{"id":2886,"date":"2009-04-06T13:40:50","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T04:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=2886"},"modified":"2009-04-07T10:09:32","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T01:09:32","slug":"next-japan-times-column-tues-april-7-on-goj-bribe-to-repatriate-nikkei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=2886","title":{"rendered":"Next Japan Times column Tues April 7, on GOJ bribe to repatriate Nikkei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/welcomestickers.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1704\" title=\"welcomesticker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/welcomesticker-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.francajapan.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1705\" title=\"franca-color\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/franca-color-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Foreign Residents and Naturalized Citizens Association forming NGO\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/tshirts.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1701\" title=\"joshirtblack2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/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=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#english\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1699\" title=\"japaneseonlyecover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/japaneseonlyecover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JAPANESE ONLY:  The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan\" 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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sourstrawberriesavatar.jpg\" alt=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, \u00a0Tuesday April 7, sees my next Japan Times column:\u00a0 1500 words on the GOJ&#8217;s latest wheeze to reduce unemployment figures and welfare costs by reexporting imported NJ labor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As of April 1, Nikkei Brazilians etc. are being offered 300,000 yen to go back to their home countries.\u00a0 That&#8217;s right:\u00a0 Only Nikkeis.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the ultimate bellwether of a failed policy of bringing people in, leaching them of their best years of their lives as work units, then bribing them to leave before they can claim their investments in taxes and social services.\u00a0 Ersatz Golden Parachutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s only for Nikkeis, not the Chinese etc. &#8220;trainees&#8221; who have likewise been fired, despite working longer hours for lower pay and no social benefits.\u00a0 They stand to lose, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemabstruso.de\/strawberries\/main.html\">SOUR STRAWBERRIES<\/a>, their very livelihoods even back in China as they default on their travel loans.\u00a0 But as far as the GOJ goes, they have the wrong blood.\u00a0 Sorry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, do get a copy of the JT tomorrow (Weds in the provinces). \u00a0Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow,  Tuesday April 7, sees my next Japan Times column:  1500 words on the GOJ&#8217;s latest wheeze to reduce unemployment figures and welfare costs by reexporting imported NJ labor. <\/p>\n<p>As of April 1, Nikkei Brazilians etc. are being offered 300,000 yen to go back to their home countries.  That&#8217;s right:  Only Nikkeis.  It&#8217;s the ultimate bellwether of a failed policy of bringing people in, leaching them of their best years of their lives as work units, then bribing them to leave before they can claim their investments in taxes and social services.  Ersatz Golden Parachutes. <\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s only for Nikkeis, not the Chinese etc. &#8220;trainees&#8221; who have likewise been fired, despite working longer hours for lower pay and no social benefits.  They stand to lose, according to SOUR STRAWBERRIES, their very livelihoods even back in China as they default on their travel loans.  But as far as the GOJ goes, they have the wrong blood.  Sorry. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, do get a copy of the JT tomorrow (Weds in the provinces).<\/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-2886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2886","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=2886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}