Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing futures into doubt | Migration
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Is this what fatigue looks like?
What most Japanese don’t understand is that their companies still need internationally competitive talent.
So instead of “more positions for citizens” what keidaren is more likely to do is open development, marketing and r&d centers abroad since it’s too difficult of an ask for people to come and stay here.
I was going to start a business. By the old set of rules for a business manager visa, I had saved the prerequisite 5,000,000¥ in capital, and I was in the process of developing a business plan. Before you know it, the yen had cratered in value, they changed the visa requirements, and now all the anti-foreigner rhetoric that’s blown into the open. My plans have gone up in smoke, and if they want their country to become a tomb, then let them.
More like tighten the screws… Things are already beyond fucked, and I expect them to get worse. Current gov has done fuck all to handle real issues and problems, and a majority of effort is just scapegoating and pointing at foreigners for shit they mostly didnt even do… or just entirely untrue
I spent of my adult life in Japan and it’s so disappointing to see the direction the country has taken towards foreigners. I understand that some loopholes needed to be closed and there were issues of people with PR not paying their taxes, but these rules have gone overboard and are nothing more than an excuse for them to be racist.
And for what?
Again or old news?