Last September, I received a request from the Kanagawa International Foundation to participate as a lecturer in a seminar for Asian international students, even though I had been training Japanese-descended students from South America. I was surprised, but I was also curious to know more about Asian international students, so …
In my previous column , I pointed out that there are 4 million people studying Japanese in the world, but how many students are there in the Japanese community overseas? According to a 2012 report by the Japan Foundation, there are 443 Japanese language education institutions in South America with …
In recent years, the popularity of Japanese anime, manga and Japanese cuisine has led to an increase in the number of people studying Japanese overseas, which has in turn led to an increase in the number of foreigners coming to Japan.
In recent years, consultations for foreigners at consultation desks have been increasing regarding pensions, nursing care, and retirement. As of December 2015, there are 230,000 foreigners from South America residing in Japan, including 170,000 Brazilians, 47,000 Peruvians, 5,400 Bolivians, and 2,600 Argentines. By age, those aged 60 or older make …
Since around 2000, Latin American countries have been attracting attention for their high economic growth rates, and the consumer market of the new middle class has become the focus of global attention. International prices of primary products such as oil, mineral resources, and grains have soared, and many countries (Brazil, …
What kind of Nikkei are the "next generation of Nikkei1 "? Are they simply the descendants of Japanese who emigrated to Latin America - third, fourth, fifth generation, etc. (including not only Japanese, but also people of other races and ethnicities such as half and quota2 )? Or are they …
At the end of January this year, the government announced its intention to take steps to realize equal pay for equal work as part of the "Japan Plan for a Society of 100 Million Active Parties." The government's intention is to correct the wage disparity that exists between regular and …
Latin America is home to the world's largest Japanese community, numbering 1.65 million. Meanwhile, in Japan, a Japanese community of 240,000 South American people is forming as Japanese workers who immigrated there since the 1990s have settled there. Japanese people are Japanese immigrants before and after the war and their …
Whenever I visit South American countries, I am always looked after by various Japanese organizations and exchange opinions with the executives involved in their operations. In countries that are thriving from economic growth, the Japanese community also appears to be doing quite well. On the other hand, here in Japan, …
Recently, several Japanese print media outlets and blogs have featured articles on the poverty problem in Japan.1 According to analyses by experts and data compiled by aid organizations and research groups, the relative poverty rate in Japan, in other words, the proportion of people living below half the median per …
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