Better read this if you are planning to live or migrate to Japan: 10 Problems

[jeepers]

Thanks for your tips!

I'm not just going for the tourist attractions but also spend some time just chilling or reading & writing at various locations. I wont be able to complete this journey in 1 go, as believe my S-N travel project will take me ~ 4.5 yrs, due to max 6mths/yr visa restrictions.

All good, dude. Good luck with your trip! I would love to take 6 months off work lol.

 

[sinkie886]

@sinkie886
think japan will be more gaijin friendly in a decade time?

i read all these stories see all this videos hor, go there holiday sure. live there unless i got enough money to never work again then ya sure.
if go there be salary man stay singapore sua

hard. Cannot speak/write Japanese in Japan = handicap

 

[slashershot]

hard. Cannot speak/write Japanese in Japan = handicap

Of course la this one no nid say. If u gaijin but fluent in Japanese think will hab better future?
I hear now they still discriminate you if u don't look japanese

 

[Laneige]

Jap quakes v possible

 

[kimsix]

i think only singapore open legs.

my youtube always got ads teach me how to be singapore PR in the shortest time

 

[Ironside]

My sister married a japanese and had been staying in Japan under spouse visa for more than 10yrs liao...

I think most of the problems are true and real... but i think this is true to most other foreign language countries as well... like lack of support of interpreters in gahment agencies, discriminations... even opening a bank account is a challenge etc...

but the very basic requirement when u want to live in a foreign land is to learn their language... even if u move to a English speaking countries... u still need to learn their local slang/dialects/accents... and once u learned their language and is fluent in it... a lot of the problems will be solved or minimized...

She need to wear socks for her husband and be very obedient.

 

[krikering]

Of course la this one no nid say. If u gaijin but fluent in Japanese think will hab better future?
I hear now they still discriminate you if u don't look japanese

i think only singapore open legs.

my youtube always got ads teach me how to be singapore PR in the shortest time

Singapore's immigration standards are one of the most lenient in my opinion, especially when compared to how strict it is to migrate to countries like Aus/Japan, etc. Not to mention that new citizens are easier to get same welfare as locals compared to those countries.

In Japan/Aus, it is more difficult to gain their PR or even citizenship. The welfare that their local receive e.g education/healthcare subsidies, foreigners are unable to get it so fast and hence to work harder, which is the opposite of SG imo. Their safety nets for local citizens are well-developed.

 

[KeytoFreedom]

On the bright side, I guess no natural disasters in Japan.

got many earthquakes


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[Bigbird00]

Singapore's immigration standards are one of the most lenient in my opinion, especially when compared to how strict it is to migrate to countries like Aus/Japan, etc. Not to mention that new citizens are easier to get same welfare as locals compared to those countries.

In Japan/Aus, it is more difficult to gain their PR or even citizenship. The welfare that their local receive e.g education/healthcare subsidies, foreigners are unable to get it so fast and hence to work harder, which is the opposite of SG imo. Their safety nets for local citizens are well-developed.

Sg aim is just to get headcount!

Japan/Aus aim is to get quality.

 

[heughoghap]

Who so negative ? Be positive. At least they got one giant geylang aka Kabukicho full of legit porn shops.

 

[hwarzoner]

when i said i sinkie they quite ok one , but from outside they cannot tell if u r prc or not. lol

 

[FrogGreen]

Quite a number. But I don't speak Chinese and with my waifu, we blend in very well. I fully agree most of the points will apply if the accent is different, dressing is out of place, etc.

My waifu is from a clan of 600 years. My name is in her family register Koseki Tohon. I am a PR. Honestly, we are in a world of our own. The people we meet are not the sort Nobita described. We don't mix with the average Japanese. Also the police patrol our house often (I'm a kendo volunteer, haha. But also because of her family). As such, our Japanese neighbours look us very up. We are the elite of the Japanese elites.

If I did not marry a Japanese, I will not migrate there even if I had studied since HS. It is a homogeneous population and prejudice against outsiders is prevalent and to me, understandable. I found this common in Korea and China where I had also stayed before.

If not a PR, if not married to a Japanese, if can't speak Japanese fluently. Don't go there to work, migrate or live.

A 4-6 day tourist will do. Zip in and out and retain the positive image of JP mm, onsen, ryokan, sushi, etc.

The stress of being a Japanese or living in Japan for the average is tremendous.

wow, words of wisdom.

 

[FrogGreen]

Most of these “problems” sound like a country actually taking care and putting its people first

We would do well to learn

our government would never emulate them. lol

 

[Владимир]

Ten issues is nuttin for yankess. Every night smashes jitpun xmm like there is no tomorrow.

 

[batuchka]

They like to alienate outsiders

+1 not sure why peeps put japanese society on pedestal? very closed and xenophobic? ok if tourist but to actually spend rest of life there err...

 

[m1kid85]

True.. the hatred towards Chinese exacerbated due to XJPnand recent China's aggressiveness.

I'm not seen as Chinese. I said I'm a Singaporean, my waifu is Japanese and I studied at Gakushuin High School and University.

Response: "then you are elite, you are Japanese"

Hahaha.

No problem for me moving around in Japan.

Now in Taipei. My waifu can speak broken Hokkien.. she even sang a TW song in broken Mingnan. TW politicians say she is a Formosan. A native Taiwanese.

Heehee.

Sound csb

 

[ichinisan]

Bookmarked

 

[KeytoFreedom]

you stay there long enough, you'll be forced to learn Japanese


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[fishbuff]

My sister married a japanese and had been staying in Japan under spouse visa for more than 10yrs liao...
I think most of the problems are true and real... but i think this is true to most other foreign language countries as well... like lack of support of interpreters in gahment agencies, discriminations... even opening a bank account is a challenge etc...
but the very basic requirement when u want to live in a foreign land is to learn their language... even if u move to a English speaking countries... u still need to learn their local slang/dialects/accents... and once u learned their language and is fluent in it... a lot of the problems will be solved or minimized...

my china colleague had been living and working here for 30 years and he still can't speak English at all. good programmer though.

 

[Muggie]

not sure why jap girls want to stay home after married, not bored meh?

Still got to "serve" their father in law when their husband is at work.. that's what most if the Jap documentary I watched says .