Japan police bust 'village' of overstaying Vietnamese

The Vietnamese, who have since been deported...

At last some good news. Well done Japan, make a decision and act on it in a timely fashion.

But they left their jobs due to low wages or after being assaulted by their bosses,

That motel is a shelter, from harsh Japanese working condition.

@sakurasuki

Again another statement just you because you think something.

@Albert

Some of their salary not being paid, even they've done overtime.

Should they stay on their job?

https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/88-vietnamese-workers-left-unpaid-for-2-5-months-in-japan-4759685.html

I’m sincerely hoping this is not just a flash in the pan. And that Japan is dead serious about preventing illegal immigration. Japan HAS GOT TO LEARN FROM OTHERS’ MISTAKES.

Good work.

The situation is similar to Germany in the 1960s when large numbers of Turkish "guest workers" arrived. They were only supposed to stay temporarily. But a significant number overstayed and then human rights lawyers got on their side, who pressured the courts and govt to allow them to stay. The japanese authorities today, however, have a very different attitude! DW says this diaspora has "transformed" Germany society. I don't think the Japanese want any such "transformation." LOL.

due to low wages or after being assaulted by their bosses,

I hope the police are looking into the allegations of assault. Japan is a law and order society, right?

This is the best news of the month!

I won’t blame them for fleeing their abusive and exploitative working conditions. Jgov had and still has a responsibility for getting this situation under control and refuses to.

But geeze a whole community living off the books for who knows how long is wild. Guess the small declining towns are a great place to take cover in.

@Whenifnottoday

This person is knowingly spread misinformation.

I got my info from a 350-page well-researched book (see below). You cherry picked a ChatGPT entry that fails to detail the legal and political processes involved, which the book does.

"Europe's Angry Muslims: The Revolt of the Second Generation"

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Robert-S-Leiken/dp/0195328973

I do not think that some Vietnamese visa overstayers are a big problem for Japanese society. A different story would be if the Japanese government follows UN pressure and throws open the gates for an unlimited flow of self-declared refugees, EU style. Thankfully that is not happening, at least for the moment.

Good! Show America how it's done! Being illegaly in Japan is an insult for all of us who are here legally.

Is there ever any punishment for the bad employers of trainees? Do the police make any effort to trace and punish them?

ChatGPT is a predictive language model, not a reliable source of accurate information. You’ve gone to the one public source that is so many levels below Wikipedia in reliability that it boggles my mind anyone uses it for information. For many years, Wikipedia has been the bottom rung for lazy, inaccurate “research” in comment threads. We have a new winner.

ChatGPT is not going to give good guidance on serious human questions like immigration. You’ve doubled the problem by twisting the original post into what you think it implied, creating for yourself a convenient straw man.

Here is the truth according to ChatGPT

It is utmost important that these foreigners be treated according to the law and all government agencies work on fully understanding the root causes of this situation. Fact, people are attracted by the offer of good jobs and good pay but are not warned about harsh conditions of work. Some social work must be done, the companies that they had worked for need to be investigated in depth. Public authorities must be impartial and analyze case by case to minimize and avoid new cases. Simply classifying these people as criminals will not resolve the issue of illegal stay, it is necessary a broader vision, a wider view of the entire situation that feeds, motivates immigrants to run away from these companies, it seems to be obvious, but, nobody leaves a place where there is respect, fairness, good treatment.

According to investigative sources, most of the Vietnamese people who lived there had come to Japan as technical intern trainees, believing the claim that they "can earn money" in the country. But they left their jobs due to low wages or after being assaulted by their bosses....

Do not treat them as though they are serious criminals. Instead, provide them with proper jobs and training. Give them hope.

Do not treat them as though they are serious criminals. Instead, provide them with proper jobs and training. Give them hope.

Give them a return ticket.

gaijintravellerNov. 6 12:34 pm JST

Is there ever any punishment for the bad employers of trainees? Do the police make any effort to trace and punish them?

Love your comment but the J-gov will never believe that this country does wrong by anyone.

missing story line, black market construction work pays more than technical intern work. how awful they can afford to drink and sing all night, then be allowed to work on jpn? construction sites. Scary stuff.

So, flee from abuse and get deported?!?

And the abusers didn’t get a second look from the J-Cops, right?

Right…!

Japanese either have to get their act together or face real hardship in the near future as the infrastructure crumbles, food prices rocket, deliveries aren’t made etc.

No wage slaves to do the work mean prices rise or society just fades away…

Personally, I don’t have a wrong opinion on either possibility but….

A woman who lives near the motels recollects, "I couldn't sleep because of the sounds of karaoke and voices echoing all night long."

And here’s me thinking that Japanese really were proud of their own inventions…

Good job NPA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That motel is a shelter, from harsh Japanese working condition.

Would not Vietnam be better?