It is an era when the number of foreign immigrants to Japan, exchange students, and workers are increasing. Many people criticize the technical intern trainee system, which does not allow spouses to accompany workers, as an immigration system, and how the technical intern trainee system used to secure a labor force. Among them, the news that a female technical intern trainee from Vietnam, got pregnant and hid her abandoned child, was put on trial and acquitted of the murder charge, the Japanese government and society’s contempt and prejudice against foreigners incidents of inhumanity exposed.
Many Japanese people also work and study abroad (more than 100 years ago, many Japanese immigrants migrated to work). Unaccompanied assignments, which were commonplace in the past, have decreased. And the number of international marriages has also increased. However, if childbirth, child-rearing, and education are not possible in the country with cold measures, they will become anti-state and return to their own country. However, although I don’t know the numbers, there are cases where it takes a liking to them, and they let their children live in a foreign country. The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology cares of Japanese children living abroad by establishing local Japanese schools and distributing Japanese language textbooks in remote areas. And even children of Kurdish refugees are applying for refugee status (including provisional release), and children of foreigners without Japanese nationality can study at school as Japanese children. This case is a part of the United Nations Charter.
However, there are many bilinguals who speak the language of their parents at home and Japanese outside. There are many cases where children have a hard time to communicating with the school at home. Depending on the region, many Japanese language classes run by volunteers. However, there is also a story that they can not keep up with school and become truant. In a worse case, some people get involved in crime after being invited by friends.
ï¼ Below are my suggestions:
- Japanese people want to accept more and more foreigners warmly. Words, greetings, invitations to exchange events, and explanation on how to put out household rubbish to garbage collection point, can do immediately!
- I want to stop prejudice based on appearance, such as skin color or based on my hometown!
- I want to naturally care for people with disabilities, such as foreigners and people with disabilities!
- Returnee children are suffering, and the coldness of the Japanese government’s education for returnee children is behind it!
It was a self-talk of an internationally-minded older person. I want to continue and respect the good points. It is natural if you take pride in being a first-class country (developed country) in the world. Japan has good human resources and education even if it does not have resources. However, Japan is not yet called an international country! The 2023 revision (for the worse) of the “Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act” is one of the blemishes of the LDP-Komeito government and follower political parties. You can do more mature measures! “Work if you can afford the taxes!” and “Ratify international treaties and promote change.”
Please take in what each one can think and act! ! !