Very Low Proficiency: Japan Drops into Bottom Group in English Ability Ranking https://www.byteseu.com/2402683/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
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More details emerge about the Hokkaido farm were foreign workers were abused: “Moldy bones in the pot, rats scurrying, holes in the bathroom…An unbelievably horrific work environment” https://www.byteseu.com/2402981/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
Sapporo man (34) arrested for entering women’s restroom to secretly film a woman in her 70s; now says “I feel so sorry” https://www.byteseu.com/2403318/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
Nagano Social Welfare Corporation Fires Staff Member for Embezzling Over 6.7 Million Yen from Resident Deposits https://www.byteseu.com/2403624/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
35% of the Japanese public consider World War II to be a “Japanese war of aggression,” while 48% answered “I don’t know.” https://www.byteseu.com/2403953/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
How Japan’s international school students strive to escape their bubble: After sky-high tuition and a scholastic life spent outside of Japan’s culture and teachings of the public school system, some find it hard to integrate with the broader community after graduation https://www.byteseu.com/2404534/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
Foreign man stabbed to death following 5-person brawl in Yokohama https://www.byteseu.com/2404849/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
In order to reduce workloads on teachers, Kobe City has offloaded afterschool “club” management from schools to third parties. But it is proving to be surprisingly expensive and difficult as “The costs that were hidden behind the burden on teachers have come to the surface.” https://www.byteseu.com/2405145/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
Tokyo immigration bureau swamped ahead of residency fee hikes- Foreign residents packed Tokyo’s main immigration office Monday, facing waits of as long as 7½ hours as applicants rushed to complete procedures before steep increases in residency fees take effect this week. https://www.byteseu.com/2405466/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
Japan’s Love Hotels Advertising as Ordinary Hotels is Biting Travelers- Facing a hotel shortage before the Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s government urged state-affiliated lenders to help love hotels convert into ordinary hotels. But tourists that try to use them could be in for surprises https://www.byteseu.com/2405803/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
The Takaichi administration is boasting that Japan’s government debt/GDP ratio is improving. An economist for Gendai explains they accomplished this with inflation, which pushes more burden on households, who are now able to afford less https://www.byteseu.com/2406777/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
Rain in central Tokyo has gone on for 34 consecutive days, setting a new record for the longest continuous rainfall in statistical history. https://www.byteseu.com/2407079/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
‘Extremely damaging’ anti-foreigner fake news pushes Japan to far-right https://www.byteseu.com/2407667/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
Aomori police sergeant and Buddhist priest arrested for raping a female high school student together https://www.byteseu.com/2407363/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
The worldwide demand for high quality sushi chefs is so high that a sushi school in Japan is attracting lawyers and IT workers looking for a career change- they can eventually earn 10 million a year in Japan and up to 30 million in the US, greatly outstripping most white collar wages in Japan https://www.byteseu.com/2407961/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
Japan population (including foreigners) drops to 122.97 Million, Down 3.17 Million in 5 Years. Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa account for 30.1% of the total population, indicating a trend toward extreme concentration. By nationality, increases in Vietnam and Nepal were particularly notable. https://www.byteseu.com/2408263/ #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCurrentEventsAndPolitics #JapanesePolitics #News
