Japan gives up and opens its doors?

[Taro Toporific]

Japan Quietly Opens Its Doors to Chinese Workers
NYTimes.com | 2012/11/14
...Japan is opening its arms to Chinese immigrants as never before, relying on Chinese workers to fill jobs once reserved for locals, especially in the service sector. No one in Tokyo seems surprised anymore to hear a Chinese accent or see a Chinese name on the name tags of waiters or convenience-store clerks.
Among Japan’s small foreign population, there are now more Chinese — 674,879 as of last year, according to Japanese government data — than people from any other country. That’s about 10 times as many Chinese as were here in 1984...
...If Japanese customers are now willing to accept more foreigners working for retailers and in restaurants, why not in other service roles, like nursing and elderly care?
A Japanese journalist friend argues that Japan has been able to allow more foreigners in because it hasn’t openly debated its immigration policy. A frank discussion would only awaken immigration’s opponents, he says.
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[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Preparing to become the Chinese vassal state....

...Japanese should be nice to the convenience store worker they treat with scorn now. Who knows what fate holds.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Preparing to become the Chinese vassal state....

...Japanese should be nice to the convenience store worker they treat with scorn now. Who knows what fate holds.

I think I said awhile ago that Japan will end up like a lot of SE Asian nations. The natives will be in charge of politics and state-run enterprises while a small but extremely wealthy Chinese minority will run private industry ... and whenever the shit hits the fan the Chinese will be blamed.

[Coligny]

Does the rising of China include a potential failure of the 3 gorges dam and the USA becoming a major oil producer ?
Or the potential problems coming from the insane gap between have and have not ?
Because in the US have/have not it sounds more like Lexus versus beat up Toyota Camry.
In China it seems more like Mercedes Benz versus tap water.

People with nothing tend to react much more violently than those who worry aboot the price of the fuel and the time to pick up kids from school...

[Yokohammer]

Couldn't resist re-quoting this line:

Back in the early 2000s, one senior Japanese airline executive told me that Japanese airlines would never join international alliances because Japanese customers had special service needs and didn’t feel comfortable being served by foreign flight attendants.

It says so much in just one sentence.

[IparryU]

Preparing to become the Chinese vassal state....

...Japanese should be nice to the convenience store worker they treat with scorn now. Who knows what fate holds.

I think I said awhile ago that Japan will end up like a lot of SE Asian nations. The natives will be in charge of politics and state-run enterprises while a small but extremely wealthy Chinese minority will run private industry ... and whenever the shit hits the fan the Chinese will be blamed.

i remember that... just could not find where you posted it.

I do run with your prediction... I think japland with be the next PI... but I dont want it to.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Why does the phrase "Japan opens its doors" conjure up images of Goatse?

Is this just me?

[Coligny]

Why does the phrase "Japan opens its doors" conjure up images of Goatse?

Is this just me?

just you i think, i was personnally picturing a soapland...

[Coligny]

i remember that... just could not find where you posted it.

I do run with your prediction... I think japland with be the next PI... but I dont want it to.

Whut's "PI" ?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

i remember that... just could not find where you posted it.

I do run with your prediction... I think japland with be the next PI... but I dont want it to.

Whut's "PI" ?

Philippines.

Japan has not got a hope in hell of becoming like that...too fucken cold up north.

[Coligny]

plus much less ladyboyz...

[matsuki]

Couldn't resist re-quoting this line:

Back in the early 2000s, one senior Japanese airline executive told me that Japanese airlines would never join international alliances because Japanese customers had special service needs and didn’t feel comfortable being served by foreign flight attendants.

It says so much in just one sentence.

LOL, nationalistic pride is a hell of a drug!!

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

plus much less ladyboyz...

And, sorry to the Pinoys, but the Philippines puts both the "shit" and "hole" into "shithole."

Look up something on Imelda's Pink Wall...sums the cuntry up for me in 1.

[matsuki]

plus much less ladyboyz...

Coligny, you've been to Tokyo before, there is no shortage of lady boys here.

[Coligny]

plus much less ladyboyz...

And, sorry to the Pinoys, but the Philippines puts both the "shit" and "hole" into "shithole."

Look up something on Imelda's Pink Wall...sums the cuntry up for me in 1.

I have a "no facebook" policy... I was told by loud people wearing brown shirts that it was a sionist conspiramacy for... something something... (plus, seriously, despite the userbase, i'm not sure it's going to really last, maybe with a buyout from google...)

[Russell]

I have a "no facebook" policy...

Hmm, I am with you on this.

I just don't like this Zuckerberg. Something with cheating.

And I hate to throw my private life on the wabs.

[gaijinpunch]

You have take Facebook for what it is: Social Networking. Just go and have fun with it. Use the phone/email for friends, Facebook for acquaintances and keeping up with shallow bullshit in your communities.

[Coligny]

Facebook is troublesome even if you don't post picture of you making a nukular bomb in your basement...

I loved it the day they started sending popup "your reply don't add anything worthy to the conversation, try to answer on topic"

The day of "You have been reported as not using your real identity, you have to provide a copy of an identifacation document to maintain this account" was the day i erased my account...

[yanpa]

Facebook is troublesome even if you don't post picture of you making a nukular bomb in your basement...

a picture of a burning poppy is enough to get you into real trouble, at least in the FCUK.

I loved it the day they started sending popup "your reply don't add anything worthy to the conversation, try to answer on topic"

I wonder if there's a mod like that for phpBB... on second thoughts maybe not, it would kill pretty much every thread...

[Russell]

You have take Facebook for what it is: Social Networking. Just go and have fun with it. Use the phone/email for friends, Facebook for acquaintances and keeping up with shallow bullshit in your communities.

For keeping up with the bullshit in my community, I just have to lend my ear to my wife, who always provides me with the latest gossips...

[cstaylor]

I wonder if there's a mod like that for phpBB... on second thoughts maybe not, it would kill pretty much every thread...

Something Bayesian would be great. Posts devoid of content could count as partial posts, and we could set blocking filters based on score.

For example, from time to time Coligny posts good material, so if was to add him to my foe list, I'd miss out on those gems. Automatically blocking the other 90% of his posts would be a godsend.

[Samurai_Jerk]

For example, from time to time Coligny posts good material, so if was to add him to my foe list, I'd miss out on those gems. Automatically blocking the other 90% of his posts would be a godsend.

THIS

[Coligny]

fffffffuuuuuuuuuuu........

[cstaylor]

fffffffuuuuuuuuuuu........

A perfect example of the "90% rubbish rule".

[Coligny]

What's missing is a facebook like function to 'block' some users from the ability to read your post... It would solve the problem altogether... And would force CST to find another pair of balls to hang to.

[cstaylor]

What's missing is a facebook like function to 'block' some users from the ability to read your post...

That was the point of the filtering system. It would require spamsters like yourself to post actual content. If you want to keep your nutso messages private, send them as PMs instead of polluting the public space.

[Coligny]

God I love self righteous cunts like you. Can be found near the exit door of every church where mass is done in Latin. Always know better what people should do or say "for their own good" no matter how little intel they have on the situation. Rewriting dictionnaries (spam, strawman, creativity, look them up, you bastardize words in a way that i've seen done by japanese and inbred only up to now) and calling the others clueless, but hey, can't be wrong he's a wikipedia mod. Sorry not to do what you want me to do, or say what you want me to say. Go back wanking to your idol book of the 3 rd Reich (SS48 !?) and learn to suck on your own dick for fun and profit (hint, you might ask for tips from another glorious contributor) leave mine alone...

[Coligny]

Just in before quoteman cum smiley out of context-man rip another brainfart:

I know... "Profanity is the crutch of the inarticulate"

but every now and again, you have to talk to one of those inarticulate motherfuckers...

[cstaylor]

This post was made by Coligny who is currently on your ignore list.

Best. Decision. Ever.

If the butthead filter is ever put in place, I'll take him off, but for now this is the best I can do.

[Coligny]

Great, I've been asking him to get of my ass for a good time now and when he finally oblige he feels the need to be a dramaqueen aboot it...

Back to our regularily unscheduled randomness...