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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Foxy Brown on January 24, 2007, 05:09:10 PM

Title: As population declines, Japan considers importing foreign workers — then thinks again
Post by: Foxy Brown on January 24, 2007, 05:09:10 PM

At the Brazil Plaza shopping center, Carlos Watanabe thinks back on 12 lonely years as a factory worker in Japan — and cannot find a single thing to praise except the cold mug of Kirin lager in his hand.

He and his bar mates, all Japanese-Brazilian, have plenty of work and steady incomes, but they also have many complaints about their adopted home: that they are isolated, looked down upon, cold-shouldered by City Hall. (http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/21/asia/AS-FEA-GEN-Japan-Importing-Foreigners.php)