Japan verlangt möglicherweise einen Japanisch-Sprachtest für eine dauerhafte Aufenthaltserlaubnis – Unseen Japan

This seems like its just adding a gratuitous layer of hassle for for foreigners seeking PR solely the sake of making it more inconvenient.

The number of PR residents who can’t communicate in Japanese or don’t know basic Japanese cultural norms is pretty miniscule. The „poorly behaving gaijin“ boogeymen are mostly either tourists or newly arrived residents, not people who have lived here for ten years.

I have lived here for more than 20 years and have had PR for almost a decade. If they make this retroactive and force me to spend my weekends sitting through lectures about taking my shoes off when entering houses and not talking on cell phones on trains or whatever I am going to be massively pissed off.

hey this one actually makes sense

Hard to see why this is an issue. This is a requirement in other countries, and is common sense.