tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post4333228774305061987..comments2023-09-12T16:52:48.733+09:00Comments on Antisthenes' corollary*:: Ishihara Shintaro, 'stopped clock'.Ἀντισθένηςhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post-64229926661555957502014-05-26T14:45:10.904+09:002014-05-26T14:45:10.904+09:00Yep, the only westerners who will come are the ani...Yep, the only westerners who will come are the anime freaks who think that Japan is a cross between Bladerunner and a Kurosawa film. if they aren't taken in by the fact that in Japan girls will actually sleep with them (!), they will go home with an inverted version of Paris Syndrome (Tokyo Syndrome?) and bang on about how much they hate Japan for not living up to their deluded tentacle/sailor girl/yakuza/robot fantasies.<br /><br />Of course, it's not the high skill 'nice gaijin' that Abe has created an economic need for. Oh no. Abe's addiction to infrastructure spending as the fix-all for economic ailments (an industry young Japanese don't want to enter) means that Japan needs manual laborers to complete Tohoku and Olympic construction- exactly the type of low skill gaijin that other Japanese look down their noses at, and blame for all the crime!<br /><br />Should fall apart interestingly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post-72071489140057490372014-05-26T12:27:38.305+09:002014-05-26T12:27:38.305+09:00When it comes down to it, most westerners value th...When it comes down to it, most westerners value their personal lives more than their work ones while it's the opposite case for the Japanese; This seems to be the biggest reason why most expats from the so-called western countries grow tired of living here before too long...Will Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07927492067445164618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post-80199824515625934522014-05-25T23:03:15.188+09:002014-05-25T23:03:15.188+09:00Wow that's a bit of shock having him say that....Wow that's a bit of shock having him say that. <br /><br />There are plenty of Westerners who'd move to Japan, just not the right ones (I mean with the right skills), anyone with talent in IT, engineering etc and capable of innovation would be crushed by the Japanese work culture let alone the rest of society. Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699328937978331608noreply@blogger.com