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Originally Posted by GoNative
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.  |
I agree Japan should have a more concise immigration policy but that's about it.
But if we are going to be completely honest.. the experiment of multiculturalism is not a complete success. Some would even say it has failed I think it has in places where it was implemented the most vigourously like Holland for example which is now experiencing a spike in support for the extreme right.