Comments by "Yo2" (@yo2trader539) on "The Psychology of the Disillusioned Foreigner" video.

  1. 人生はどう転ぶか分からないですね。JETプログラムは環境による当たり外れがありますし、そもそも教育者に向いてる人は少数派です。JETではなくボストン・キャリア･フォーラム等を通じて普通に企業に就職したり、大学院に進んでたら、また違った人生になってたのかも。日本の大学には多くの韓国人が留学してますが、親族との付き合いや受験競争の大変さについて語る人が多かった印象です。
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  2.  @ToRtzz  Indeed majority of foreigners living in Japan have little or only superficial knowledge of language, culture, history, tradition, etc. In contrast, the ones who are fluent in language, culture, and norms are assimilated and integrated. I'm actually impressed. I had to look up "Jishō–Juei War" to understand that you were talking about 治承・寿永の乱. I suspect most people in Japan who didn't choose Japanese history as one of the subjects for university entrance exam (or major in history) would simply know it as 源平合戦. As for Edo-era, I often think Feudal lords were puppets of the senior leadership of each 藩. And I'm sure you're aware the people who led the Meiji restoration were almost all low-level samurasi. There are some foreigners who know Japanese history more than most Japanese people. There is a Ukrainian/Russian YouTuber named Daria who covers history and mythology...and she definitely knows more about ancient Japanese history than I do. My sense is that Japan Studies programs in former Soviet countries is probably one of the best in the world, followed by those who've studied Japanese language, culture, history, etc at SOAS, Oxford, Cambridge in the UK. It's also why they are better accepted and integrated in Japanese society.
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  3. 日本語が出来る人、日本文化を理解してる人の需要は高いです。特にホテルや観光業、IT業界は恒常的な人不足の状態です。 逆に仕事レベルで必要な日本語能力が無い外国人は仕事が限られ、日本のニュースも理解出来なし、日常生活でも苦労してるように見受けられます。
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  4. ​ @CerridwenAwel 歴史的な理由で「非日本人」という単語を日本語では殆ど使わないです。戦時中の「非国民」を連想するからです。普通に外人や外国人と言います。
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  5. Your mindset is why you were rejected. People who cannot read a Japanese newspaper, business proposal, or contract are illiterate and pretty much useless in a professional setting in Japan unless they have unique skills valued by Japanese society. Frankly, the pretty ones usually don't marry foreigners. It's also why many of the half-Japanese celebrities in Japan have Japanese fathers.
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  6. You're still young, so you'll have plenty of opportunities to change course. If you wish to start a corporate career, check out the CFN "Career Forum," which is how many bilingual students find jobs. And if you're serious about building a life in Japan, make sure you have N1 fluency because it'll help you in everything from job-hunting to financial transactions to Permanent Visa. As you've probably heard, we have skill shortages in certain industries, namely in IT and tourism/hospitality. One positive aspect of new hires in Japan is that companies don't seek specific academic backgrounds.
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