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I've never been to Japan, but from what I've heard there is little scope for promotion in Japan's economy for immigrants, so I don't think the openness to immig

I've never been to Japan, but from what I've heard there is little scope for promotion in Japan's economy for immigrants, so I don't think the openness to immigration for manual labour jobs is a plus point for Japan when most immigrants may only find work in low paying gaijin-friendly industries (translator, teacher, etc) or MNCs with offices in Japan. But then again that impression is based solely on information found on the Internet and may be incorrect.

hcarvalhoalves 3y ago
> from what I've heard there is little scope for promotion in Japan's economy for immigrants Japan receives a steady influx of immigrants working on manual labour since the 80s - notoriously, from countries with large Japanese descendant populations like Brazil, Peru. In the past, it was common for these workers to live frugal lives and make some savings before emigrating back. With the current Yen, today's workers go after better standards of living compared to their home countries.