em..i didnt read all the posts but...
why people seem to be unable to comprehend why young people want to go there? specially the author of topic...? is it really that this is SUCH a big mystery and deal to you ?
at this point ~1/10 of my fellow citizens work/have worked abroad. so its totally normal...well for countries with BS economy...
there is no reason why from social,economical aspects people shouldn't go and look for a job in japan. maybe you think its weird because it recently started since japan was more or less divided from rest of the world when in fact there still are only a few foreigners compared to London - capital of worlds races. since you are from uk you should understand better...