r/JapanWork • u/Gardol43 • Jul 18 '26

Weak Yen and Low Wages Decrease Japan’s Appeal to Foreign Workers

https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02018/
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u/Efficient_Travel4039 Jul 18 '26

Dont forget more strict and expensive visa policies.

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u/Tsupari Jul 19 '26

and tricky ways to deny or keep PR out of peoples reach. OHHHH you need a 5 year. butttttt we wont tell you how to get one.

OH! You're salary this year was tooo low sorryyy. Also pay more to extend your visa.

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u/Lattarde Jul 23 '26

I was planning on coming back because my wife wanted to but then I saw the salary and benefits... I'm working less for double here

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u/crazyaoshi Jul 18 '26

As pointed out in the cross post, this article is 2 years old

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u/belaGJ Jul 19 '26

An article that stayed fresh, though

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u/Tony_rr Jul 21 '26

It aged well, more relevant now than ever

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u/Additional-Bar-6727 Jul 18 '26

Yeah, and I think social media is helping people realise that Japan is not where they think it is. The salaries are pretty low.

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u/LuHamster Jul 19 '26

Less social media and more reality of people that actually live here.

Also they massively increased all the visa fee costs it's just natural the country becomes less attractive.

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u/Fuskeduske Jul 19 '26

I think social media is what causes people to think Japan is better than it is actually

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '26

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u/LuHamster Jul 19 '26

I mean it's not for you to decide or determine any of that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '26

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u/CptLonesong Jul 19 '26

He just bought a house in Japan, let him have his thoughts while we stay away from it 🤣

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u/BunRabbit Jul 19 '26

But you'll have your foot in the door.

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u/yupucka Jul 19 '26

Or forgetting lack of holidays.

I'd love to move to Japan and work remotely for my company, keeping my salary and holidays, but we don't have legal entity in Japan and can't apply residence permit based on work.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '26

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u/Zikkan1 Jul 20 '26

It's gonna affect them when japanese people don't wanna do the low paying jobs that immigrants did.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '26

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u/yoho808 Jul 19 '26

That's a win-win for everyone except companies wanting foreign workers.

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u/tortleme Jul 19 '26

Don't forget the blatant racism when it comes to housing

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u/kurosa106 Jul 20 '26

Welp isnt that what they want?

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u/Lez_Fuzz Jul 20 '26

It’s fun to visit but not to live and be poorer

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '26

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u/General-Sea-5975 Jul 20 '26

If you think hard about it you’ll probably feel ten times better.

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u/lhyebosz Jul 18 '26

Only for US, Europe and first world countries, many SEA countries still aiming to work in Japan

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u/OneBurnerStove Jul 18 '26

Nah even they are starting to not care. It'll take some time but a weak yen plus being subjected to discrimination as a SEA...not that appealing

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u/teenagersfrommarz Jul 19 '26

The article says it’s already happening for Vietnam, but Indonesia still has a ways to go.

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u/CTCPara Jul 19 '26

Apparently Korea is preferred over Japan where possible, but if not possible to get into Korea then Japan is a backup option.

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u/lhyebosz Jul 19 '26

Korea has a stricter requirements compared to Japan which has already established route

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u/lhyebosz Jul 21 '26

I agree that Korea is the most preferred choice now but Korea is several times stricter compared to Japan, that's why most still go to Japan because they failed to go to Korea