... Minister Yukio Hatoyama made some remarks on Saturday about Japan’s policy towards foreigners who settle and work in ... ”. But he said that as well as introducing pro-family policies, Japan should attempt to encourage migrants to live and work ... is friendly to people all around the world so that they voluntarily live in Japan,” he said. Just talk, or a sign of serious policy change ...

... in growth and stock prices it was Numero Uno. It turned out, as it always does, that Japan did not have the secret to everlasting success. Instead, what it had was what comes before a fall. The stock market crashed in ... the US to finance its countercyclical spending without depending heavily on foreigners. The recession/depression will be annoying...but not insufferable. And Bernanke will figure he ...

... students, drifters and playboys who discovered to their amazement that (gasp!) the experience is pretty strange. I’m more interested in how Japanese view foreigners, and–supporting my thesis that it is a great way to learn about Japan–anime provides some striking examples. More »

... international child abduction. A key reason that Japan has not signed the treaty is that it believes the convention will help foreigners but will be of no value to Japanese citizens. That claim ... family law system. Consequently, the only way a Japanese parent will be able to take their children to visit Japan over the objections of the other parent will be by covertly removing the children. This ...

... North Korean came come." The issue, however, is what standard Japan applies to asylum seekers. According to Human Rights ... quot;North Korean refugees who arrive at Japan's borders, embassies or consulates should have their claims ... Ambassador Takasu said "Japan has a policy of accepting foreigners, first if they want to come to Japan, to pursue a safe and happy ...

... them to close the doors to any external influence. Meaning foreigners were not allowed in Japan. If a foreigner was found in the country, he was immediately sentenced to death. ... think that in 1868, the Western world already had trains and different technologies that Japan didn’t have; they were still using beasts of burden. How could they develop all the necessary technology to confront the ...

... family history. Not all Japanese people want to enslave foreigners and make them work for pennies on the dollar or take away their  businesses ... bitches. So to all Japanese women who read Black Japan Man, if you speak fluent English, get a job ... worked for a living instead of being feminazi parasite singles, Japan would flourish more as a nation and not be stagnate economically. If you have a command ...

... Every month hundreds of ryokan go bankrupt rather than advertise to foreigners. The elderly owners are scared because they don't speak fluent ... guests don't speak Japanese, yet they travel all over Japan without problems. We have been abroad 19 times and, so far, not only has no one ... . Yoneko: Yanaka is the type of place that tourists in Japan like to visit: lots of old houses, narrow alleys ...

From my earlier posts, I think you can see that considerable planning needs to go into a wedding here in Japan . But not only is the preparation phase dealt with very carefully, it is also of high importance that the ... HARRY" faux-foreign style that some of you fellow foreigners who have lived in Japan might understand (it’s foreign, but packaged in a way that makes Japanese more comfortable ...

... City in 2008 179 Homicides in Tokyo in 2008 2.2 million Number of foreigners living in Japan as of December 2008 25,384 Number of ... ;Unneeded Artificial Rectum Sparks Suit" (via The Japan Times) The Metropolitan Police Department announced that ... THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Expectations of a fundamental change in the way Japan is governed are running high now that the Democratic Party of ...