Aly Rustom comments

Japan isn’t a country to make a life in. Natural disasters ( earthquakes and tsunami ) aside, Japan doesn’t want foreigners to become long term residents. They just want foreigners to work in Japan in the blue collar sector to boost the economy. They want foreigners to pay taxes, pension and health insurance so that those systems can survive and not collapse. Afterwards as you go past 50 or 60, they want you out of Japan! So any foreigner who thinks otherwise is simply kidding themselves thinking they will be accepted by Japanese as their own! You can only survive long term stay comfortably in Japan if you have a loving partner who is a Japanese citizen and you have property and assets. Otherwise you are just wasting you golden years working like slaves for a country that doesn’t value you!

Exactly!!

I've never understood the term half-Japanese. Japan doesn't allow double citizenship so an individual is either Japanese or another nationality, once they choose one.

What I understand, tho, is that those Japanese nationals who see someone as half-Japanese, is that they're nothing but racists. And when you call them out on their bigotry, they will say yada yada and deny they're racists. But they are.

EXACTLY!!

Agree with you both. Would love to see that scumbag in prison- hopefully in a cell block with a majority of non-whites.

There won't be anyone left nor will there be anything to inherit.

Will foreigners being involved in the process? Or Japan still see foreigners as labor only?

neither.

I heard that 30 years ago

And you'll start living it in 3-4 years

Takaichi said: "Just like the sparkle of this jewelry, I will work hard so that many people across Japan can feel the country's future is bright."

She is so full of hot air I'm surprised she hasn't floated away.

surprise surprise.

Japanese are clueless when it comes to anything outside their little bubble and especially anything foreign. They feel they can comment on anything foreign because of this without recrimination.

Agree 100%

We all know where this is going in a few years, and it'll be a sad and sorry day for the species.

Beat me to it brother. But considering that people were already falling in love and marrying their hologram GFs and BFs, I'm not surprised. But you are right. This will further affect the fertility rates negatively, and while the article says that the robots cannot be used for sexual purposes you can be sure that once the product is normalized in people's homes, a newer model will be available for sex. Its only a matter of time.

... and its skills do not extend to the bedroom either.

I stopped reading.

Who said you need a bedroom?

The basic U1 can move its head, eyes and mouth,

There you go.

If she really believes this nonsense she's stark raving mad. If not she's a fraud and a charlatan.

Personally, I think she is both.

she's a fraud and a charlatan. That much is evident. As for stark raving mad, I think power has gotten to her in a very dangerous way literally making her stark raving mad.

Wow. I thought she had retired.

Life in prison with NO possibility of parole. A 2-year-old girl? Sick pieces of excrement

Agree with all the above.

Aly Ruston - Got my PR in 2010 after divorcing a Japanese national and being childless. You know one.

I do?

I also have several colleagues who have PR and are not married to Japanese. Two of whom have been granted PR in the last two years.

Good for them

These attacks will only continue and increase in frequency as the population plummets

The EU is looking to implement its own version of ICE agents. They are literally taking a page out of Trump's playbook

While you’re at it, why not combine shepherds pie with an apple pie? Don’t just stop there.

Exactly. How about jagazushi? Potatoes instead of rice with sushi..

The Japanese will pay the price in the long run.

Absolutely

Well maybe we have never met, but I am also one of those, enough points to qualify for PR after only 3 years of residence.

Well done.

Anyway it doesn’t mean PR is easy for a business visa holder, it’s a different path.

People who work, employ other people and do everything by the book, paid all taxes and social security payments should be allowed to continue, even if the business cannot generate 30M JPY buffer…

No argument there

You might have a very narrow social circle.

I don't

I have met all kinds with PR. I also have PR and am unmarried without kids.

Good for you

The money involved makes no sense in Japan, a country with a sliding economy that is worth less and less each quarter. 

exactly. in other news...

: Yen sinks to 39-year low of 162 against dollar despite intervention concerns  

Ultranationalism is a plague that is sweeping across the entire developed world. Now the EU is talking about introducing ICE- style agents to deport illegals as well as asylum seekers. DW News broke the story and the details are harrowing. So, It's not just Japan, but from what I'm seeing from the UK, these policies, while hardly exclusive to Japan, will in fact harm the economy terribly. We will see the effects within 3-4 years. Mark my words.

With this rate, I don’t see how Japan can continue to attract needed foreign workers for their farms, construction, manufacturing and healthcare sectors. Many are restricted from bringing their families here and with the Yen sinking in value once sent back to their home countries on top of being paid with minimum wage, it’s a disadvantage for many in the labor sector. Language barrier and anti-immigration sentiment, what reason would a foreign worker want to come or stay for longer?

Good points.

seconded

I wonder how Japanese owned businesses who employ workers from overseas are coping with the new policies that are creating labor shortages?

my wife's company is panicking because the 2 main car mechanics that they have had their visas denied and were told that they had 1 month to leave. The company is hiring a lawyer, but it doesn't look good.

Japan will rue the day they voted for Bag Lady. What an incompetent fool

I’ve met very few people who have gotten PR with no Japanese spouse on their own merits and obviously all of these BM visa holders don’t have a Japanese spouse. 

Not only that. I have yet to meet 1 person who got PR who not only didn't have a Japanese spouse, but ALSO didn't have Japanese children. I know plenty of childless foreigners married over 10 years to a Japanese and still got denied PR.

These negotiations are going to take years..

For centuries, practitioners have used **dit da jow liniment (bruise wine) in repairing the hands after combat.**

My first ninjutsu teacher used to make it and we used to buy it to counter injuries.

No deal. No surprise.

Scumbag politicians. Ever since Komeito took the leash off the LDP, the latter has shown itself to be a vile and disgusting political party.