{"id":9004,"date":"2011-05-31T20:29:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T11:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=9004"},"modified":"2011-06-01T06:20:31","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T21:20:31","slug":"sankei-moj-proposes-easier-visas-for-importing-higher-quality-nj-labor-neglects-to-offer-nj-stronger-civil-or-labor-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=9004","title":{"rendered":"Sankei: MOJ proposes easier visas for importing “higher quality” NJ labor; neglects to offer NJ stronger civil or labor rights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi Blog. \u00a0The Sankei reports on May 25 that the Ministry of Justice will be loosening some of its strictures on NJ visas (the Sankei uses the word nohouzu<\/em> in its headline; I’m not 100% sure of the nuance but it sounds like “a wild and endless expansion of favorable treatment regarding NJ entry visas”; rather snotty, but that’s the Sankei for ya).<\/p>\n

The new Immigration policy is directed at NJ with very high skills (koudo jinzai<\/em> — a good idea) and their families (who will also be allowed to work; wow, that’s a change!), will have a points system for evaluation (another good idea), will offer longer visa periods (5 years), and will loosen the specificity between work visas. \u00a0It’s being touted as a means to make Japan more appealing to NJ labor (you had better!).<\/p>\n

Sounds like a step in the right direction. \u00a0But it’s still \u4e2d\u9014\u534a\u7aef. \u00a0What’s missing is GOJ guaranteeing some degree of protection of labor and civil rights after NJ get here. \u00a0And what about qualifications? \u00a0Just try practicing law, medicine, or most other licensed skills in Japan now without going through the rigmarole of domestic certification, with walls so high (cf. the NJ nurses from Indonesia and The Philippines over the past few years<\/a>) that almost all NJ applicants fail (and, magically, have to return home as usual after three years, just like any other revolving-door “Trainee” or “Researcher” NJ laborer).<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time a points system etc. has been floated (only to die the death of a thousand meddling bureaucrats) either. \u00a0I guess the mandarins are realizing what a fix Japan is in without NJ labor. \u00a0But if this kind of policy is going to happen at all, the almighty MOJ has to be the one proposing it. \u00a0Then perhaps the waters will part for Moses. \u00a0Let’s wait and see.<\/p>\n

But this is on balance “good” news. \u00a0But not “great” news unless the GOJ also does something to force domestic actors to treat NJ nicely. \u00a0Which is doubtful. \u00a0Arudou Debito<\/p>\n

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The Sankei reports on May 25 that the Ministry of Justice will be loosening some of its strictures on NJ visas (the Sankei uses the word nohouzu in its headline; I’m not 100% sure of the nuance but it sounds like “a wild and endless expansion of favorable treatment regarding NJ entry visas”; rather snotty, but that’s the Sankei for ya). <\/p>\n

The new Immigration policy is directed at NJ with very high skills (koudo jinzai — a good idea) and their families (who will also be allowed to work; wow, that’s a change!), will have a points system for evaluation (another good idea), will offer longer visa periods (5 years), and will loosen the specificity between work visas. It’s being touted as a means to make Japan more appealing to NJ labor (you had better!).<\/p>\n

Sounds like a step in the right direction. But it’s still \u4e2d\u9014\u534a\u7aef. What’s missing is GOJ guaranteeing some degree of protection of labor and civil rights after NJ get here. And what about qualifications? Just try practicing law, medicine, or most other licensed skills in Japan now without going through the rigmarole of domestic certification, with walls so high (cf. the NJ nurses from Indonesia and The Philippines over the past few years) that almost all NJ applicants fail (and, magically, have to return home as usual after three years, just like any other revolving-door “Trainee” or “Researcher” NJ laborer). <\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time a points system etc. has been floated (only to die the death of a thousand meddling bureaucrats) either. I guess the mandarins are realizing what a fix Japan is in without NJ labor. But if this kind of policy is going to happen at all, the almighty MOJ has to be the one proposing it. Then perhaps the waters will part for Moses. Let’s wait and see. <\/p>\n

But this is on balance “good” news. But not “great” news unless the GOJ also does something to force domestic actors to treat NJ nicely. Which is doubtful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5,12,4,16,53,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-good-news","category-human-rights","category-immigration-assimilation","category-japanese-government","category-labor-issues","category-unsustainable-japanese-society","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9004","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=9004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}