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Actually, they seem to be warming up. There was a report a few months back that they want to bring 200k IT professionals from India. Not sure if they actually m

Actually, they seem to be warming up. There was a report a few months back that they want to bring 200k IT professionals from India. Not sure if they actually mean that though. >Japan will open up its doors to about two lakh IT professionals from India, and issue green cards to settle down in Japan and support the country's rapidly expanding IT infrastructure, said Shigeki Maeda, Executive Vice President at Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), a government body, here on Thursday. https://m.indiatimes.com/news/india/forget-america-japan-has-2-lakh-jobs-for-indian-techies-will-issue-green-cards-to-settle-down-341149.html https://m.indiatimes.com/news/india/forget-america-japan-has...

lotsofpulp 8y ago
Having had experience in both cultures, I can’t imagine two more opposite cultures. One is extremely deferential to others, the other you have to think about yourself first otherwise you won’t get anywhere. At least in public interactions.
- bayesian_horse 8y ago
  My maybe slightly pessimistic view of Japanese attitudes toward immigration is that they will try to keep the Indians in a state of limbo, ready to deport them at the drop of a hat. Which of course won't work at these kind of numbers, anyway.
  - DaiPlusPlus 8y ago
    Cynically, I note they’ll be easy to spot in a crowd in Tokyo...
  - 05 8y ago
    > will try to keep the Indians in a state of limbo, ready to deport them at the drop of a hat. Which of course won't work at these kind of numbers, anyway Well, worked for the US with H1B/20 year wait time for EB2
  - nonamechicken 8y ago
    The article mentions how they plan to handle it. >The Japanese government, Maeda said, will be issuing Green Cards for highly skilled professionals, the first of its kind in the world, thereby, providing people to get permanent resident status in as short as one year. This is one of the fastest granted right of residence in the world.

lotsofpulp 8y ago

Having had experience in both cultures, I can’t imagine two more opposite cultures. One is extremely deferential to others, the other you have to think about yourself first otherwise you won’t get anywhere. At least in public interactions.

bayesian_horse 8y ago
My maybe slightly pessimistic view of Japanese attitudes toward immigration is that they will try to keep the Indians in a state of limbo, ready to deport them at the drop of a hat. Which of course won't work at these kind of numbers, anyway.
- DaiPlusPlus 8y ago
  Cynically, I note they’ll be easy to spot in a crowd in Tokyo...
- 05 8y ago
  > will try to keep the Indians in a state of limbo, ready to deport them at the drop of a hat. Which of course won't work at these kind of numbers, anyway Well, worked for the US with H1B/20 year wait time for EB2
- nonamechicken 8y ago
  The article mentions how they plan to handle it. >The Japanese government, Maeda said, will be issuing Green Cards for highly skilled professionals, the first of its kind in the world, thereby, providing people to get permanent resident status in as short as one year. This is one of the fastest granted right of residence in the world.