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Originally Posted by File0
But if you say it's different in the case of Japan, than you can be right, I have not much knowledge about that...
I don't know many countries who's companies hire immigrants more willingly than their own people. Is it harder in Japan? I don't think so, for example in Canada there is a law which limits the possibilities of hiring foreign workers, if there is someone even less skilled for the job with valid citizenship the company must hire him/her. Is there a law(s) for that in Japan? And still there are many who want to live/work in Canada...
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One of the differences is that Japan doesn't really have an immigration policy. There have been some exceptions in relation to Koreans and repatriating Japanese decendents who some generations ago moved to South America. Other than that Japan doesn't have a structured immigration intake each year like many countries do. They also accept very few refugees.
Other than getting married to a Japanese citizen it's pretty hard (and takes a very long time) to get permanent residency here. After 5 years of living here you can apply for citizenship but this will normally mean giving up citizenship of your home country, Japan doesn't allow dual citizenship.
Unlike many of the countries we come from Japan is definitely not plunging headlong into multiculturalism.
