{"id":15528,"date":"2019-01-27T06:39:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T16:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=15528"},"modified":"2019-01-27T06:39:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T16:39:25","slug":"my-japan-times-jbc-114-column-top-ten-issues-that-affected-nj-residents-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=15528","title":{"rendered":"My Japan Times JBC 114 column:  Top Ten Issues that Affected NJ Residents in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Books, eBooks, and more from Dr. Debito Arudou (click on icon):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11452\" title=\"Guidebookcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Guidebookcover.jpg\" alt=\"Guidebookcover.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/japaneseonlyebookcovertext-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"japaneseonlyebookcovertext\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"Handbook2ndEdcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Handbook2ndEdcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/inappropriate.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8577\" title=\"inappropriatecoverthumb150x226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/inappropriatecoverthumb150x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#japanese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1700\" title=\"jobookcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/jobookcover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemabstruso.de\/strawberries\/main.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2735\" title=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sourstrawberriesavatar.jpg\" alt=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?cat=32\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4921\" title=\"debitopodcastthumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/debitopodcastthumb.jpg\" alt=\"debitopodcastthumb\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=12473\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FodorsJapan2014cover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"FodorsJapan2014cover\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUPDATES ON TWITTER: arudoudebito<br \/>\nDEBITO.ORG PODCASTS on iTunes, subscribe free<br \/>\n&#8220;LIKE&#8221; US on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debitoorg\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debitoorg<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/embeddedrcsmJapan\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/embeddedrcsmJapan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/handbookimmigrants\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/handbookimmigrants<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JapaneseOnlyTheBook\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JapaneseOnlyTheBook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BookInAppropriate\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BookInAppropriate<\/a><br \/>\nIf you like what you read and discuss on Debito.org, please consider helping us stop hackers and defray maintenance costs with a little donation via my webhoster:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/donate.cgi?id=17701\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.newdream.net\/donate4.gif\" alt=\"Donate towards my web hosting bill!\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>All donations go towards website costs only. Thanks for your support!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Hi Blog. \u00a0Here&#8217;s a link to my latest Japan Times JBC column:<\/p>\n<p><strong>JUST BE CAUSE<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"justbecauseicon.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/author\/int-debito_arudou\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/justbecauseicon.jpg\" alt=\"justbecauseicon.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hgroup>\n<h1>From new visas to a tourism backlash, the Top 10 issues that affected us in 2018 may forecast our future treatment<\/h1>\n<\/hgroup>\n<h5 class=\"writer\" role=\"author\">BY <a class=\"author url fn\" title=\"Posts by Debito Arudou\" href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/author\/int-debito_arudou\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">DEBITO ARUDOU<\/a>, THE JAPAN TIMES, JANUARY 28, 2018<\/h5>\n<p><strong><em>Every January, Just Be Cause takes a look at how things went for the non-Japanese residents of Japan (NJ) in the previous year.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>While not everything made this year\u2019s list \u2014 there were the false claims of \u201cforeigner fraud\u201d of the national health insurance system, and fake news of NJ crime in the wake of the Osaka quake in June \u2014 the issues that did, ranked in ascending order, may portend how our community is treated in 2019 and beyond.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>10) Brazilians snub new visa<\/h3>\n<p>Rest at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/community\/2019\/01\/27\/issues\/new-visas-tourism-backlash-top-10-issues-affected-us-2018-may-forecast-future-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/community\/2019\/01\/27\/issues\/new-visas-tourism-backlash-top-10-issues-affected-us-2018-may-forecast-future-treatment\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>================================<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you like what you read on Debito.org? \u00a0Want to help keep the archive active and support Debito.org&#8217;s activities? \u00a0Please consider donating a little something. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=13748\">More details here<\/a>.\u00a0 Or even click on an ad below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title:  From new visas to a tourism backlash, the Top 10 issues that affected us in 2018 may forecast our future treatment<\/p>\n<p>Every January, Just Be Cause takes a look at how things went for the non-Japanese residents of Japan (NJ) in the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>While not everything made this year\u2019s list \u2014 there were the false claims of \u201cforeigner fraud\u201d of the national health insurance system, and fake news of NJ crime in the wake of the Osaka quake in June \u2014 the issues that did, ranked in ascending order, may portend how our community is treated in 2019 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>10) Brazilians snub new visa<br \/>\nRest at\u00a0https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/community\/2019\/01\/27\/issues\/new-visas-tourism-backlash-top-10-issues-affected-us-2018-may-forecast-future-treatment\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15529,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15528\/revisions\/15529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}