"Japan Web Site Irks Illegal Aliens" (How Invaders Are Handled in JAPAN)

Asia Media ^ | 7 May 2005 | Asia Media

[AmericanInTokyo]

OK, students. Homework assignment. "Compare and Contrast" (to the United States of America.)

A bit old of a story, but a classic. Indeed a classic.

[Cyropaedia]

Hey AIT,

"No human is illegal!".

¿Comprendes?

[AmericanInTokyo]

hai. dekimasu!

(si se puedes!)

/sarc :-)

[AmericanInTokyo]

Oh, are you ever going to get a kick out of THIS

[Cyropaedia]

At least we can deliver the talking points in a variety languages.

Wouldn't want to be caught as an illegal in Japan ; but then I wouldn't want to be caught as an illegal in Mexico either.

[AmericanInTokyo]

The irony of the whole thing is that I would wager things are more difficult on a illegal alien in Mexico, compared to an illegal alien in Japan!

[Cyropaedia]

The Japanese are very disciplined and follow regulation to a "T".

Mexicans authorities like to give themselves plenty of, ahem, "latitude" in dealing with a variety of cases.

[Caipirabob]

As I recall, the prior method of dealing with "illegal immigrants" by the Japanese was to behead them as they touched the shore.

Seems to me they've come a long way. : )

I wouldn't consider "learning Japanese" a hardship for an immigrant to the nation, particularly if they chose to go there.

All the (forgive me) "whiney, knee-bent, running about advancing type behavior" gives "gai-jins" a bad name.

[AmericanInTokyo]

There might be some ACLU-type and even some MALDEF-type groups in Japan supporting illegals here, but they are very, very small, and have very, very little influence on the big picture; they tread on very thin ice, and fact, would tend to be viewed by the great majority of Japanese as being traitors and anathemae to Japanese national interests and internal security.

A massive move to deport illegals in Japan, ordered by the central government, would stand a very thin chance of being struck down by Japanese courts.

Of course, in the USA, it is near anarchy at times, it seems, in trying to get the damn law simply enforced.

[Cyropaedia]

American immigration policies have been crippled by political correctness.

Of course, Mexicans in Mexico couldn't care less about the plight of illegals in their own country.

[AmericanInTokyo]

very self-centered, and filled with extreme entitlement beyond belief, all in one fell swoop. such is the illegal alien, particuarly from Mexico

[Cyropaedia]

The problem is that they have effectively given up with regards to reforming and improving their own country. So all of that pent up anger against their own government/society winds up getting unleashed when they come here. At least here they think they have a better chance of having a “say”.

[Centurion2000]

Chinga los illegal aliens pendejo.

[Cyropaedia]

No soy un pendejo, pendejo! ;>P

[Ronin]

Hey, I have no problem at all with this website.

Japan took careful note of what unrestricted immigration did to Europe and the US and have decided that it is NOT going to happen here.

[gridlock]

"What's next -- paid informers?" asked Osvaldo Yamamoto, 30, a welder from Brazil. "Nobody wants to overstay their visa, but everybody wants a chance to work. Reporting on these people is a worse crime."

Sorry Osvaldo, but Japan gets to decide who gets to live in Japan. They implement this policy by granting visas. If yours expired you have to get a new one or leave. It's as simple as that.

It should be as simple as that in the United States, but it is not.

If paid informers is the best way to get results, then paid informers is a good idea. Reporting somebody who is breaking the law is never a crime, as long as the law is not grossly unjust. Restrictive immigration laws are not unjust at all.

[rbg81]

The Japanese are not stupid. They will keep Japan for the Japanese and don’t care one whit about the “racist” label.

[rbg81]

Paid informants are probably more effective and motivated than salaried ICE investigators.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Smart move by the Japanese government. The United States should have something similar.

That stated, Japanese are traditionally very bigoted when it comes to 'race,' though Osvaldo seems to be at least partially of Japanese descent, though suspect non-Japanese-ancestry aliens who are being targeted.

[AmericanInTokyo]

If I sit down with a good Japanese friend over a nice cold Kirin Dry or Hyoketsu Lime, why it takes nearly 20 minutes or more to explain to them the odd, queer, foreign (mostly American) concept of "political correctness".

Seriously. It needs that much explanation. Even after a good explanation, some Japanese friends will be scratching their heads.

"But gee, AIT-san. I still don't get it. Wouldn't that mean for such people to advocate that for their own country that it is like calling for national suicide??"

Bingo!!!We have a winner.