Comments by "Yo2" (@yo2trader539) on "Nippon Television News Japan-English" channel.

  1. You're confusing immigration with asylum. They're governed by completely different legal procedures and government agencies. And there are many kids who naturalize to Japanese citizenship along with their parents. A Japan-born Uyghur/Uzbek just got elected in the lower house. We had a Naturalized person from Finland in the Upper House a few decades ago too. There are no standard language tests for naturalization but there are many interviews and documents to submit. Obviously we won't we being giving out citizenship to people who can't understand our language, culture, history, etc. And Chinese always lie with diplomas and family history, so they're always under a microscope.
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  2.  @sadihy  They're denied entry into Japan yet they don't wish to return home. Embassy won't even pay for their return ticket. That's why they're stuck.
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  3.  @mrcool9626  It's rather obvious where I'm from. Technically speaking, they are not "refugees" in the mind of Japanese government. Japan does not easily assign legal "refugee" status to anybody. Right now, there are a little over 200 Ukrainians who fled to Japan, mostly family members of Ukrainians who live in Japan. A few hundred Ukrainians won't make a difference in a country of 120 million. And they are mostly women and children because fighting age males cannot leave Ukraine.
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  4. Japan has a bad experience from illegal entries during the Korean war. Also economic refugees are NOT welcome.
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  5. Now do you know why people in Japan see you differently if you have tattoos?
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  6.  @mrcool9626  I really wish our government can offer all of that, but in reality assistance is limited. Some Ukrainian families have been provided public housing. Special visa waivers is currently 3 months that can be extended to 1 year if need be. (Everything is based on the assumption that the war won't last for that long.) That said, most of the refugees who come to Japan are relying on their families living in Japan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPEvDAOokyw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLUhen021gY If you have intentions to live in Japan in the future, my best advice would be to get a degree from a Japanese university. The Japanese government has been trying to increase the ratio of foreign students in Japanese universities for the past 40 years, so you may able to find a public (or private) scholarship. The biggest barrier living in a foreign country is always language. (Some Ukrainians have found it difficult even in Poland, which is supposed to be relatively close both in terms of language and culture.) If and when you have a degree from a Japanese university, work visa is relatively easy to obtain.
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  7.  @rabbit251  We don't give a crap how it's done in other countries. And reading Katakana is like kindergarten-level. We generally require N2 level of language for PR or citizenship. We don't grant refugee-status unless they're Tibetan activists, Uyghur students, or Myanmar dissidents. We especially hate those Kurds in Kawaguchi. And your opinion is utterly irrelevant in Japan as you're not a citizen of Japan.
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  8. I hope they're deported from Japan.
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  9. They are mostly families of Ukrainians already living in Japan.
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  10. They would be better off in Muslim countries.
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