67 Nepalesen starben innerhalb von zehn Monaten in Japan, 25 töteten sich selbst
https://kathmandupost.com/nepali-diaspora/2026/06/25/67-nepalis-die-in-japan-in-over-ten-months-25-by-suicide
67 Nepalesen starben innerhalb von zehn Monaten in Japan, 25 töteten sich selbst
https://kathmandupost.com/nepali-diaspora/2026/06/25/67-nepalis-die-in-japan-in-over-ten-months-25-by-suicide
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Treated like less than dirt, paid peanuts. There’s a reason the native people don’t want to work this job.
Oh… oh no.. poor people. 😞
Not surprised. They’re treated like trash and many work places, even mom&pop shops will take advantage and abuse them. I know a homestay family that ended up abusing two nepali girls for almost 13 years constantly threatening them with „consequences“ if they tried anything. They weren’t even allowed to go out for the first 3 years of their life for **safety** reasons saying their Japanese isn’t good enough to be in public without „meiwaku“ to others.
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自殺の前に帰国して母国の地元で心の治療を受けて欲しい
Abuse in Japan can be on another level. :s
I blame in part the “visa farm” style Japanese language schools that make a ton of promises to students even though it’s just money being handed between the recruitment companies and the school and the students are left to fend on their own once they get in the door with little support of the school. It’s a shame.
With 270 000 nepalies
Is it not a normal amount of death ?
67
This story has been going on for about yearsssss.
When Japan first faced a labor shortage, it turned to Southeast Asia especially Vietnam to fill the gap. Now, however, the yen is weak and Vietnam’s economy has developed significantly, so fewer people are willing to come. Before Vietnam, around 30–40 years ago, Japan relied heavily on workers from China, and everyone knows how that changed.
After that, Japanese factories and language schools began recruiting from other Southeast Asian countries, such as Myanmar, but that still wasn’t enough. They then expanded recruitment to South Asian countries like Nepal and Bangladesh.
If you browse the Facebook pages of Japanese language schools, you’ll notice that South Asian students now far outnumber. It’s also widely known that many of them cannot afford the tuition fees. They borrow large amounts of money just to come to Japan in the hope of building a better future. As a result, many end up working far beyond the legal limit of 28 hours per week for international students.
Japanese language schools know this. The Japanese government knows this as well. Yet, in many cases, they choose to look the other way. If the rules were strictly enforced, many international language schools would struggle financially or even go bankrupt, and factories would face even more severe labor shortages.
The consequence is that many students are pushed to their physical limits. They attend school during the day and work late into the night, day after day. In some tragic cases, the relentless workload and exhaustion have even led to deaths from overwork.
P/S: I haven’t even mentioned the issue of racial discrimination. People from South Asian countries often face significantly more prejudice and discrimination in Japan than many other foreign groups.
Yet another „Japan is bad“ article, lol. Honestly, this number is not shocking at all when you realize there are 300,000 Nepalis in Japan. The suicide rate is actually a bit lower than the Japanese average. Plus, WHO data shows the mortality rate is lower for them in Japan compared to back home in Nepal.
This is bounded to happen, Im burmese so I have seen enough. A lot of Nepals don’t even know basic japanese and came to Japan, they could not find the job so choose the worst possible way , one can imagine.
It happened in my country a month ago. Myanmar student killed himself because he cannot find the part time job, stress and depression got him but his family needed to pay nearly 1 million Yen to do funeral and other things, the post got viral and a lot of us donated, the money problem is solved a little bit. Shit is absolutely worst, loneliness and not having personal time will get you. I came to Japan when I have N2 , I still have language problem to adjust, I respect people who came here without understanding a single word. Rest in peace.