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Japan to grant entry to war-fleeing Ukrainians without guarantors

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Good for Japan, and for the many nations taking in Ukrainians seeking refuge. Poland has now taken in over 1 million. Japans contribution will be far smaller, but every show of support is important.

The millions of Ukrainians seeking refuge abroad will be saved from being attacked by fascist Russia who are invading their home and killing civilians - women and children included - in a cowardly, brutal manner.

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The move came as Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky and others have called on Japan to allow the Ukrainian evacuees to work.

Since now they are allowed to come in without a relative/guarantor and work on extended visas, it is probable that their level of Japanese language ability is low.

Will they be assisting the other "trainees" from Southeast Asia in the spring planting season in rural Japan?

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Will they be assisting the other "trainees" from Southeast Asia in the spring planting season in rural Japan?

The Government has similar plans to make them work in the farms and construction industry!

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Cheap labor and most of the fleeing people are female too…

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Now the door will also be opened to those who do not,

Proof is in the pudding!

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Ukrainians to the front of the line, please. All others, please wait your turn.

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One year visas? I guess they're hoping the war will be over by then.

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JeffLee

One year visas? I guess they're hoping the war will be over by then.

But the article says:

"It will also allow the visa to be changed to one that makes employment possible, if the stay gets prolonged."

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Must be nice

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@gintonic, you should be instead guessing how many even want to enter japan. Most rather stay in Europe or might even go to US or Australia. Japan is a lot harder for them to adapt. From language, culture to even working environment.

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The government plans to weigh each case on its needs and issue a short-term stay visa on a case-by-case basis as an exception.

Expect much sucking of teeth, slow decision making, and a brace of approved entrants.

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@gintonic, you should be instead guessing how many even want to enter japan. Most rather stay in Europe or might even go to US or Australia. Japan is a lot harder for them to adapt. From language, culture to even working environment.

Though small, there are Ukraine and Russia communities(many of those speak very good Japanese too) in Japan who would also provide great help.

If they don't want to come to Japan, that is their choice. nothing wrong with Japan preparing itself for them.

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The only thing I'm afraid of is the reaction of common Japanese as they are being rebellious towards foreigners already.

According to a NHK poll, 85% of Japanese expressed support for the state policy on Ukrainian refugees. That's a significant majority and the "good-listener" Kishida administration's move naturally reflects on it.

https://www.nhk.or.jp/politics/articles/lastweek/79233.html

Meanwhile, the influx of refugees seems to become unbearable for receiving neighbors. Unless an immediate ceasefire is attained, the mobility pattern will hardly stop.

ウクライナ難民300万人超 周辺国、受け入れ限界

https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA151V70V10C22A3000000/

I know that Japan is far from perfect, its overall immigration policy tends to be makeshift. Its response to the current crisis is a trial-error learning process. Sure, many Ukrainians prefer to stay closer to home as they hold rights of choice about where to move and re-settle. Japan only gives an alternative option, and no matter how its offering is superficial, it's still better off than life forced to take cover under shelter, almost around the clock with no hope of immediate war end.

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All for this. Great idea for once.

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Do they do the 3 day quarantine, the 7 day or do they get the fast pass no quarantine? Also, are they required to install a data mining/tracking application on their own smartphone?

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Ukrainians and Russians are highly intelligent in linguistic and STEM fields. It's a shame they are barring young males from leaving the country.

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Fighting age men are not allowed to leave Ukraine.

This is false.

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Open your arms and heart Japan, these are desperate times that requires desperate acts. No Visas, NO limits, NO restrictions at all, these people are in need of help and they will not cross Asia only to meet RED TAPES.

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How do Ukrainian people get to Japan? What we should to do? Do we get a place or do we have to look?

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I am Ukrainian. Currently I located in Thailand, and Russia invasion of my country caught me in the middle of my vacation and because of these events I can’t go back home now. When I found out that Japan was ready to consider cases of Ukrainians who have no relatives in Japan, I immediately wrote to the Embassy, ​​but none of my letters yielded results. I have been to Japan twice, and I really hoped that I could escape the war and my case will be considered. But now i lost hope. They just said "you should find someone in Japan"...

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