more about internal pressure within their community to not abandon their Korean heritage and resist efforts by the Japanese government to assimilate them into the Japanese population. With that being said, many 3rd and 4th generation Zainichi Koreans are increasingly choosing to obtain Japanese citizenship, as many have little to no remaining ties to the Korean peninsula and have lived in Japan their entire lives.
Korea is in even bigger trouble than Japan lol.
They choose Japan for economic reasons, and have to internally grapple with abandoning their ancestral home for monetary reasons.
That is why many diaspora communities are hostile towards their host countries, because they hate themselves for "selling out".
Not to mention a Korean citizenship means being forced to perform 2 years "slavery" mandatory military service if you are a male
Reasonable
What if the two countries you have a citizenship enter a war. You can't fight for both of them
Dual citizenship is stupid
Well you have to both know good Japanese language and respect the culture , not many do !
I heard somewhere that it’s easier to become naturalized as a Japanese citizen than it is to become a permanent resident of Japan. It only takes 5 years to become a citizen but takes 10 years to become a permanent resident. Part of the time spent in Japan as a student also counts towards the residence requirement for naturalization.
A lot of people mention the work culture, but Japan does not expect immigrants from Europe or the United States. Most immigrants who come to Japan are from Asia. I also think that Japan's labor culture needs to be improved, but I don't think it will get better so soon.
There are millions of japanese blood descendents in South America. If they need more people, why not help them with an abandoned house and some help with the work and education for them and their son? Instead of bringing people with another culture, doeing this they would do exactly what South Americans did for their descendants on the last century.
They already offer visas for Japanese descendents from South America (eg Brazilians, Peruvians) they're called Nikkei and they can get permanent residence status very easily. There are a lot of Brazilians that work in car manufacturing plants for example you just need to prove that you have at least one grandparent that holds Japanese nationality @@EngenheirUber
@@EngenheirUberjapanese descendant in south America does not have the same culture of Japanese people. They never lived in japan and never experience japanese culture. They only have blood and some memories
@@lore00star Japanese culture exists in the heart
@@EngenheirUbermay be because latin merica is better to livin?
Dear TLDR as a person that has lived in Japan for 28 years, gone from student to permanent residence and currently as a citizen I say to you this time your report is brilliant. I salute you on how accurately you have explained the nuances of the government that while the word migration is taboo they keep quietly changing the legislation to increase the number of foreign labor.
A good measure of how sensitive is the topic is to see late prime minister Abe emphatically defending the, at the moment discussed at the Diet, the introduction of the SSW1 visa.
many mistakes in the video
1) SSW2 isn't a PR. Just lets you to update this visa every 5 years as long as you have a job. You lost your job - go home.
2) less than 50 people have SSW2 because the requirements are harsh and it's easier to apply for an actual PR.
3) Any SSW1 holder can upgrade to SSW2.
4) They extended categories for both visas. Basically treat them as the same, but SSW2 requires to live in Japan for many years before you are allowed to apply. This is why people go for PR, it has almost the same requirements.
5) Zainichi refers to all people staying in Japan. zainichi koreans only to koreans.
Every time Japan runs out of free labor, they tapped new demographic to mitigate that. They tapped rural Japan for a while and the population pyramid of rural Japan looks more like population mushroom. They tapped elderly, not only had they delayed the official retirement age from 60 to 65, people can now "chose" to delay retirement up to 75. They tapped women, which absolutely would have no effect whatsoever on already collapsing birthrate. And now it's foreigners. Hope you Gaijins love our working culture!
Somehow seems like a huge problem for the economy and birthrates is the labor policies.
Who would have ever though that XD.
Working as a corporate slave is nothing to be admired for.
The famous Samurai is still wearing a face diaper in his car,
I absolutely love that population mushroom phrase haha. turns out mario was trying his best to warn us for all those years.
"Gaijins" will change the working culture in Japan 😊
@@cooliipie And I am noticing It.
Foreigners in your country have pros cons and Challengers.
But working culture is starting to diversify into different options for different people and Life Styles.
Japan is like: Come work here BUT don’t come here 😆 sounds like my cat.
Hahahaha.You took words out of my mouth.Japanese want immigrants since they have no choice left because of falling birth rate but at the same time they also don't want the people to come over here 😂😂😂.
japanese has a strong affinity towards cat culture
Well, the only way you can do that is to work at home through your computer or laptop. But from your own country.
More accurately: "Work here but don't be one of us."
lol 😂 well said
Britain and many European countries are going down the gutter because of immigration😢
Exactly
What are you on about? Immigratants in the UK outperform natives.😂😂😂
@@hamsatd don't need to lie to yourself it's only east asians and some indians other races are the main problem
@@hamsatd at crime, yes
@@hamsatd At what? grooming teenagers and starting machette fights?
I’m 25yo software engineer and i know Japanese N2-1 . But after reading this comment section i don’t want go to japan anymore if they will use me with min wage and kick me out when they are done. Thats so toxic. Every human being wants to build a sustainable happy life.
Avoid black companies and you should probably be fine with work. Let's be real here, most people here who are saying that Japan is horrible have probably never been there or been there without speaking Japanese. I recommend not looking too much into UA-cam comments or Reddit
But don't listen to me, I've never been to Japan 😂
Something to keep in mind. Someone who is happy with their life and their work is less likely to go on the internet and talk about it than someone that is happy. Don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of problems with Japan but as a foreign software engineer you’ll probably get a job in a decent company. Your wage will definitely be lower than it would be in the US or Europe but also a lot of things are cheaper than they are in those place. Try it out first don’t let an internet comment section ruin your hard work and ambitions.
The language, low wages, rigorous work culture, and lack of social security are not attractive to Europeans like myself. Why should I work in Japan when I could work in Switzerland under much better conditions?
Even Italy or Spain would be better money wise, I should think.
They are very well aware theyre not trying to attract europeans at all just east and south east asians
@@Hession0Drashafor high skilled labour very likely
To be fair, you probably couldn't
Don’t worry, there’s a million Africans and Bomalians who will gladly fill your spot
I was honestly a little surprised Japan was offended at being called xenophobic… having lived there for years it’s just the reality and the general populace is broadly aware. It’s literal policy. So
They know it but they don’t want anyone else telling them that
East Asian concept of saving face. Even if criticism is fair and correct the idea of being called out about it publicly is deeply distressing.
*I was honestly a little surprised Japan was offended at being called xenophobic*
I think its more the Japanese government and other authorities that might be more xenophobic, but the vast majority of Japanese people seem to be very friendly and nice to everyone.
@@BHFFS This is another one of Japan's biggest issues it's lob-sided hypocrisy and self-righteousness. It is simply too homogeneous, xenophobic and even Misandrist to the point of being considered a Mouse Utopia.
And while it is indeed Hypocritical for the United States of all nations to call them out on their BS, especially when we take into consideration how Xenophobic and Misandrist they've become, is it really surprising?! The US and the rest of the West have been doing this crap to their own western societies for decades, it be only a matter of time that they do it to Japan. Furthermore, Japan is kinda responsible for supporting the USA's Left-Wing Government and encouraging them to be more liberal.
@@UzumakiNaruto_Depends, there has been a rise in violence against Vietnamese people in Japan. Rural areas are known for their hatred of foreigners. Ryukyu, Nivkh, and Ainu people still face discrimination and loss of identity.
I am a software engineer from EU and actually had a Japanese company very recently contact me with an offer that had a hard requirement to relocate to Japan, which was a big No-No for me. Usually I get “remote work” offers but this Japanese company was adamant I relocate, which makes more sense now
If you relocate to Japan you will spend your money in Japan.
Japan has mostly Vietnamese and Filipino migrants, and they assimilate into Japanese society. Many Vietnamese and Filipinos already have ties to Japan for centuries.
..... mail bride
Young girls and rich old men.
When u said Vietnam and Filipionos…mail order brides comes to mind for sure
they haven't assimilated at all for the moment
Mail bride ok.
I am Japanese and currently living in Australia.
I believe Japan is a country where you can enjoy a high level of public safety, social security, and services that exceed their cost, although wages and prices are lower compared to other advanced countries.
Regarding public safety, it's self-explanatory, but because of the robust social security system, all citizens can receive any medical care and various services at minimal cost and often for free.
What I want you to consider is what immigrants who want to come to Japan are seeking.
Would they come to work hard in jobs that are lacking in Japan? I don't think so.
While not everyone, some immigrants come to Japan for its social security, and there are already many foreigners who have come to Japan for this purpose.
For example, people from a certain country (Initial is C) come to Japan to undergo surgery at a low cost using Japan's medical insurance because it costs a fortune in their own country. There are even explanatory videos circulating about how to use Japan's social security system for this purpose.
Moreover, many people have started receiving welfare benefits within a month of coming to Japan.
Japan is a nonsensical country that, once recognized, provides welfare benefits to foreigners as well.
Of course, this money comes from the salaries of Japanese people.
In cases I actually saw when I was in Japan, the families (parents, siblings, etc.) of people who married Japanese citizens and were recognized as immigrants in Japan, totaling more than 10 people, came to Japan as legal immigrants and lived on welfare without working properly.
What I'm trying to say is that accepting immigrants will not solve Japan's labor shortage but will only increase the burden on Japan's social security system.
People who want to work hard and earn a lot of money go to other advanced countries with higher prices, not Japan.
外国人のコメントでは「日本が外国人労働者に来てもらうためにここを変えるべきだ」という議論が繰り広げられてるけど、そもそも多くの日本人は品質を落としたくないし、そこまでして外国人労働力に来てほしいと思ってないと思う
それと多くの日本人は移民国家になるくらいなら(ただの侵略じゃんと思って)日本人の仲間と滅ぶわって考えかなーと思ってる
Japan (and South Korea) has been trying to attract more blue collar workers from South and Southeast Asia. These people do want to come to Japan to work. They can try to get a job in other developed countries such as Australia (often using working holiday or student visa), but there is no sure fire way to get a job like in Japan with their "Specified Skilled Worker" visa.
@@hitthedeck4115 Yeah only the super desperate in South and Southeast Asia will go to Japan and South Korea. If they had a choice, they'd prefer Australia or New Zealand.
自国の物価高や地価の高騰を理由にオーストラリアを離れて日本に移住するオーストラリア人の方をネット上ではよく見かけるのですが、日本と比べてどちらが住みやすそうですか？逆に日本ではワーホリを利用してオーストラリアに行く人が増えていると報道されています。
@@jamkp1685
どちらが住みやすいかは本当に人によります。
給料以外はオーストラリアよりも日本の方が住みやすいと思います。
なので、日本で高い給料が貰えるポジションさえ確保してる人、もしくは弱者ポジションを確保して補助金をたっぷり貰えるひとなら日本は天国です。
それ以外の人は給与の高い国の方が幸せかもしれません。
さらにオーストラリアに来て思ったのは、そもそも仕事に対する向き合い方が圧倒的に日本と違う点です。
日本の普通の労働者＝オーストラリアの働き者
って感じで、日本で働く時と同じ感じで働くと現地の職場ではスーパーマン扱いされます。
「そんなに急いで働いたら仕事無くなっちゃうよ？」
って普通に心配されます。
I am a nipponphile, and with that said, in street interviews, the Japanese public keep saying that they raise an eyebrow to foreigners because "they don't learn our language and manners." 🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵
Importing guys who will work for pennies on a dollar and accept being treated as second class citizens is going to create tough competition for native born population and decrease their earnings.
More labour means cost of labour goes down so everyone gets paid less.
What do you know about their wages? From what I've heard, Japanese are very safe with their wages and has so much money that they couldn't spend because of their work culture.
If anything, adding immigrants wouldn't change shit besides having more people companies can enslave. If you want to blame something for this, just blame capitalism for this
But more people means more consumption and therefore more economic activity and thus more earnings for the native population
@@billusher2265 No, that means lower pay. Lower pay leads to debt and lowers spending. All immigration does is shift money from the workers to the rich by lower pay and increasing the power of the rich older people with capital. This will doom the country.
@@billusher2265 You then have an economic zone not a country, with nothing in common but consumerism.
The is also real labour shortage , jobs that need to be filled to keep the company running. Look at construction and ship building. As are the hotel staff that they need to fill to keep the service sector running
Hi, I’m a long-term resident of Japan from America, and I have to call out some pretty frustrating errors. The word Zainichi means “residing in Japan”and denotes people born in Japan, but who choose to hold south or North Korean, or Chinese, passports, instead of becoming Japanese. They do this for historical reasons, because they choose to identify as belonging to their traditional country, rather than becoming Japanese, but they are welcome to do so anytime without any limitations. In the past, there were certain frustrating rules, everyone who became Japanese citizen had to choose a Japanese name, which was not acceptable to people of Korean origin, but these rules have all been removed. Resident of Japan with. Zainichi status have full rights to every aspect of living in Japan,, although as they aren’t citizens, there are a few jobs they can’t do, like firefighter. I just wanted to say, in no way does Japan not allow people born here to automatically get citizenship, it’s a choice made by people of south/North Korean, or Chinese, ancestry, who don’t want to become Japanese for whatever cultural reason they may have.
I hope they do this carefully, not to end up with the same problems we face in europe regarding these issues
Remember lads. It was all done very quietly
Edit: Okay, how did a joking comment turn into a discussion about economy versus culture
Also, it needn't be Africans. I hear South Asians are in high demand in Arabia.
but they need millions of africans 🥺
@@martingregory6993 literally yes
@@martingregory6993No 1st world country can survive without 2 million Somalians.
You learn this day 1 of every economics degree.
@@museli_addict😂😂😂
Are you successful because you have 2 million Somalis, or do you have 2 million Somalis because you are successful 😂
The question of the ages.
@leandro6234 It will create a lot of jobs for police
Looking at the current immigration profile of Japan and immigration profiles of the other former colonial powers . The majority of immigrants to Japan will be from south East Asia
*South east Asia
East Asia how? The migrant workers and other expats mostly come from Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Nepal and Myanmar - all of which are in South and Southeast Asia.
@@user-jt3dw6vv4x
OK Oxford guy
@@museli_addict
I will edit it
@@Mu3az523 🤝
Turns out, 27h workdays dont leave much room for havin babies. Shocking
27 hour work days... LOL.. Funny guy
TBH, I still find this work culture statement kind of overblown. Speaking from my own experiences, it's true that a lot of companies are still overworking their workers. But more and more companies are starting to take notice of such issues. The Japanese government is limiting the amount of overtime a company can give to their workers; more companies have started to implement a split WFH style for their workers; and these days, a minimum of two days off a week is also the norm. Sure, not all of them have implemented these policies, but nonetheless, it's still progress.
Couples go without even sleeping or touching each other for YEARS this is laughable that you are trying to throw shade AT JAPAN for "NOT getting in between the sheets"
This happens MORE IN THE WEST trust me on that. So 27hour work days which aren't bad are amazing for work
@@beelzkingexactly they have packages that include vacation days and mental health days. It's funny that people say this as if it's a trope at this point
Common people work from monday to saturday, sometimes sundays are sacked too. In what world do you live in?
I know many Taiwanese who live and work happily in Japan. None of them complain about xenophobia. You really need to understand the Japanese mindset to get along with them. They are high maintenance. You don’t get to ask them to change easily for the newcomer.
Taiwanese who move there are probably a unique anecdote. Many Taiwanese today see themselves practically as Japanese due to their shared history when Japan colonized Taiwan.
many japanese love Taiwan
Taiwanese still face severe discrimination and racism in Japan because they speak Mandarin and are looked upon as mainland Chinese.
Helps to be Asian looking duh. If you don’t blend in the discrimination is much more blatant (getting the gaijin seat on the train, waiters avoiding your table at restaurants, people refusing to speak Japanese with you, etc…)
They look exactly the same 😂 horrible example
Like most reports on this issue there are serious problems with the claims and there are inaccuracies. Firstly Japan has never been anti-immigrant in the modern period. That's giving Japan too much credit. Japan is immigrant indifferent. A crucial socio-political difference (maybe not in a casual conversation, but TLDR News is exactly the epistemic sphere with this difference must be noted). You can come as long as there is a skilled job to be offered. It's VERY easy for native English speakers to enter the country. It's easy for most skilled workers in North America and Europe to enter the country. SSW1 and SSW2 are *residency statuses.* A visa is only granted for initial entry into the country, then it is cancelled. Visa has a different meaning to Japan than it does elsewhere. You don't have a visa after you have entered the country for the first time. You have a status of residency for a fixed or unfixed term of residency. Japan's lack of incentivising labor due to the wage situation, the language barrier, and the lack of government assistance for assimilation is the reason Japan struggles with immigration. Citizenship and permanent residency are way easier to get in Japan than to get in a place like the United States. There may not be any chain migration, but there are also no quotas. I've been here 16 years and had no trouble getting into the country, and no trouble staying here. Why? US citizen, native English speaker willing to teach English, and currently work in IT, communications, and union organising. I will retire and die here. How many people like me want to come to Japan? Not many. Without explicit incentives for high skilled developed nation immigrants, none will come. Without incentives for low skilled developing nation immigrants, none will come (and certainly none would learn Japanese, when English is right there, and they can go to the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK). Japan isn't xenophobic. It just doesn't give a crap. But come if you want, I did, and I'm fine.
As a consumer is Japan a heaven for me, the people work hard &seriously and care more friendly to me. While you are laughing about the small /tiny spaces and the condense of people in the country, you cannot request more people into the island.
Capping the stay duration rarely works in practice, like in Europe. People find ways to overstay. Maybe Japan (and other western countries) should just stop vilifying blue collar work so much and also pay them a survivable wage. If Japan (and Korea) wants to control migration to combat sudden population decline, I'd imagine it will probably have to be middle class migration to avoid more problems down the line.
It works pretty well in Japan. Because they actually have deportation policies there unlike here in Europe.
Asking Japanese society to change their work culture is as futile as telling Americans to control their guns
Not gonna happen.
They have been reforming their visa policies for blue collar jobs since 2019, and then 2023 (South Korea is basically taking the same step). They have abolished the "technical interns" program and move to the still expanded "specialized skilled workers" program. Although those two might still be considered the same in practice, migrant workers now have more benefits in Japan under the new program.
The pay gap between blue collar and white collar workers isn't actually that bad in Japan.
The problem is that people think salaries there are comparable to Western countries when they're not.
Even native Japanese don't earn all that much, it's just that social services keep the base standard of living relatively high.
Well, I certainly hope that key members from the National Diet have seen the comments regarding this very hot issue. Most people, especially NON-JAPANESE, totally dislike the idea of Japan opening up more to foreign immigration. If this is what MOST people actually want, then that should be respected and even ENFORCED.
If Japan wants to increase its population, it needs to vastly improve its working conditions and tackle the incredibly suppressive culture that forced young people to live and die alone.
Goal is not to increase the population but replace the retiring workforce with foreign workers in essential sectors. Japan is gonna need north of 2million net migration per year if they want to increase the overall population.
Current working conditions isn't the only factor leading to the low birthrate. It's multiple things.
Japan needs both. New blood into their country to fill labor shortages and lessen the stress on their population.
@@Cha4k ever heard of assimilation?
@@f-86zoomer37 How could assimilation work when the locals are called fascist and racist when they ask the migrants to practice the local culture?
Well... Isn't there a saying for the Japanese Flag to essentially be a Pie Chart of how Japanese Japan is? 🤣
No. Japanese is not an ethnicity. Yamato, Ainu, Ryukyuu (and there are others) are ethnicities. Japanese is a legal nationality. Which is why the presenter wisely choose to say "perceived to be." It's an imperial lie (which was never true).
@@nippolitica Bro if white (black, latino) is an ethnicity then japanese is an ethnicity... Like continent vs island... IDK bout you but I think that maybe also he never said ethnicity he meant something else but you know if you set up your opponents arguments it is quite easy to knock them down lol.
Edit: No cap, seems as though I assumed more genetic mixing happened in Japan after hundreds of years of occupying the majority of current day japan. Clearly not. Also one of the people responding though is just taking an L by saying latino isn't an ethnicity... according to google and the places I looked.
@@tristancoffin Not a bro. :P Racial category of the multiple major ethnicities to be found in the Japanese population would be "Asian." Japanese as a sociocultural identity or Japanese as a legal nationality would also not be 100% of the population of Japan, as there are non-citizens present, and even some citizens of Japan don't identify as Japanese socioculturally. Therefore a pie chart might be MOSTLY red, but there would be at least a sliver of some other color, regardless of how you define the term "Japanese." Pedantic? Yes, I am. As someone whose post-grad work was focused on Japanese radical ultranationalism (whether ethnonationalist or civic nationalist).
@@nippolitica blah blah blha blha blha lah
@@tristancoffin Do you actually know what are these 3 named groups or their histories?
I've lived in Japan for a while and will go for citizenship someday soon. From my understanding, it is neither costly nor very* difficult (although it does take a while and requires careful review by authorities.) Others have already pointed it out in the comments, but the lack of dual citizenship seems to be the main issue. In terms of just staying here on a visa, well that might present some issues depending on the individual situation.
Why are you worried about the lack of dual citizenship...Do you need a plan B?
as a Japanese citizen myself I am strongly opposed to dual citizenship
i think it is key to maintain a cohesion in our nation
if someone can't choose then just forget about becoming Japanese
I'm currenty studing Japanse, and I have already passed the N5 profiency test 14 years ago. I don't think I'll ever live in Japan, because I would starve to death, but I may go there on vacation, some time in the future.
I am a Brit/Australian citizen, and I have lived in Japan since 2012. I was lucky with my employer (originally on a professor visa) married a Japanese woman and am now on a spouse visa. I love it here. No complaints. Japan has a reputation of being conservative, which it is in some ways, but it is also socialistic e.g. excellent public transport and free public toilets everywhere. Also, the rental apartment where I and my partner live is rent capped, which means the rent Never goes up. I recommend living here.
Way to go showing Japan owning the Kuril Islands!
kuril islands is still occupied by russia though
All the Kurils should be Japanese up to Kamatchka
@@patricksweeney5308 Russia is literally allied with China. And Japan is allied with the US, which means it'll never be able to get along too well with Russia, territorial dispute or not.
@@gregoryturk1275 Based on what? The Ainu were just chilling in The Kuril Islands for millenia. They are still the vast majority of the population on most of the islands. Yet despite that, this has become a stupid debate as to whether Russia or Japan should own them.
@@paullunsford8921 Most Ainu left are in Japan. Although it is a shame that the Ainu are mostly gone Japan gained the entire Kuril archipelago peacefully from the Russians while the Russians got Sakhalin (A very favorable deal to the Russians I might add). Then at the end of the Second World War the Russians just invaded and took the territory even though Japan and the Soviets had a neutrality pact. Then once the war ended the Russians kept fight the Japanese for the Kuril Islands causing unnecessary deaths. In most maps back then the Kurils were classified as part of the Japanese “Home islands” too. I will oppose any government that is friendly to Russia unless they at the very least return the 4 southern islands.
At 2:23 : The 25% for germany are not entirely accurate. That number includes so-called "germans with foreign background", meaning people with at least a parent who is a foreigner but have a german nationality, therefore those people are not foreigners. The number of actual "foreigners", so people without a german nationality/passport is more around 12-15%.
A foreigner is a foreigner regardless of where he is born. You are not German merely because you are born in Germany
@@TrueNativeScotyou are german as soon as you feel german. So I think a question like "do you feel like a german citizen?" or "in which country do you feel like home?" is more accurate for these kind of comparison.
@@tatututuuu3515That's hands down the dumbest shit I've ever read.
@@tatututuuu3515I would disagree, there are degrees of germanness, a Muslim is inherently less german, for example, since they don't partake in the very german pastimes of alcohol and pork out of religious obligation, I would say that a religious restriction is moreso signififant than a personal choice and to not drink by choice would still make you more german.
@@Cecilia-ky3uw drinking alcohol and eating pork makes you german? 🤣🤣🤣 you are so funny
I wish you guys made a video on Canada's situation. So much is wrong and the world needs to know :(
Canada is DOOMED unless a new leader and government chooses a different direction than Trudeau has chosen and can repair some of the massive damage he has done to this nation in his time as prime minister here.
Hahaha right!? I know a couple here who is moving to Japan in a few months because the housing is at least affordable, despite stagnant wages. The wife is Japanese and has family there so it won't be hard for them. Canada has stagnant wages, a falling birth rate, crumbling healthcare but the housing is skyrocketing!
You make it sound like Syria or something, it's Canada, one of the most privileged countries in the world...
@@slothsarecool
*You make it sound like Syria or something, it's Canada, one of the most privileged countries in the world*
Canada is by no means a 3rd world country or becoming one anytime soon, but if you've lived here for many years you can definitely see the increases in crime, violence and general bad behaviors caused by certain minority groups.
I guess the thing you have to ask is at what point do we do something about these problems before Canadian cities become more like American cities in crime levels? Should we wait until it actually happens before we take action or should we do something NOW and try and keep things in check before they get worse? I would prefer the latter option, but it seems like our government prefers the former option.
Also if anyone questions that the vast majority of crimes aren't committed by certain demographics of people, all you have to know is that the Canadian government absolutely refuses to gather race based crime data and then release it to the public so that everyone can see which groups of people are committing what kinds of crimes and at what levels. Its almost like they're trying to hide the truth about a couple of demographics of people that everyone already knows, but cannot publicly say.
@@slothsarecoolI am a Canadian living in Japan. Every time I go back to Canada it’s shocking how things have started to go downhill in the past 5-10 years. Crime, drug use and homelessness are steadily increasing and middle class workers are struggling to afford life’s bare necessities such as housing and food, which have become ridiculously expensive. I feel the quality of life has dropped significantly and is continuing to drop since I left the country.
The problem is that Japanese work culture is already notorious for being very different. It may be commonplace for Japanese to adhere to that workplace culture of long hours and a long list of workplace ettiquette that must be followed to the t (and that they're used to that since being kids so it's not a big deal for your Japanese person), but that's not something most people from other countries can follow, especially in those that have more relaxed workplace cultures. I live in a country where it's common to be late and I'm more than sure those people that arrive late would get into a lot of trouble in Japan.
I'm not trying to say one workplace culture is better than the other because ultimately I'd see both as a whatever floats your bost situation. The problem is that it's so different that anyone from the outside trying to adjust to a Japanese way of working in the office is probably going to struggle a lot, not to mention struggling to integrate in a society that's already somewhat apprehensive with foreign tourists (case in point that whole deal to cover up a view of Mount Fuji because of tourists).
The Galapagos Syndrome will be their downfall
To be fair, regarding the Fuji ordeal, the reason was because of very real issues where the influx of many tourists trashed the area & caused traffic jams on the road in front of the convenience store, especially as tour buses began operating to/from it. In the end, they decided to take the measure of disincentivizing the place as a tourist destination altogether as it was all difficult to manage for those in or around the vicinity.
There is no doubt that there are problems with Japan's working environment, but it is also true that they are exaggerated when reported overseas. I think the most difficult thing for foreigners living in Japan is understanding Japanese culture and values. It seems that there are many people who cannot understand these things, hate living in Japan, and return to their home country.
Average working hours in Japan today are below the average of OECD countries.
Stop generalising about Japan by looking only at social media sh!tp0sts
Japan's work culture is what makes it great in its service and products that benefit BOTH their own people and people abroad who import their goods.
First of all, as a basic premise, we should consider that the values of the Japanese government and the Japanese people toward immigrants are diametrically opposed. The Japanese government is willing to accept only highly skilled foreigners, but the majority of the Japanese people reject even that.
Don’t do it
don't do the thing that works and will prevent their country collapsing? why?
I agree with you as a Japanese man. Ai and robots are developing rapidly and will take opportunity of human job.
@@ThatGuy-bz2inBecause taking immigrants won't stop the collapse of the country's economy, it'll just change the country such that it will no longer be *their* country.
@@ThatGuy-bz2in Just a different problem. Why choose one problem over another?
@@ThatGuy-bz2inso lose your safty, culture, and your own country to foreigners just for what money? Robots and AI are advancing so fast here in Japan we don't need to bring potential criminals and bums.
I hope that whatever the Japanese people decide to do, they don't make the same mistakes Europe has made.
Protect your wonderful, kind and gentle culture.
Europe immigrants all around the world
Loot foreign lands then expect those people to not come looking for their things?
kind and gentle?!?!? lol, ok weeb
@@blackbelt2000 It is kind and gentle. If you're talking about japanese history then that's an entirely different story
@@edwardmarshall they are polite not kind. There is a difference. observe how cold they generally are when someone has an emergency especially when its a medical emergency. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
If you are Japanese reading this, understand this: It is an honourable and truthful thing that your country go down due to population collapse than to multiculturalism. Don't give in to the lies. Don't full prey to the woes of your women.
Japan is not anti immigrant. They have been accepting migrant workers from southeast asia like Indonesia and the Philippines. But the Japanese people tends to be a bit racist towards the migrant workers. So the conclusion is that, they're never anti immigrant, but don't expect them to treat migrants as normal Japanese.
O wow… maybe because they aren’t?
@@juanaloulehoux exactly, but that made the west call Japan "anti immigrant" lmao
@@josuaerick9670 I mean immigrants are NOT japanese, and will never be. That’s one of the things people need to accept if they’re going to leave their country of origin. There’s nothing wrong about being an immigrant per se, and only perhaps America they will accept you as American, in most countries nationality and ethnicity are mutually inclusive.
MS-PhD student turned employee in Japan here. As an Asian with similar culture as Japan, I must say that the two main issues of Japanese people regarding foreigners are assimilation and language. I come from a homogeneous asian country so I understand the sentiment that if a foreigner arrives and changes the status quo i too would be upset.
Regarding language and communication, the Japanese however are poor in English, and the complexity of their language is both a blessing and a curse. It has the same if not higher complexity as an international language such as English, but even Japanese people struggle to be truly fluent in it. With the professional sphere discriminatory against those who can't speak it well. After learning and following the culture and being fluent, they stop seeing you as a foreigner.
Understandably not everyone has the resources, time, or just sheer willpower to do all that.
One realistic change I can recommend is lowering the required level for "Business Japanese" and stop using that as a metric during job applications. It will help everyone get in and the issue regarding communication is lessened.
Or how about not degrading their language and culture and society as a sacrifice to mamon......
Good insight. I am a Japanese, lived in Japan for 30 years, received secondary education in Japan. Yet, when I was working at a Japanese company, my boss would revise my documents (for the company) as my Japanese writing was awkward.
You are truly correct that even natural Japanese struggle with business level Japanese😂
I disagree. Knowing keigo is a proof that a foreigner did geniune efforts to learn the language (and has an IQ level that enables it) and is respectful of Japanese culture
I plan to study abroad in Japan while in university & minor in Japanese if possible (CS major) as I believe my quality of life as a student + individual would stand to benefit from the experience (my personal circumstances are... not the greatest, without going too in-depth). However, I see no incentive to actually work in Japan when compared to the wages offered in the US tech industry. I am aiming to be open to work with JP companies & clients on projects, but only in collaboration with predominantly English-speaking employers.
I don't mind the culture surrounding keigo entirely & tend to wear a polite face in front of others in general, but with the hard demand for business-level Japanese + weaker yen + lower wages + stagnant innovations outside of robotics & _maybe_ AI (there's a lot of competitors in that space atm) + difficulty for companies to collaborate with foreign companies & clients due to language barriers, if the country has an actual invested interest into importing skilled foreign workers or bolstering their own workforce in high-value, innovative industries, English is a major key to better opportunities. It makes me wonder how many of their skilled workers that _are_ proficient in the language actually end up deciding to look for more favorable prospects elsewhere (& what percentage are actually proficient to begin with; stats are likely out there, but I won't delve into that right now). It's never great for any economy to have its most productive/skilled workers end up emigrating as a result of better offers overseas.
Many other countries have long since been aware of the benefits to learning English early on, even if not as a native language, & it thus facilitates international work, collaborations, & relations/understanding. I've seen a lot of people against the notion ("They have no need to change anything!" "Preserve their culture!" "It'll erase their language!" or whatever else), but fact of the matter is that proficiency in a common/universal language is only beneficial. Plus, it's not like countries all gave up their native languages as a result of teaching English. People can be fluent in more than one language.
@@nilmerg Japanese language is the culture itself. Large scale adoption of English would ruin our culture. We need to be careful
@5:11, it is ironic that Turkey and Greece are suffering with difficulty in finding workers while both having the highest unemployment rates.
The Japanese government and the Japanese people have very different attitudes. Japanese people are annoyed not only by immigrants and refugees but also by even the arrival of foreign tourists.
Interresting that they included the Southern Kuril Islands as part Japan.
I wish countries would just take the time and effort to retool their economy and society to incentivise people having children rather than just relying on foreigners
2:09 It is wrong that naturalization processes in Japan is difficult, specially in the case of Zainichi that lived many years or born in Japan.
Many of them don’t adopt the Japanese nationality because their decision.
Immigration solves economic issues only temporarily. But totally destroys a local culture of any country. People are super concerned about the economy but forget about culture. So here’s my question: how much are you willing to sell your country’s culture for?? Japan is amazing due to its people that share the same values, culture, history and same heroes and enemies, therefore they have a strong social cohesion. Europe, Canada and the US are an “amazing” example of what NOT to do. UAE and Qatar have way way better approach. If there’s labor shortage, they issue work permits but make it extremely hard to immigrate. I hope Japan will remain the way it has been and will preserve its uniqueness and delay the process of ugly cultural globalization.
They gonna be bringing all those doctors, scientists and engineers that Sweden settled in Malmo.
2:06
That have you done you Japanese lesson notification fron Duo is so relatable for me 😅
Japan's population is decreasing and labor shortages are becoming a serious problem. For this reason, the Japanese government and business community are promoting policies to increase immigration, but the general public is strongly opposed to immigration. This is because the majority of immigrants will be Chinese and Korean.
It's sad when a politician restates a widely known truth, and many of the same people who complain that politicians lie then happily jump on to the 'controversy' like a bunch of seagulls. Talk about bad incentives.
I hope Japan do not open door for Immigration.
Only people who work and Student that's all.
I don't want Europe and America facing basically WEST!
My friend is a half Japanese half black, born in Japan with even a Japanese passport. He says its easier to live in the states as currently. They make sure to remind you you'll not one of them if you are not fully Japanese ethnic.
I don't mind a small amount of immigration. In normal times its better than none at all. But when housing is increasingly out of reach for young people and they avoid starting families because of that, mass migration turns into almost a betrayal. The government is saying to the younger generation that they are more interested in the GDP going up than they are in preserving their people.
And did Joe forget how much America flighted the Japanese economy in 80's and early 90's
A former immigration minister in the UK decried that it doesn't benefit the economy.
Love how this video trys and paints Immigration as an amazing idea but leaves out the facts of what Immigration has done to many countrys.
Nothing new that this channel leaves out the bigger pic or information to paint a point.
And what would that be...?
Jacking up rents, making it hard for the native population to actually react to economic strains. Instead the job market is flooded with low pay workers (especially if they come from a poorer country).
Community disruption, lowered social trust.
How do you not see this?
@@krunkle5136 and you seem to be forgetting the context of the discussion. How is that in any way happening for japan?
I'm not sure accepting immigration will be the solution without a lot of changes in Japan as well. Look at our problems in the West. I'm not against immigration: I'm a child of immigration myself. But there are many risks.
And also Japanese society has always been more closed off to foreigners. So I feel it may be hard for some to integrate. We have more or less the same problem here in Denmark. We have some immigrants who’ve fully integrated but a lot of migrant children tend to only stick with each other and not talk too much with the native Danes.
Name one risk that's backed up by data.
@@litterbox2010 homicide.
@@litterbox2010 look at Sweden recently. They’ve had to call in their military recently because of all the gang violence there.
@@litterbox2010 look at Sweden recently. They’ve had to call in their military because of how bad the gang violence has gotten.
I saw a tiktok where a girl couldn't find a job in japan because her work experience consisted primarily of freelance jobs (due to the pandemic)
japan is about to get some cultural enrichments
Travel and enjoy Japan now, soon Tokyo will be like Paris and London
@@juanaloulehoux
I trust the Japanese to continue to be smart enough to protect their nation and their people from outside destruction unlike most western countries that have failed their people.
Sayonara
@@juanaloulehouxany proof?
Tokyo gonna look more like the west...☠️ RIP
Please Japan do not open your borders. Preserve your unique culture, traditions and religions. Immigration although seems like a shiny brilliant solution to the short-medium interim problems they open a can of worms in the long term, which you won’t be able to solve and can only sit and regret in hindsight. Europe and the rest of the west is gonna pay a painful price for their over the top tolerance and open border/ refugee policies. If you do need immigration and labour for the ageing population or for skilled labour, take a very careful balanced approach. Only bring in people that have skills, will bring positive contribution/productivity and most importantly hold social and cultural values that are similar to your own people. I am saying this as an Indian immigrant in Australia.
The old Japan is already gone. Get over it
@@cooliipieYou're evil af
Not mentioning that the Japanese culture kinda excludes foreigners (Gaijin) from total social integration, like places only Japanese people can participate...
For example, here in Brazil, the Brazilian immigrants in Japan, the majority are Japanese descendants from the Japanese community in Brazil, but as they weren't born in Japan (Dekasegi), they are not considered Japanese
Community bound is essential for good immigration policies.
I had lots of Friends from Japanese immigration that wanted to go there one day, but this kinda of social barrier makes them cautious.
Japan,
Do not throw your people and culture away like France, England, Germany, Sweden have done. Your culture and people are worth preserving.
Yes
You will be called a fascist and racist by the lefties.
I live in Italy,as a foreigner. And its becoming like trash here, i hope Japan doesnt do the same. Cause the plan is to bring som many of them that replace the people of that place.
@@amt6307 same. I’m in the United States and the state I live in is still good. It hasn’t had any “cultural enrichment and diversity” strike the part of it that I live in yet thankfully. But thanks to Biden that probably will happen at some point. There were groups of South American “migrants” breaking into homes and cars around where I live, a couple months ago. Sorry to hear about Italy it’s a real shame. I remember hearing about that island where illegal migrants outnumber Italian citizens and that is absolutely disgusting.
@@powermetalcarnivore5088 This is the Kalergi plan that has been organized by that victim country which i cannot say the name here or i get banned cause they control all the media and they work on important public institutions(of every country) to allow this things to happen. They want to wipe out the races by mixing them. I am open to anything but when i see this intentions its a big red flag. Italy and all Europe, so Us will accept illegal immigrations and criminals which their countries don't want indefinitely. Luckly people are understanding it.
Sounds like Japan has been doing it right. Please don't change.
and by "doing it right" you mean killing their country? Their population is collapsing. Without drastic change they are going to cease to exist.
You want them to just collapse, but it's ok since they will remain homogeneous
3:01 +1 for the scene from Tampopo
Immigration of highly qualified people who bring knowledge and expertise through a legal channel has never been a problem for any country.
Illegal immigration on the other hand...
it is harder to migrate illegally to Japan due to their geography.
@@ZaKRo-bx7lp actually huge portion of US illegals come in by plane and stay past their visa's end date. Thing is Japan is harsher on that sort of thing so it's much harder for illegals to stay.
I have seen a lot of comments about the work culture and wages in this country, so I would like to ask a question to foreigners. What is the work environment and wages in your country like? As for wages in Japan, 25 years ago, due to the influence of the United States' crushing of Japan, the wage level was extremely high in dollar terms, and statistically twice that of the UK, but now, compared to countries like the US and Australia, Japan definitely has low wages, even before the yen weakened. And now that the yen is weak, wages are significantly lower than countries like the UK and France. The weak yen and industrial policy, which are the factors that made Japan the world's most competitive, caused the lost 20 years due to the super-strong yen brought about by the US, forced market liberalization, and unequal treaties such as the Japan-US Semiconductor Agreement. As a result, when the yen was super-strong, Japan had the same wage level as countries like Switzerland and Luxembourg, but now it has the same nominal wage as Spain and South Korea. In terms of purchasing power parity, it is lower than those countries. In the first place, even until 2020, before the yen weakened, nominal wages were about the same as those of the UK and France. Nominal wages were about 15 to 25% higher, but in terms of purchasing power parity, they were the same wage level as South Korea and Italy. From these data, Japan has low wages among developed countries, but wages are relatively high compared to developing countries. However, the data shows that the working environment in Japan has definitely improved over the past 20 to 30 years. And subjectively, I wonder if the working environment in Japan is really that bad. I don't know about foreigners working in Japan, but for Japanese workers, companies with an average monthly overtime of more than 40 hours are quickly abandoned by young people. It is true that working 8 hours a day is a given for Japanese people, and if the working environment is said to be bad at that point, then Japan is definitely a country with a bad working environment, but I wonder if people in other countries really only work 6 to 7 hours a day. I'm still a student, but many of my friends are working, and most of them work 8 to 9 hours a day, but does that apply to very bad working environments in other countries? The OECD data includes part-timers, so it's not very useful, but the working hours in Japan are 1,601 hours, which is shorter than the 1,791 hours in the United States and the 1,685 hours in Canada.
The US is also infamous for long working hours, no paid parental leave, little vacation time and low salaries for some jobs (servers for example).
Where I've worked in Japan (one office in a private company and one factory baito, so not that many places) there was constant micromanaging and tension between management and workers or even just senior and junior workers. Since I'm a gaijin I got off the hook easier in most situations so I wasn't personally targeted that much, but it felt like there is no trust in people, if something happens you immediately and loudly have to find out who's fault it is and tell them off, even for the smallest things. Getting time off was always a struggle and you're always reminded of how much meiwaku you're imposing on your colleagues even though that's not really true. It's very rare that anyone takes more than a couple of days off at one time.
When I was working at the factory after school our working times were 14 to around 17-18 and on weekends we worked around 8-9 hours + 1 hour break (we worked until the work was done). But in the busy summer months we would work until much later, sometimes until midnight and no one questioned it. You got your hourly pay which was cr*p but no extra. (this was 10 years ago though)
I'm from Sweden and here and here it's much more ingrained in most that people will take their 4-6 week summer vacation, get at least 1 year paid parental leave per child and of course paid sick leave if you or your child get sick. Working overtime is rare but if you have to work overtime you get extra pay or you can take another day off. We get extra pay for "uncomfortable working hours" (late evenings and nights, although the rate is low in hotel, restaurants and clubs&bars) Relations between management and workers are usually relaxed, especially compared to Japan where hierarchy is strong.
There are of course exceptions here too, for example healthcare staff is currently protesting about overwork, lack of staff and low wages. And Elon Musk refusing Swedish Tesla workers to unionize 👀
It's now cheaper to holiday or live in Japan over places like Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia.
Don't pretend that Japan correctly reports working hours.
Many companies don't pay or report overtime - it's just part of culture not to leave before your boss.
As result people work 12h shifts while being paid only 8 hours.
And don't even get me started about normalcy of "black companies" which would be straight up illegal in EU.
Im am from the UK, i work 35 hours a week. Earn 45k gbp and get 30 days paid holiday plus bank holidays ( 8 a year). Im in my early 30s in age.
tokio min wage is officially ¥1,113, or 7 dollars an hour, about 70% of the EU has a higher wage, and even "poor" EU states have 4-7 dollars an hour. Tokio is Somewhere between Poland and Spain in term of salaries, in the EU we work 42 hours per week max at base pay, base pay is what you get paid without added multipliers, everything above base pay is considered "extra hours" and has a different pay scheme, extras, bonuses.
I used to get 1.5x after 40 hours per week in Ireland, so my salary after 40 hours was 17 dollars an hour or ¥2700, I was working in a factory, understandably, management didn´t want us there after 40 hours. Counting "average" working hours is not a good idea, because the government also counts part-time workers in it, you should count labour productivity per hour worked, and for Japan its low, it sits surprisingly between Poland and Spain.
I've met many more Japanese people in Australia. The collapsing Japanese Yen is hammering wages making working abroad very lucrative.
Why is it so difficult to say that Japan is an ethnostate that wants to remain an ethnostate? Its not culture, its race
Facts. People just don't want to call them racist. But they are.
@@Lomhow
Or maybe there are already too much people in Japan already?
For comparison, Japan landmass is only 1/2 of France, yet it has TWICE the population of France.
On top of that, Japan is very hilly, mountainous, very less flat-lands for living or arable.
France actually has much bigger flat-lands percentage-wise, very fertile lands too.
In short, when talking about immigration, you have to factor the population density as well as geographic too.
@@BYD-Gold
That's fair enough.
South Korean demographers were horrified to discover that their newest forecasts had
South Korea falling from 51 million people to 15 million people by 2100
but Sweden is 4 times as big as South Korea and has only 10.5 million people
and the Swedish people don't seem to have any desire to greatly increase their population.
If Sweden had the same population density as South Korea has now it would
have 200 million people.
Mind you Sweden is a very northern country with a short growing season.
On the other hand for both Japan and South Korea the problem is less about a problem of having fewer people in future and more about having a problem with having
a very elderly population in future.
In 2070 the median age in South Korea is expected to be 62.
Yikes.
Imagine being age 60 and being considered a young whippersnapper.
@@geofflepper3207
The aging demographics isn't really an issue if you just forget about GDP growth and just let it [de-growth] and adjust to their natural balance.
Korea has accumulated lots of wealth, all south korean can retire modestly IF the top 1% of Korean-elites sharing their wealth back to their average Koreans instead of keep hoarding to themselves.
Oh and btw, people often criticize East-Asia culture of "workaholic"
But in reality, it isn't unique to east-asia.
It is just "over-population culture"
If you look at India, they also don't have "work-life balance" either, simply because too much competition for one job, even if its just a low-paid job.
And when there is too much competition, the salary goes down, but the hours go up. Because Big Corps can always replace you in an instant.
Modern exploitation...
Don't believe me? You will see "workaholic culture" in the near-future in the U.S or even Europe when too many people + little jobs available.
Soon too, probably by 2028.
and there's literally nothing wrong with wanting to remain an ethnostate lol nearly every african country is by that definition but nobody bats an eye there
My only two trips to Japan in December 2019 and November 2023, it surprised me how frequently service workers in Tokyo are from China.
It made my trip there easier, that's for sure. Instead of awkwardly using English, if I get a vibe they're not Japanese, trying Mandarin sometimes is surprisingly effective. Whether it's waitresses, cooks, store staff. It still did catch me off guard sometimes when a service worker would switch to Mandarin when they themselves realize that me and my family can speak it.
@2018 the German stat is a little misleading; it’s DW article saying that 25% are immigrants or have a migrant background (at least one immigrant parent).
I hope the Japanese have more kids so they don’t have to import other cultures.. that’s what makes Japan such a beautiful country
Japan was one of the most isolated countries for centuries. It’s ingrained into their culture to keep to themselves.
No work life balance, low pay and an almost discouragement of the family unit makes it extremely hard for expats to stay or consider working in the first place.
I’d love to visit Japan but I’m definitely curious to see how this all changes over the coming decades.
@@Cha4k as a 4th gen British immigrant, it’s the unfortunate truth and probably due to stricter standards of education, living and employment that all clash in a more developed country.
@@Yu7Ziit’s bettet I guess one of my friend who is a British national told me it is very difficult to live in his country and not safe either.
Im japanese myself, and one of the issues are work culture, and also the benefits of being in the part of the work force in japan .. my mother is South korean and even she gave birth to me, still had to pay taxes for 15 years before she was able to get citizenship. Not many people can put up with such a long time process. Even just getting a place to live is almost impossible without having connections...law makes it seems like they really dont want outsiders.
納税は国民の義務ですからね
Japan needs babies. Not immigrants.
If you don't want to "make" more human. Your country have no choice but to "import" more human
Nagi Town!
babies aren't being made, the clock is running and the collapse is fast approaching. immigration is the bandaid solution to such an issue as usual.
Yet they ain't having any I promote big family households but that is impossible now in japan
But women don't want to have babies.
They want to work.
No wonder Japan is one of the most safe countries in the world
Although violent crimes committed by foreigners are reported daily these days, there are many cases that go unreported and unprosecuted.
Clearly, security is deteriorating. Vandalism to religious institutions such as shrines is symbolic. Originally, that alone would be punishable by imprisonment, but due to the fact that there have been few such incidents up to now, there is also the problem that it has become a skeleton and is not being operated.
when you are a woman i think its different there.
@@UP3UPstop the lies where are you getting this from
Canadian here. As someone who has watched their country and culture destroyed by mass immigration, I beg of you Japan, learn from Canada's mistakes.
Canadians government destroyed themselves not the immigrants.
I will never under how countries see what happens in the USA universities and say “I want that too”
If you don't want to "make" more human. Your country have no choice but to "import" more human
Who wouldn't want college graduates who build successful start ups in the Silicon Valley? And as you yourself would say: "If you don't like it here, leave!" Go to your favorite country: Russia.
@@patbenz4327
If you don’t want to listen that’s fine least you could do is being polite and try to understand what I mean instead of assuming I’m a fan of Russia.
What I meant was the protests in the universities for example Colombia university. These protests are the result of carelessly accepting immigrants to the USA. I never even been to USA but I can tell you this much these protests will only get worse and if no one will put a stop to everything that’s going on. The Americans are facing a dire situation with Middle Eastren immigration and so is Europe as a matter of fact.
Also that’s another thing but I have no respect for universities that teach you gender instead of something practical to you and your county’s economy so take that as you will.
@@happyjay9168 Okay, I respect your opinion.
@@patbenz4327
What are your thoughts about it my friend?
(Not the gender thing, the immigrations)
One of the cleanest and safest countries in the world. Japan.
I haven't found even one truthful TLDR video yet.
This one is off the charts bad.
Good idea Japan, as long as you don't mind the bedrooms costing 1.5 million, the massive rental crisis, the 20% inflation, and the tent cities, it's not to bad.
There is no way Japan is actually like that? Are you joking when you said 20% inflation!!
@@ab-3983 I'm referring to Australia.
@@ab-3983my friend is an Australian and told me that everything is becoming expensive in Australia especially house rentals that is why he returned to Japan with his Japanese wife. He enjoys his work from home where is receiving his salary in dollar and spending it in yen I hope you’ve got what I mean.
Japan for the Japanese.
Short answer, No.
I wish. I got a Master degree related to the field of Japanese studies, speak the language at a fluent level (N1), and I've got a salary that's over twice the average salary in Japan. But since I'm an independent worker with an online business, I've got basically no opportunities to move, except for their newly introduced, quite useless six-month no-residency-card digital nomad visa. That sucks.
You could buy your way in with a business manager visa? The rules aren't so strict regarding renting office space / hiring staff. Sole trading videographers do it and pretend 50k spent on camera equipment is the investment to qualify! As long as you can generate a sustainable income and pay tax soon after, they have no cause to send you home when the years up and it's time for renewal.
If you aren't paying income taxes in Japan, please don't come. Thanks.
@@jacknakamori3280 Still, that's at least a 40k$+ base investment and, afaik, a requirement of having an office space that isn't your home, which I don't need because a laptop is all that I use for my work so renting a whole space would be a complete waste of money.
@@andross2 As long as I'm allowed to stay for more than a year, then I'll pay taxes wherever.
@@jacknakamori3280 tried to answer, comment got deleted. Long story short, it's too expensive of an investment, and you need an office space which would be a waste of money for someone like me who works with a laptop only.
Some facts from an expat living there:
- there had never been more foreigners than now (and you can witness it every day), however so far none of the trouble Europe has to endure with its botched integration.
- I see many families with 2 (or even 3) kids, but many many people are single. So it's not like women only make 1 child, but more that many make none.
- of course Japan is more xenophobic than many countries, it's an island! Moreover it was closed for a long part of its history. As an example, the cashiers at an Ito Yokado went from all South Asians to all Japanese, over night, apparently after some complaints from customers.
- you can never overstate how important it is to speak the language. Forget the kanjis, talking fluently is the key that will open many doors for you.
How many of the foreigners are on a working visa, permanent residency or spouse visa?
2.5% foreign-born vs 15% in Western Europe, almost order of magnitude difference.
Here's the problem with the statement that there have so far been none of the troubles Europe has experienced (which I've seen some people, including Japanese people, present in an optimistic way such that they would say Japan will be fine with more immigrants): the majority of the immigrants which Japan has taken so far are people who *chose* to move to Japan because they wanted to be in Japan for cultural reasons. This is a very different situation as compared to if Japan started to take on greater quantities of economic migrants who are only interested in moving to a richer country to earn more money. Economic migrants aren't generally interested in blending into the local culture, and Japan has very little experience with this type of migrant, so they are completely naïve to the behaviour of this class of migrants.
@@mckendrick7672
Worse are those who leech off the generous welfare and healthcare without contributing to it.
@@mckendrick7672 Those are valid points, let me add some counter arguments:
- foreigners are mostly concentrated in Tokyo area; in some places the concentration is quite remarkable.
- while Japan is not economically attractive for Europeans, it is for South Asians, and many come here to make some cash or have a better life.
- but I think that maybe 1 reason it's working so far is that Japan is not rushing it like Germany, so the integration is smoother.
Also, the rules are way more strict (you can't stay if you're jobless).
Finally, most foreigners are also from Asia, so the culture difference may be smaller.
Japan should not make the same mistakes that the United States and Western Europe have made in the last few decades. I understand your population crisis and the difficulties that arise from that. A better solution would likely involve incentives for childbirth and an overall rejection of global, modern and any Postmodern "values" presented. Insisting that new citizens (not tourists) speak Japanese is important. Respect for your culture and customs is essential for preserving your two-thousand-year history. A merit-based system of immigration and incorporating these standards is essential for all developed nations. In France, half the crime in Paris is currently committed by recent immigrants and second-generation youth, seventy-seven percent of s3xual a55aults are committed by these same groups. My country (USA) experiences these issues regarding crime to a far lesser extent, but our government services are at a breaking point ( also a consequence of the majority of our financial resources going towards non-defense related military expenditures) and our wages for blue-collar workers are drastically brought down by competing with illegal labor as well. Accusations of "Racism" are used to protect this current policy (or a lack thereof), while simultaneously Black Americans deal with the consequences of these immigration policies disproportionately. Yukio Mishima had tremendous foresight regarding the issues you are discussing now.
The USA is a nation of immigrants. It's who you allow in that matters. The government has totally failed the people in that regard. Fact!
They will regret it if they don’t control it
They will not survive to regret anything at this rate.
@@soulsouplearn only if they increasing the birthing rates
I would like to move there as a construction specialist and I dont mind the lower pay (actually it may be the same or higher for my occupation), I just hope they do not lose their national characteristics.
Japan is clean and safe, like my country was for the most part before mass immigration and I intend to only speak Japanese even when talking to other english speakers.
This will be a huge mistake
2:03 The word “Zainichi” does not reffer to Korean residents. It just means living in Japan. Correct way to use is “Zainichi Kankoku-jin” which is Koreans living in Japan.
Zainichi (ザイニチ) refers to the 特別永住者 in this context, which consist of Koreans in vast majority
Depending on where this immigration comes from, it can either be a blessing or a curse for Japan.
Certain regions of the world are definitely less favourable.