The working holiday system became a hot topic when the yen weakened, as a way of ‘earning money’, but an increasing number of Japanese people say they are unable to work as much as they would like. Our interviews in Australia revealed the background to the disadvantageous job search for Japanese people and the current unstable living conditions.
A long queue of people have been waiting in the centre of Melbourne, Australia, since early in the morning.This is a place where free food and other items are distributed to people in need.According to the organisation providing the food, the number of Japanese people coming to ask for supplies has doubled this year.
My neighbor’s son went down under on a working holiday visa in April after graduating from high school. He’s taking a year off before attending college. He’s fairly bilingual already. So he found that Sydney and Melbourne were packed with people like him so he ended up going to Perth and found a job in a restaurant there. So far, so good.
twah17889 on
they’re pretty quick to say all gaijin need to know japanese but when they’re in the same position they’re shocked they can’t find work being functionally illiterate. just lol. rules for thee but not for me.
50YrOldNoviceGymMan on
And back home in Japan, Foreigners with limited Japanese struggle to find work in Japan….
RocasThePenguin on
It’s almost as if English language education is important when you get outside of Japan.
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The working holiday system became a hot topic when the yen weakened, as a way of ‘earning money’, but an increasing number of Japanese people say they are unable to work as much as they would like. Our interviews in Australia revealed the background to the disadvantageous job search for Japanese people and the current unstable living conditions.
A long queue of people have been waiting in the centre of Melbourne, Australia, since early in the morning.This is a place where free food and other items are distributed to people in need.According to the organisation providing the food, the number of Japanese people coming to ask for supplies has doubled this year.
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My neighbor’s son went down under on a working holiday visa in April after graduating from high school. He’s taking a year off before attending college. He’s fairly bilingual already. So he found that Sydney and Melbourne were packed with people like him so he ended up going to Perth and found a job in a restaurant there. So far, so good.
they’re pretty quick to say all gaijin need to know japanese but when they’re in the same position they’re shocked they can’t find work being functionally illiterate. just lol. rules for thee but not for me.
And back home in Japan, Foreigners with limited Japanese struggle to find work in Japan….
It’s almost as if English language education is important when you get outside of Japan.
What did they expect? Lmao.Â
Slow news day?