Should the west learn from Japan and send all immigrants home?
Listen to Laura R. because she is right. I have been living in Japan for over 20 years now and have a Permanent Residence Visa. This does not entitle me to vote here or get a retirement pension, but that soesn’t bother me. In other respects, I have the same rights as a Japanese National. I wouldn’t change my nationality to Japaneses, although many foreigners do. In my city, there are 5000 legal Brazilians, followed by Peruvians, Chinese, Koreans. In the lower percentages there are the Australians, Americans and British. Then there is a small class categorised as “others” which include Russians and Indonesians etc. Then there some people who are here illegally; those are the ones the Japanese Immigration Office worries about and deports them if they catch them. It is hardly worth the effort, as getting a legal visa is easy enough. Most people agree that Japan is a better place all round due to the influence of people from other cultures (this includes the majority of Japanese who are ve