Japan is considering adding South Korea to the list of eligible countries for its working holiday visa renewal system, as the two countries commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic normalization this year, sources familiar with the matter said.
Currently young people from eight countries are able to renew their working holiday visa, which is generally only available once for up to one year.
The Japanese government hopes to increase the number of foreigners eligible to work to meet requests from the winter sports industry for more instructors amid a surge in overseas visitors to the country.
Citizens of Canada, Britain, New Zealand, Denmark and Austria have been able to renew their working holiday visa since December, while those from Germany, Ireland and Slovakia have been able to do so since January.
British and Canadian passport holders can apply for and acquire a renewal while still in Japan, while those from the other six countries must first return home before they can obtain a second working holiday visa.
Japan first implemented the working holiday visa system in 1980 with Australia, and the scheme is now in place with 30 countries and regions.
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WA4TKG
And yet North Americans are NOT granted this status….why do you suppose
THAT is
Roten
The real questions are why you suppose that all North Americans are treated equally by the Japanese government and vice versa, and why you make general statements without doing your homework.
Working Holiday visas, like all others, are granted on a bilateral basis. The United States does not have a working holiday visa program, and thus, Japan does not offer working holiday visas to Amercans. Canada and Japan have had a bilaterial agreement since 1986 and Canadians have been able to get a second consecutive year of working holiday in Japan since December 1 of last year. Thus, Canadians, as noted in the original article, can be granted this status. As for citizens of other North American nations, you can research this for yourself at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs homepage by searching for The Working Holiday Programmes in Japan.
Perhaps some are not up-to-date on recent developments. Still, reading carefully rather than jumping to conclusions, we can see that Canadians can extend working holiday visas in Japan to a second year and are citizens of one of the only two countries for which citizens can extend their working holiday visas without returning home to apply for the extra year.
garymalmgren
And yet North Americans are NOT granted this status….why do you suppose
You could reverse that statement and that would give you the answer.
The US does not participate in the international working holiday system.
BTW Canada is in North America and it does participate.
Pacificpilot
With Japan’s diminishing workforce, more foreigners are needed to allow Japanese industries to keep up with the world’s industries. And yet, if Japan were to be compared to all of the states in the US, it would be in last place in terms of per capita income.
WA4TKG
I stand Corrected
iron man
OOps, here comes Trump. USA does not get visitor visa renewal, North Americans do. WA what is the beefburger. T.Y. Roten.. I read it.
GuruMick
I support South Korea....has a low Jewish population of around 500 people...keeps the country peaceful and happy
Agent_Neo
I'm against it.
It doesn't matter if Jews are in anything, but Koreans are just harmful.
It is said that 30% of the Yakuza are Korean residents of Japan, and it is Koreans who have killed the most Japanese people since World War II.
Chiune Sugihara, who helped Jews, is respected even among Jews, but the many Japanese who have helped Koreans have not only not been thanked by Koreans, but have been treated so badly that no record of their help is left of them.
GuruMick
Agent...I was just being a smarty pants...I dont care if Jews are here or there ...But I do get sick of the anti Arab/Islam comments that pass here so readily.
Most US Jews dont pray...recent figures...but still call themselves Jews...probably a cultural attachment more than a religious one
Seen in Christians too...celebrate Christmas with presents, Easter with a BBQ