Die Vorstellung, dass Ausländer die japanische Krankenversicherung als Trittbrettfahrer belasten, ist falsch. Die unbequeme Wahrheit ist, dass das japanische Rentensystem bereits von jungen Einwanderern unterstützt wird
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Indeed. Most talking points against foreigners in Japan do not hold true or are statistically meaningless when properly studied. But we are living in a post-truth world, and what matters are emotions and self-gratification. Logic no longer applies.
I mean, anyone who believed foreigners are freeloading in Japan’s healthcare has some severe issues with logical thinking. Most immigrants are young and economically active. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t be able to keep their working visas. Young people, on average, use healthcare much less frequently than the elderly, and a very large chunk of the population in Japan is above 60.
This type of blame game is what happens when you have trump loving maga-like groups running the government and media
We are just 4M foreigners here. Support is probably not the right word but we definitely contribute. Freeloaders? Sure, catch them. The government will spend more money it will save. Even if solved, it won’t stop the government and politicians inventing issues to blamed on us.
Quick poll: are you illegally logging Japanese forests?
I live within walking distance of four clinics and every morning there is a line of elderly Japanese people waiting outside for them to open up. Every single morning.
> また、外国人にボランティアやプロとして日本語を教える人たちも増えています。日本語や日本文化を外国人に教えることに生きがいを感じ、はつらつとして活躍する高齢者もいます。
Forever grateful to the two elderly ladies at an NPO who taught me Japanese. When we ran out of topics, one of them taught me how to cook some Japanese dishes! It would be a shame to lose these cross-generational and cultural exchanges.
EDIT: I also now remembered other experiences with retired volunteers (tea ceremony, calligraphy, archery, hiking). One old man was surprised that I also loved “group sound” music! The more I think about it, the more I think we should encourage these kind of activities.
Saw a reel on a mates insta … if I understood it correctly foreigners are getting free Shinkansen tickets in Kagoshima ? … and saying that foreigners are first !! 外国人ファスト😂
Sanseito is peddling fact that 30% of unpaid medical bills are by foreigners. This is somewhat true but 98.2% of medical debt total is from Japanese. In other words: short-term foreign exchange students, tourists(?) don’t pay for their cold medication BUT oyajis are not paying for their surgeries and hospital stays. Guess which Sanseito is focusing on?