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Staff-strapped companies turning to 'Yankees,' non-college grads

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"Yankee Internship" Just cos you didnt go to uni should not mean you are termed a yankee, pretty poor imo.

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Haha - Yeah "Yankee" is a delinquent youth! I always get a kick out this and yes I do see the humor in it as a long term "Yankee" expat in Japan.

Sounds cool - I hope the program succeeds and is mutually beneficial for employee and employer.

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There is no such thing as a labor shortage in Japan. Pure myth. What there is a shortage of is decently-paid, secure employment, the kind of job where you can one day hope to buy a house, raise a family etc.

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What there is a shortage of is decently-paid, secure employment, the kind of job where you can one day hope to buy a house, raise a family etc.

The market reforms are aimed at ending such employment, deeming it "inflexible."

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In Japan there’s always just one way to do everything.

But hey if it’s foreigners that’s the other option let’s turn to the Yankees.

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Graduates ain’t all that.

Some of those young folk probably didn’t get a descent break in their HS years.

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What happened Abe's plan to change Article 17 so that all. Japanese will have free education until they graduate Senior HS? Recruiting uneducated Americans by con men? Another school scandal?

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Hey, I was a Yankee certified accountant and in IT at age 17.

Don't look down on them most are mature and better trained with an 'I will succeed ' attitude. Said my age range many IT staff never graduated from Uni.

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Good opportunity for some, I'm sure, but selling internet door to door? Good luck.

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It's yanki, not yankee. Yanki comes from ヤンキッド (yan kiddo - young kid). Using 'yankee' without reference to the origin, and referencing delinquency, it makes it sound like they are saying Americans represent delinquency.

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suuuure

let's turn to non-qualified Japanese than hire highly qualified foreign worker!

TIJ indeed

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From many years of teaching in high schools and colleges, I'd say these 'yankees' are far more motivated to work than half of the parasitic, cell phone addicted zombies I've taught in colleges.

The use of the word 'Yankees' is as offensive as it is ridiculous!

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ヤンキー(Yankee)

 米国人の俗称。元来は米国南部で、北部諸州の住民を軽蔑的に呼んだ語。

 不良青少年。第二次大戦後、髪型やファッションなどで、米国の若者の風俗をまねた青少年をさして呼んだ語。

The phrase originated in part because the " Yankee " copied the young American G.I.'s (who were in Japan after World War 2) fashion and mannerisms.

Americans in that era often did act delinquent by Japanese standards.

The Yankee of Japan similarily is a counter culture to traditional Japanese manners and rules of society.

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If you ask most people what is a Yankee, they will respond with hair and clothing style description.

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ヤンキー(Yankee)

 米国人の俗称。元来は米国南部で、北部諸州の住民を軽蔑的に呼んだ語。

 不良青少年。第二次大戦後、髪型やファッションなどで、米国の若者の風俗をまねた青少年をさして呼んだ語。

Thanks, I stand corrected.

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Sounds like a great way to get cheap labor. I agree with kawabegawa198. This is simply a way to get people to do the SAME job as someone more qualified for smaller wages. Then again what does is say about all those "qualified" workers who work 80 hours a week and hardly get anything done.

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It's nice to see ppl apology for the wrong info @Strangerland

Yep, @Matthew Harding - Bravo Zulu!

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I was at a station some years ago needing to get to a place called Yanki. I asked the platform guy how to get there, he replied, "Yanki gou homu."

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Why are they all sitting on the floor? Are "Yankees" not entilted to chairs or something...?

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Agree with Geoff...Forgodsake give these people chairs to sit on.

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They're probably not used to chairs after years of sitting on the ground outside convenience stores.

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@kawabegawa198 - You are 1/2 right

One one hand, for entry level jobs there is a labor shortage in Japan. Trying to find a good engineer here now is quite difficult (I have tried - and the salary is more than enough to buy a house, etc.).

On the other hand, the wages are amazingly low. I hear what some people make and it is amazing they can get by, I would say however their quality of life (for lower incomes) is quite a bit higher than it is in my home country.

This is a global issue - due to greed, wages have been driven down for decades now. Where cheaper labor can be found large corporations and big entities will take advantage whether it is shipping jobs overseas or taking advantage of those at a disadvantage (in the U.S. that would be those in the country illegally - in Japan it would be the trainee program).

This is a trend that is unlikely to change and as the advent of technology takes more and more jobs a breaking point will eventually be reached.

In the end good on these young men and women for dreaming and giving it a go! I hope they succeed

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日本で不良っぽい若者を「ヤンキー」と呼ぶようになったのは、大阪の難波の「アメリカ村」と呼ばれる地域からである。

1970年代から80年代にかけ、アメリカ村で買った派手なアロハシャツや太いズボンを履いて、繁華街をウロウロする若者を「ヤンキー」と呼ぶようになった。

やがて、不良少年全般を呼ぶようになり、西日本を中心に全国に広まった。

Anyway, I think Hassyadai (Launchpad) are doing great work.

They were featured on a TV show recently.

I just hope that these youngsters aren't treated as secondclass employees by whoever takes them on.

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