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I heard of a lot people my age saying they wanted to go on working holiday in Australia and whatnot two or so years ago, I felt like the writing was on the wall
I can’t say I am overly concerned about this. It’s not like the smartest people in this country are being utilized well, if at all. Not to mention the avg. Japanese person neither has the English, nor the desire to leave Japan.
They need to be very good at English to succeed outside of Japan which most are not even with their high academic credentials.
Wait a minute, is this why foreign language education is the way it seems to be here, to try and prevent this sort of thing from happening?
Are the wages really low, or is the currency just undervalued?
Meh, money and wages is not all what matters. The US has always been paying more than Japan and the Yen has always been weakers than the USD. That did not bringass exodus. I am ready to bet smart people will actually double down living in a safe country than going outside with all the tourmoil going on.
I have multiple friends that left Japan for Australia to do part time jobs under working holiday visa. They make more than their average salary in Japan doing this. If normal Japanese people are leaving, it’s likely that top researchers, high level positions, and generally skilled workers are leaving or planning to leave for a better salary imo
I mean, maybe the top of the top? As it has always been.
But normal Japanese people aren’t. University in Japan is a joke. A lot of companies need to actually teach and train graduates on the basics of the job (not to mention the basics of business Japanese language) because they don’t a lot of applied learing in school. I am pretty skeptical of Japan having „high academic ability“ that actually holds up and translates to good jobs overseas. This isn’t even addressing Japanese people’s poor English or other foreign language and culture awareness- even those who are studying things in that field.
Nah, too much money to be made here if you know what you are doing. As a bilingual Japanese person with a MA from a top US university, I make way more here than I would anywhere else and I am remote, part time and project based. Shit, I chose to take the entire winter off to work on a ski resort just to get a free pass and free hotel room while making 2,000 an hour.
I’m working in academia here in Japan. Just last year, two prominent and we’ll established Japanese scientists in my field left the country to work in the US and Hong Kong respectively for at least triple the salary and 10x the research funding they get here in Japan. It even made it to the Japanese news. Search Haruki Watanabe for example.
Personally, I am starting to think about leaving Japan after spending more than one third of my life in this country. My friend who is still a PhD student is paid 3 times my salary as an early career researcher here in Japan. It’s unbelievable how low the salaries and support for academia is here in Japan
I’m guessing Hong Kong/ Singapore and Thailand would be on the list?
To be honest I just dont believe it. Japanese people outside of japan are extremely rare. Its just japanese culture.
And ive only met 2 or 3 japanese people in my entire life who settled abroad. Every single one was due to marrying a foreigner.
Japanese people like being in japan regardless of the disadvantages.
A very small percent of Japanese even have passports, an even smaller percent speak English, and even an even smaller percentage have any interest in leaving Japan.
I don’t blame them. Literally everywhere is dirtier and more unsafe.