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After 11 years in Japan, I had not realised that the holiday on the 5th May is similar to 'April Fools Day'. Surely the report that Japan’s ruling party is considering plans to encourage foreign workers to stay in the country long-term, must have been written in jest.
Given the government's recent moves to persuade immigrants and visitors not to come to Japan in the first place, it surely cannot be considering that foreign nationals would want to stay in a Japan, where they are not welcome. The new port-of-entry procedures by the Department of Immigration are at least an infringement on civil rights. Not to mention the move towards a Japanese proficiency test before being able to apply for permanent residence.
As Boys' Day, 5th May, must now be the equivalent of April Fool's Day, what is the next joke that can be thrown at your readers?
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