Is Japan Finally Embracing Immigration?
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For years, Japan has had a very strict policy towards immigration - but in the last few years, that appears to be changing. So, in this video, we take a look at how their policy has changed, and whether this could resolve it's economic or demographic crisis.
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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
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.
Sounds like a good model to me. What is to be Japanese.
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.
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“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
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.
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 RUclipsrs 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 😅
The problem isn’t even immigration honestly. It’s the terrible work life balance in Japan. I’m sure if it was actually affordable/possible to have kids, they would
So what is the excuse for the whole of Europe+ the whole of the America?
Sweden has bad work life balance and they are not rich enough?
@@Perrirodan1 I’drather stick to the discussion at hand and not play the “whatabout” game. This discussion is about JAPANESE Population problem and possible solutions. Not Europes. Obviously, the answer to one’s problem here won’t necessarily work for the other over there.
@@eN3RD Importing more immigrants who will be willing to work 100 hours a week will only CONTINUE Japan's work/life balance.
The problem stops when the culture collapses on itself, not when 1 million new Filipinos propagate it.
@@Perrirodan1sweden has a higher birth rate than japan.
@@eN3RD History has shown consistently that the richer a country gets the less children they end up having. Western nations are only growing due to immigration at this point as almost no rich economy is above the replacement rate of 2.1 children per couple.
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.
A very dear friend of my parents, immigrated to Japan more than 15 years ago, he was working there as a university professor, he married a Japanese women and they had two kids, but he said despite all that I've never been fully accepted and he've always been reminded that he is a foreigner. So eventually 5 years ago they all moved to Australia.
So I don't think a pressure from the business can change the mindset of a nation. Just a slowing economy is looking for cheap labour on regular basis.
Only way to change that is by more foreigners moving in..
Sounds exactly like my uncles story
Operating profit 2023
- Toyota: Operating profit nearly doubled from a year earlier to 5.3 trillion yen, or about 34.5 billion dollars.
- Honda: 1.38 trillion yen
- Sony: 1.3 trillion yen
- Hitachi: 750 billion yen
- Nintendo: 520 billion yen
- Suzuki: 460 billion yen
- Panasonic: 360 billion yen
- Mitsubishi Electric: 320 billion yen
@@cooliipieNot necessary.
Moving from Japan to Australia? That sounds awful. I don’t think I could ever live in a place that hot
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."
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.
@@yotadisigma Tbh I'd say after the treatment the US gave to the natives I'd prefer to be an immigrant than a native... (IN TERMS OF TREATMENT NO COMMENT ON THE LIFESTYEL OF EITHER GROUP)
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
I am Japanese and I have been living in a foreign country for a long time. Why I decided to leave Japan was because the work circumstances really sucked. I couldn't see my future there even if I worked at a quite big company. However, I like going back to Japan for a short visit.
Is this country problem or company problem in particular
It's sad because there is no good reason life can't be just as comfortable in Japan. It's insane what the government is doing, they've printed money at record rates for decades trying to stimulate inflation and wage growth. Now they are filling the country with foreigners to once again drive down wages on behalf of business.
A lot of younger japanese (20s) say japan has already begun to sink and prefer to enjoy their lives now than later.
I live in Japan, But I think you will find that Japan will feel less and less like Japan and more like a foreign country with the way immigration is going. You might not recognize it for much longer.
Where do you live?
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
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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 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.
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.
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
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
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.
@@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?
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'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-co5ri6dp3c Thanks for your reply. Your comment offered some really good insights.
Great point
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
Well Japan, it was nice knowing you.
Bye safety, cleanliness, kindness, and social cohesion. Let’s see Tokyo turn into Paris now.
Bye japan, hello india
@@musicplus6306😮 what..
@@musicplus6306end of japan if they go in that direction.
I’m terrified of this.the Japanese culture is so pure and respectful. All these other cultures coming in will pollute and ultimately eliminate it, and the “religion of peace” will destroy the beautiful Shinto and Buddhist temples
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.
I'm Japanese and the only reason why I wouldn't have kids is because of the living cost and I believe the reason is the same for others too. Immigration is not gonna solve a damn thing.
If you dont wanna "make" more human. Your country had no choice but to "import" more human
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.
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
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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.
No wonder Japan is one of the most safe countries in the world
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
I mean… is it really wrong to say that Japan is xenophobic? They literally are, even if I can understand their reasons as to why
I prefer "xenorealist"
What’s their understandable reason?
Nope. They're not lol. Them along with the rest of Asia is very xenophobic & colorist to their own people & outsiders
@@Dicka899they wanted to preserve their traditions and culture, which is respectable, but in this day and age age it is unsustainable considering their extremely low birth rates
They are certainly skeptic towards foreigners, but with some justificaton. Their culture is based on conformity, and that may make it especially difficult to assimilate migrants without radically changing that culture. I honestly think europe should be more like them in that regard.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Let's be real there is xenophobia in Japan, that's one of the reasons why their immigration is so low.
Xenophobia doesn’t really keep immigrants away to be honest
Let's be real there is respect of culture in Japan . that's why Evil globalist live it !
@@Healingson actually it does to some level, I mean look at South Africa and their problems with it. Literally most African countries had to stop their nationals from studying, visiting, or working there. It really affects foreign relation with the host country where those migrants are coming from.
@@Voiceofagodtwo I’m a South African and that’s why I’m saying it doesn’t deter them from coming, in my daily experience I meet people from all over Africa and places like Pakistan and Bangladesh and I live in a small town in a poor province. I have no issue with these people however I am just commenting that the existence of xenophobia in South Africa has not kept people from migrating to the country
@@Healingson actually it did during the heights of xenophobic attacks in SA especially amongst people from East Africa and Sub Sahara. I can explicitly say that most Kenyans, Ghanaians, Nigerians, and Zimbabweans were all highly informed on not travelling to SA at the time due to those attacks and those nationals being the primary targets at the time but in all I still do agree, in the long run it doesn't deter them from coming. SA has a more relaxed form of migration while Japan has a more suppressive form of handling migration coupled with their openness to xenophobia and harsh stance on foreign culture. I doubt most would be lining up for that chance
as a black person, it's been cool seeing japan on media but not once have i ever dreamed of living there. i just know i won't be treated kindly by the majority of them so i'm better off watching them from afar.
As a Korean living in Korea, which has similar cultural and social problems to Japan, you are right. You will be respected as a tourist and that is all. "Darker skin than yellow" disgust is a serious reality in our north eastern Asian cultures.
As a black man who used to live in Japan, you're wrong. I was treated very kindly. Just learn the language and find a nice Christian church if you can. That's what I did when I was going to school and teaching English there and I had a great time. Japan Kingdom Church in Tokyo has a lot of Blackanese/Blasian mixed families, and you'll be treated as an equal there. Godspeed.
@@MiguelDLewis Oh yeah you’ll be treated with respect amongst THAT community. You have to attend a Church and force yourself into a specific community just to be respected.
@@MiguelDLewis Christian communities are always a good bet but I think he meant with regard to general society
@@RogueElementzer Even without a church, I was respected among everyday Japanese people and Buddhists. Even the Happy Science folks were cool. Joining a church isn't necessary but Japan Kingdom Church definitely helps. Joining a church is a good idea even in your own homeland if it's a biblical church.
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.
I worked in Japan for 3 years under the company that I already work in, and let me tell you one thing no matter how many foreign workers come to Japan this will only solve economic issues not population issues the work culture is brutal, your life is wake up work sleep, miserable
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.
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.
Slava Yakuza 🗾
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.
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
Japan paid the price for sinking the Russian Pacific Ocean fleet in 1905. The Russians always take a bite of your territory if you attack them (pour encourager les autres, as they say).
Japan and Russia would benefit hugely by being allies of course, both as a weight against China and exploitation of economic synergies.
Slava SAMURAI 🗾 Geroyam Yakuza 🦾
@@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.
Mass migration has been an astounding success in Europe everyone together singing kumbaya and celebrating our differences. Why is Japan so hesitant?
Especially the parties of Cologne. 😂
They are too old for partying. With an average age of 50 years, Japanese no longer have energy left to celebrate.
If you count the collective suffering of the natives as success
Its true, its the only reason the European population is growing and the economies even grew in the last decade
@@bluepurplepinkNon-EU migrants are a net loss on the taxpayer in the UK.
You have no idea what you're talking about.
Lmao. Biden ain’t wrong. Japan is very welcoming if you’re a visitor or a tourist, but it’s a whole different ballgame when you try to settle unto their communities full time.
I have lived in Japan since 2012 and I love it. No complaints.
Good for you. It's just that many people haven't had that experience.@@fidomusic
They are correct. They want to maintain their culture different from the failing Western nations.
@@matheuss886 yea, they maintain their culture and fail in a different way via population bomb, with korea following after them
Opinions of Japaneases who agreed with Biden---
Look at Texas
Look at New York
That's the result of welcoming immigrants...
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.
@@f-86zoomer37 They need to keep migration restricted if they want to keep the culture and avoid massive new social issues. And they need to encourage women to opt to have children and families rather than focus on working.
This will result in some hard times for a few decades but ultimately the country will be in a better place than if it balkanizes under multi-culturalism.
@@Cha4k ever heard of assimilation?
2:06
That have you done you Japanese lesson notification fron Duo is so relatable for me 😅
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.
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
EU economy is booming because of immigration? What do you make of Danish statistics showing migrants and their descendants are net tax negatives on their economy?
No that i like them, but US social safety next is less than European and way less that Nordic countries. That's a factor.
Which statistics would they be, and do they take into account those who may not be able to contribute because their residence status may not permit them to work (as is the case with refugee status in certain countries)?
Crime rate is also booming because of it, at least in Sweden
I read this. What it showed was that Denmark attracted low skilled immigrants, and the economy struggled to get people into employment. So, just saying immigration is way too simplistic.
@@JMR0303it's called Google. Stop being slow and facetious
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
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
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.
Well thankfully most immigrants will come from surrounding asian countries and not the middle east or Africa.
Buddhist circles
Temporarily only as Asian countries are facing their own demographic issues. The future comes from Africa and the Middle East.
Japan has African/Caribbean students many have married Japanese women who is this Athletes/Tennis player osaka😂😂
And did Joe forget how much America flighted the Japanese economy in 80's and early 90's
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.
The same issues will exist, But with the added negative of multi-culturalism and all its social issues, lower wages, higher housing prices, more crime, less trust etc.
@@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.
Interresting that they included the Southern Kuril Islands as part Japan.
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
Japan: Foreigner, pls work?
Japan: No Immigrate!
Japan: Only Work!
Don't do it, Japan! America is diverse, but it has a lot of problems that come with having a highly diverse population.
The way refugees are acting in Europe now, I’m not surprised Japan is hesitant to welcome them in. I can see them opening up to skilled/educated immigrants however
Edit: yall saying “this has nothing to do with refugees” did y’all watch the video? They talked about how Japan doesn’t admit very many at all. Probably for good reason.
Or how some of them have been acting in the states lol. It’s been wild recently.
No one is talking about refugees.
The issues in Europe aren't limited to the uneducated. A lot of terrorists had college degrees.
Ideally Japan should emulate Saudi Arabia/ Gulf states.
Guest worker visas with no citizenship allowed.
refugees ≠ immigrants, why do you guys always bring up that R word any time this topic is brought up? This has nothing to do with that
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。
If they have opened the imagination flood gates then time is running out to visit Japan while its still nice. Rip japan
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
Nonsense. If you actually live here you will realize their grip on immigration controls has not loosened one bit. Wishful thinking.
The numbers don't lie
@@crappymeal They literally just legislated more powers for the J gov to revoke PR status for foreigners. They are also clamping down on PR applications and tightening the criteria year after year. They want cheap SEA labor to come in, work for peanuts for 5 years and then go home. All the other legislation are for show to appease businesses. And if you live here you will encounter hostile attitudes and passive aggressive racial profiling and discrimination at every turn. No one is going to liberalize immigration here, if any politician values his career or his life.
Watch the video before yapping. Looser regulations and resulting increases have in fact occurred.
@@hhaa3728 All for show. They just legislated more powers for the J gov to revoke PR status of foreigners.
@@kageyamareijikun Foreigners who don't pay their taxes, an important detail which you failed to bring up, but sure. Regardless, the numbers don't lie, bro.
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)
A former immigration minister in the UK decried that it doesn't benefit the economy.
Japan,
Do not throw your people and culture away like France, England, Germany, Sweden have done. Your culture and people are worth preserving.
Yes
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.
Hopefully not it has not worked for us
Who is "us"?
it literally has worked for the US. The US still has a growing work force and a growing economy while Japan's population is aging and shrinking and their economy stagnates.
@@ThatGuy-bz2in The US also has a growing criminality problem, same in western europe, but that's totally unrelated, right?
@@legalloli6987 no, it doesn't. Violent crime is down significantly. Republicans just like to scare people into thinking crime is rising.
@@freeofgreed fascists...
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.
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.
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.
Still strong doubt it, just check how hard to rent a house if you're a foreigner.
its actually not that hard
It's pretty easy to buy one instead!
@@jacknakamori3280Oh yeah, that's one other odd thing about Japan: buying is prefered over renting, and houses are treated as a cheap, disposable consumer good.
Try UR. They accept foreigners as long as you have the money.
@@spaghettiisyummy.3623Frankly, that's a good thing. Housing should not be a commodity to be traded and speculated on like it is in pretty much every other developed economy.
They going to regret it later...
Japan roughly the same land area as California.
Japan population: 125 million.
California: 40 million.
Can’t blame them if immigration is a hard sell.
Yet Japan isn't really crowded as it's 80 percent forested mountains.
"Japan is xenophobic" -Biden
0:24 ... Who described the comment as "unfortunate and inaccurate" -Japan
Well, maybe not exactly xenophobic, but Japan certainly treats them as 2nd class citizen.
Let us not forget that, racial discrimination and racial profiling is LEGAL in Japan.
Maybe not exactly xenophobic. Then describes xenophobia in Japan.
As Japanese people, we just don't want the crime rate to increase.
To be serious, do people really think that immigration is a good thing? Not everyone can become like the United States. Even Americans hate unskilled Mexicans and are trying to build a wall.
"racial profiling is legal in Japan" - is that why it's so safe unlike any cities in Western Europe? 😂
@@DivusMagus Webster's web dictionary defines xenophobia as, "Fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign". There is certainly no widespread "Fear and hatred" of foreigners among the ethnically Japanese population. So I wouldn't use xenophobic to describe Japan.
At worst, I would describe Japan as the land that MAY treat foreigners as 2nd class citizens.
@@sennsita01 No, I think that is thanks to their criminal justice system. Also known as "Hostage Justice" system and it isn't practice anywhere in Europe.
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.
If you have a college degree or higher education and assets exceeding $100,000, Japan will immediately permit you to immigrate. However, those who come as immigrants are generally people from developing countries, and they are mostly from impoverished backgrounds.
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 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.
Why don't they just do what the gulf states do and allow workers there if they have a job but never give any non Japanese peoples citizenship ever (even if they marry a native and have kids there) and just let them continue renewing their visa's. Then when they're done they can leave the country. You get the economic benefit without the long term social & demographic impacts.
maybe because the type of immigrant the japanese government wants will laugh you in the face if you give them that deal and go take their skills elsewhere instead.
once these people marry they will either become a permanent citizen thru marriage is that's a thing or they will bring their wives/husbands with them once it stops working cause japan doesn't want them there. so effectively in the long term they either will lose some more population or gain more foreigners depending on which one of these options are available
@@FlanPoirot Good. The population is too high and needs a reset.
@@FlanPoirot Oh sorry that's another thing I should have mentioned is the marriage, let me update it.
that is just very inhumane and only gulf state could do. they do have a bad track record of respecting human rights, though.
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.
Didn't work for the US or Europe. Horrible idea
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.
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.
Your living permanently in Japan?
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.
I feel that comparing Japan immigration or refugee statistics to the us or Germany is a bit unfair. The us is huge, Japan has to fit a third of the us population in less than California. Germany is weirdly as big as Japan, but has half the population, again making it imo an unfair comparison.
Embracing immigration makes no sense IMO. Would you rather to have an insignificant country or a significant country that doesn't belong to you?
Japan prioritizes its native citizens and should be praised for doing so. This is what governments are supposed to do. The West should learn. Immigration changes your country forever.
europeans changed the world forever by deciding to go on a rampage and sacking the whole world. it's kinda obvious that the places they sacked will try to move to their countries since they're the only developed countries around due to the aforementioned reasons. Also it helps that these countries facilitate visas for ex-colonies and they speak the same language making life easier than somewhere they can't communicate.
Refugees are something else entirely tho, at least ex-colonies tend to share/understand the culture and way of life. refugees often times either come from a completely different reality struggling to adjust, are neglected or just straight up refuse to integrate and instead try to "integrate" the nation into their own. they're a mixed bag
No, it only prioritizes Yamato. It doesn't care about Ainu, Ryukyu, Kakyou, or Zainichi at all. Japan can either change voluntarily like Singapore did or change by force once China and Russia invade (again). Japan will not be as strong and young as it was last time...
@@FlanPoirotyes, because colonised nations were bastions of civilisation and progress before the empires came...perhaps history escapes you.
@@danunpronounceable8559 so them not "bastions of civilization" makes it ok to sack? if there were no interference from european super powers they'd be less inclined to move to this places cause they just wouldn't care about these places
u can see this with a lot of indigenous populations, they just want to be left alone. but bc of their common history they're now more inclined to do so
@@danunpronounceable8559They aren't bastions of civilization, but it's not hard for me to see the direct consequences of their (colonizing countries) actions. Now they get to deal with unwanted migrants.
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
There's a big difference between working migrants and refugees.
Just blanketting it as "immigration" is deceiving.
I hope there are strong tests for a foreigner that wants to seek permanent residency:
Eg - holding a full time job, competent Japanese language and good character.
Assimilation is key because the country and culture belongs to Japanese people. Respect that.
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.
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 they do this carefully, not to end up with the same problems we face in europe regarding these issues
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.
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.
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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.
Hopefully they learn from how terribly Europe has done immigration
It won't be as bad because the don't have Islamic countries right next door. Most immigrants will be east asian.
Why ? Immigration made Europe stronger
@@Elijah.Ben.BENJAMIN54los trust society and crime have risen
@@Elijah.Ben.BENJAMIN54im not some anti-Muslim or racist but its kinda clear that continental Europe failed to prevent the formation of ghettos and lacked the facilities needed to integrate people in a fast enough rate to prevent backlash and the growth xenophobic groups. Though Russia literally funding a lot of these groups doesn’t really help.
@@hdaviator9181 Indonesians would like a word. However they don’t seem to have a significant population of violent religious expansionist
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.
One of the cleanest and safest countries in the world. Japan.
The whole tone of this video is so weird, why is it a bad thing that Japan doesn’t want mass migration? Crime levels are so low there and the country is the safest in the world. They have a proud strong culture that they defend. Zero terrorist attacks, zero student encampments, no woke politics. If you want an example of what happens when you open the floodgates look at Sweden. A beautiful country with amazing infrastructure ruined in a single generation by mass third world migration.
Well... did you watch the video?
Sweden's crime rate has actually been decreasing in recent years. Not to mention that it's infrastructure... still stands. You just fell down the racist rabbit hole of hating migrants and thinking they're "destroying the country."
Totally agreed
These woke white people are trying to destroy Japan lol.
They do have terrorist attacks, especially from religious groups. I think one leader of the religious cult mailed Ricin to unsuspecting victims.
Dont do it japan! Dont fall into the trap.
Well, then expect to suffer economically and then geopolitically, as other nations become more competitive.
Immigrant-skeptics often think the world will remain static for them to pick up their population and improve replacement rates. Not gonna happen.
Whether some western right wingers realize it or not, in a world where you are not the only nation and *HAVE TO COMPETE* , you need a consistently rising GDP, and you need a lot of people, often young.
As Comte said - "Demography is Destiny".
@@ProlixParalysisYou can keep your materialist money.
Japan needs a reset, not brazilification.
@@museli_addictthe fuck you mean Japan need rest? The very nation is heading to a bleak future and even the establishment are freaking out. If Japan rest, then it can say goodbye to being a prospering nation.
Japan is not a zoo, a nature reserve or a sanctuary for you to to sanctify with your ethnocentric bs. It's a nation, and it will do everything to remain a stable nation.
@@ProlixParalysisCanada suffers from insane housing crisis and wage stagnation because of unlimited immigration. So your argument is wrong, immigration does NOT make economy better
@@museli_addict Seeing how materialistic Japan is, which is what results in it's insane dept to GDP ratio, trust me we ALL NEED the materialist money, and that's irrespective of you accepting the premise.