“Life imitates art”
I agree to some extent, however the drive to create media is economic which means that it is not a perfect feedback loop as it is continually contaminated by market speculation. In this sense, media doesn’t really reflect society, though it does shape it.
But then the ‘wrong’ people will out-population the ‘right’ kind.
A little more passive aggressive and less openly hostile. More like, “you are not one of us, you will not be invited to ‘play our reindeer games’ and we will largely ignore your presence unless absolutely necessary”. Social circles are a ridiculously big thing there. The best description is to imagine middle aged adults acting like high school juniors in terms of cliquishness.
There is a certain level of childishness ingrained in Japanese culture. Its why a lot of people, especially young women get fed up with it.
So basically every MUSH/MUD crowd ever. Gotcha.
Not to mention that unlike US work visas, they are not tied to a single employer, which allows people to switch jobs and have plenty of time between employment opportunities.
I’m in Korea now working under their shitty E2 visa system that pretty much gives ESL employers permission to be shitbags. Thankfully I lucked into a good job, but every time I think back to my Japanese “Humanities” visa I shed a tear.
Thats par for the course on this topic. Constant exaggerations and hyperbole combined with the ignorance of commenting on a subject out of his range of expertise.
An anecdote I’ve brought up before is my wife’s small hometown in central Japan, at the city hall, most of the information pamphlets are now available in Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese & English (in approximate order of availability). Oddly far more than are available at the Shinjuku city hall.
This really isnt such a bad place to be an immigrant at all.
I agree. Access to healthcare is also a great service that is available to everyone.
As far as the decrease in population, I think the biggest reasons are wages and overwork. Something needs to be done about the huge amounts of overtime(both paid and unpaid). I’m fortunate enough to work for a company that doesn’t have this problem, but a majority of people do. Until this problem is addressed, people won’t have the time or energy to really think about having kids.
Just don’t need an ambulance or fall very ill in the evening or weekend…
Huh. I needed an ambulance at 10:pm on a Saturday last month and it was there in 10 minutes, right behind the fire truck (with 4 medics). So,… all I can say is, depending on your location, your mileage may vary, just like everywhere else in the world.
Too many news articles about ambulance going around for a long time trying to find a hospital which is open, has beds and will accept a patient.
Both my in-laws are cancer survivors and a bit on the poor side. They were both able to get their treatment and in both cases necessary surgery, chemo and/or radiation at nearly zero cost to themselves. If they were in the US, they would either be dead, bankrupt or creating a huge strain on my insurance/finances.
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