That’s exactly in my mind too. She said, “maybe she wants to” it means definitely a big NoGo. “I am not fit for the work system” means the work system is shit! 😂
I doubt she offended anybody watching. Many Japanese, especially young ones, hate the work culture as much as anybody. Probably more since they have to deal with it.
I’m Japanese who used to work overseas (never worked in Japan until recently). I always heard that the work culture could be so cruel. Now I am actually experiencing it everyday. Japan is such a beautiful country to visit but still haven’t felt that it’s a good country to live.
And the Japanese who remind you now and then that you will never be japanese in their eyes. Or the Buses that go round Tokyo once a month and chant stuff like "Japan for Japanese" and "Foreigners out". Japan is polite but still not pro migration.
@@whynot-bh6if Jesus lmao. I lived there for 6 years and never had experiences like you must. People that don’t like foreigners are a dying breed. And any incidents like this are fairly infrequent and grossly blown up. On the contrary I was invited to family Christmas celebrations at a local family owned izakaiya, invited into peoples homes, always included in pretty much everything. Everyone always friendly with me, even yakuza fairly friendly with me. And as for the Japanese that remind you you’ll never be Japanese… wellll…. You’re not! Haha. Simple as that. But it never stopped people from asking me either A: if I was part japanese(I’m Mexican and white), or B: that I must have been Japanese in my previous life. If you flow with Japanese culture your time is amazing.
@@whynot-bh6if there is a trade off. Diversity in western country brought crime, dirty city, and racial tensions. Sure there is open mindedness but good luck feeling safe in a diverse neighborhood.
This is why it's probably best to have a solid work-from-anywhere kind of job via a laptop. That way you can still enjoy the culture, without the need to be in the thick-of-it in terms of work. I still would love to visit one day. Either by trip or travel while working.
They place too much value on working to the detriment of the body, the family, and to mental health. They're literal slaves in this system, it seems. Life is short, and Japanese put much emphasis on obtaining luxuries or working, like much of Asia, not realizing that value in life has nothing to do with material possessions. Having free time is always better than working long days for a company.
@@willp.8120 Well said👍👍👍. I am Asian. Yes, you got that right. Value of a human being or his/her life has nothing to do with how many possessions one has. Sadly many asian countries follow a materialistic way of life. Only a certain percentage of some of those asian cultures refuse to participate in that shallow and toxic mindset. Some western cultures have more people who follow minimslist life style than many asian cultures. East or West I refuse to participate in workoholic and materialistic way of life. I was born and raised in Asia and immigrated to Europe later. Europe is materialistic too 😢😢 but I feel people have more work/life balance and I know many people who are into a minimalist life style.
I’m Swedish and to me she doesn’t sound Norwegian, she sounds like a native German speaker to me! But yeah same case for all of our countries, all of our benefits are hard to beat 😅
tbh working rights is WAY WAY better than the US if you're a permanent employee (no idea how it compares with EU tho). I won't argue about civil rights though, xenophobia is basically everywhere, it's just mostly hidden by politeness.
Not really about rights at all. Working rights are pretty great, and I'd like to know your opinion on what major civil problems you see. Tbh, the hardest part is just the social working culture. It's pretty toxic, but as soon as you're not a grunt anymore that is mostly gone.
@@KoiKoy56 It’s the social scene for me. That country seems to be filled with pedophiles and sex offenders to the pint that it’s so normal. Groping, sexualizing young girls especially in anime and nobody does a anything about it. Cheating is also very normal and something people even laugh at. But hey, I’ve never been there so this is all conjecture.
@@iamunknownperiod3355 if you think that japans working rights is better than the US you are out of your mind. Or y are just a hater of my country. Either way f you
Mad respect for anyone who can figure early on that they don't fit into a working system/culture. Took me years to realize that it's okay to look for better opportunities or not be into that hustle culture
@@samurai_8917nah there is a word "improvement" to describe that. Woke is when you inject divisive things into public space such as transgender issue in a beer commercial etc.
@@Tonixxy its only divisive to you because you dislike or outright hate trans folks, if you ever actually stopped to talk to a trans person or befriend one youd realize they dont stand to gain anything by being trans and all they want is to be treated like humans.
I worked for a certain japanese gas company for the entire duration of my contract and the expiration of my visa. I was asked many months in advance to start the paperwork to renew my visa but i was done after just a few years. I love Japan, its a fantastic place but as a Dane, you'll always be an outsider and I desperately needed to go back to a sane working schedule that allows you to sleep a full 8 hour cycle.
And at the end of the day they aren't wven paying you much. At least in yhat third wolrd country of US of A you have opportunity to earn significantl ammounts
The USA has definitely become a third world country on the city streets. The stores currently remain fully stocked, but should that ever change...yikes
I live in Japan for about 23 years and I learned the key to living a good life in Japan is NEVER WORK FOR A JAPANESE COMPANY at least get some experience and then start your own business, you will have more control over your life and you’ll be thanking yourself later, but if you want to work for a company long term in Japan for the most part you will regret it even if you get a high salary life is short and freedom is precious. Become your own entrepreneur, then you can have a fantastic life in the country.
I work for a Japanese company and the toughest issue I notice is that I am the only one who speaks up against things that I don’t agree with. The problem is that even other foreigners are not helping with any change, they are just accepting their fate and whenever I tell them that we should express our concerns I find myself again as the only person speaking up. I remember one day that Chinese guy apologizing for taking a 5 days holiday to go to his country as if he was committing a crime by demanding his paid leave. They just complain and complain without making any effort, while they can, and that is also frustrating. Recently, I have become hopeless about the situation and I even doubt if my decision coming to Japan 8 years ago was the correct choice.
@sumiben5211 I’m truly sorry for you. It takes an enormous amount of courage and fortitude to upend a stable life in your native country and move to a foreign one, and the Japanese Showa-era suicide work culture doesn’t appreciate that. Fie on your gutless co-workers, as well. I wish you the best, no matter what your decision.
I'm all in favor of Japanese people challenging their own culture, but Westerners should not try to impose Western standards on Japan. Look at your own country before passing judgement. Most Western countries are in dire social and economic situations, so why would you think your ways are superior? Outcomes in the West are a direct result of modern liberal culture, and as an experiment, I'd say it's not going well. Let the Japanese determine the future of Japan, and keep your oar out.
@@david-2 we aren't pointing blame and shifting the focus. He is just stating the fact that even people who don't agree with the things in their own country don't say anything.
That's exactly it... no one should have to dedicate their lives to their corporate jobs the way that Japanese companies expect you to. Even being forced to go drinking after you have worked a 12 hour day is criminal. I don't want to drink with my colleagues, especially not my boss. The work/life balance needs a heavy shift. Ikigai? Where? Because I don't think that even exists in Japan. Would love to live and work in Japan but would never work for a Japanese company.
Granted though, as an American, we have no guaranteed sick days, holiday, insurance, etc. Not even job security in general. I know people who are working three jobs right now to make ends meet. I know people who barely get to spend time with their kid because they have to work and do everything else as well. Everywhere is broken in some way, you just to figure out what you can handle.
@@DirectlyHere well, when I was in the USA my boss treated me with care also I had tons of sick days off and then I went through a Japan faze and wanted to work here So much that now that I work here the coolest Part is I sleep 4 hours a day if lucky the bad part YOU WILL BE THROWN OUT LIKE A POS in a instant with the boss yelling at you then trying to smack you with anger for missing due dates or just sick days be prepared for very low wages
Same. I'm in Japan now for vacation. I'd love to live here, but I couldn't imagine working here. I love my job and conditions back home too much. Working at home andhaving vacations here is probably better than working here and never having vacations.
I’m working in japan for year and a half now as a nurse. As they say japanese really workaholic and idk if its the culture. I was told that i can’t get 5 days holiday which is so common in my country to take vacation and off job for 5-10 days. But in japan it was like a crime to take a lot of yasumi or holiday. My bf came to japan to see me so i asked for 5days off but you know what i took 2 months work like a dog for 5days week and yet they mocked me they said i am egoistic because of me taking day off make them work more for covering me. And when i sick they can’t just easily said yes you can take a rest and going home early but they will say whats make u hurt do you have a medicine if you dont have they will gave you one so simply put they gave you medicine so you cant go home and they push you to work. Or one day i got feeling so sick and i want need a rest so i called my boss to say sorry i can’t come to work and yet what he say is whats make u feel sick and can you stand up and walk if you say yes i can they will make u go to work or if u say no they make u to go to hospital😂
It's sound like my mom she will send to me to school no matter how much sick I was or what happen to me sh will give me medicine tell me to take it in school
My sister in christ if you work in the medical environment is going to be tough almost anywhere you go. For example in Italy doctors are underpaid and work 6 days a week with turns of 12 hours and they often sleep in the hospital.
Working with japanese is tough, but you will learn a lot. My first job was in a japanese company. They did teach me everything, business manners and so on. Best education you can get. No german company did educate me like that. I worked in a japanese company 3 years, until i had to move to a different city. Good point is, they are very professional, its never boring, you will not feel overqualified, get career options, best education, strong team work (company is more important than the individual, working as team Important -less rivality), team events as eating, drinking together. Furthermore, usually japanese companies pay for your train ticket or they pay the gasoline from you car, which you use to go to office. Bad points: They expect you to do overtime, probably without payment. They like to controll/watch intensly what you work on, and if the work amount is good. You have to work exactly according to their rules or explain why you want to improve the workflow. Then everybody would have to follow the new workflow. Sometimes team events/customer visit are often and they expect you to come, which is actually not paid work (even so they pay food and drinks, but you dont get money for the time you spend). If you are a man, its more difficult to say no to drinking alcohol without being judged. Some japanese companies dont raise the salary up so much. If you are young, it doesnt matter how good you are, they would not put you in leading positions.
@@xxx9208 Ich habe japanisch mit Wirtschaft studiert. Es gibt gefühlt tausende Berufsbezeichnungen für meinen Job. In Japan würden sie OL sagen (office lady). In Deutschland Sales Coordinator oder Sales Administrator. Momentan habe ich den Titel Service Admin, denn ich bin der Abteilung Service zugewiesen. Jede Firma macht irgendwie ihr eigenes Ding.
There was a girl who lived in Korea and she said the same thing as far as the team events that happen outside of work that was basically unpaid work as well and it was expected of you to show up and drink as well and you were judged if you didn't. That's when I knew these kind of cultures were not for me I am vehemently against drinking for my own personal self I hate it and have no desire to being a culture that pressures you as a fully grown adult to do something like that just to fit in.
Left after 7 years in Japan. It was such a weird experience to feel alive again after years of burnout, depression, mental breakdowns. I had the best years and most fun years of my life in Osaka but my advice would be to leave asap and not try to tough it out when you start spiraling. It’s not worth it. All my expats friends are leaving too, 5 years seems to be the cutoff.
I totally get that feeling. And the pressure just compounds if you're female and/or not white. It's an exhausting culture, and you can never be perfect enough.
I worked with a guy who lived in Japan for like four years working as a teacher. The way he describes Japanese society, you get the impression is that the men are basically slaves to their jobs.
Not to mention all of the BS you have to do after work with your work colleagues. Very often after 10 hours of working you have to sit in some bar and get drunk with them. Otherwise you will be Parias.
I worked 20 years for a major Japanese biomedical company and loved my job. Yes, many frustrating experiences but that would be in any company. But I certainly was given enough freedom to express my opinions openly. My job satisfaction came from helping this company develop their international business and developing friendships within the company. I became a 課長 and eventually returned to the US to help open up a US branch office. Absolutely no regrets because I think it was the perfect job for me. My advice is this. If you have skills and abilities that a Japanese company would value, you will be appreciated. I certainly took advantage of the fact I was not Japanese and so did not regularly work overtime. However, if there was a claim against a product with a major customer I had no problem working into the early morning to help resolve. The reason they hired me was because I wasn't Japanese and I used that to help change the company for the better, especially in getting rid of unnecessary work by simply refusing to do it!
@@zyriously983 There are a lot of IT jobs. I heard somewhere you only needed N3 level. However, if you are hired by a foreigner company it might be different. But that's where I found in the internet
I had no idea "unnecessary work" was such a Japanese thing, but I can attest to it as well. I worked for a Japanese company with a branch in the US, and was shocked by the amount of extra steps they had in production that ultimately didn't change the product whatsoever if skipped or modified. Even after discovering this they insisted we MUST do it the way they'd done it before but we refused, to their confusion.
Very smart decision for a young adult. Usually young adults are tricked into thinking it's "cool" and "prestigious" to work in big companies where such companies over employ younger adults because it's a known fact younger workers will tolerate bad working conditions more so than adults in their mid 30s and onwards who know better about the system etc.
If you are an employer, the common theme is to try to stay away from the young ones as they have no motivation to learn and work and as you rightfully pointed out all they are there for is the easy pay. No matter how much you want to impart knowledge and experience to them, they be asking for high pay and over promising at the interviews, when it comes to the grind they wont have a clue and don’t make an effort to make themselves as efficient as possible. Why bother learning and completing tasks in 2 minutes when you can spend 2 hours or even 2 days is the new motto these days 😮💨
I lived and worked for almost 20 years in Japan and do not recommend it to Western men. Sure, go and stay a while and have a good time while accomplishing what you intended, and then leave promptly.
Worked for a Toyota subsidiary in the USA. They wanted seven days a week for months on end. I asked several of the Japanese nationals that worked for six month stints here what they did as a hobby. They all looked at me like I was crazy. Pretty much all they do is work.
It was just my feeling, but i often felt aggressed by this weird question. Almost everyday, just based on what your face looks like, you have someone asking you why you stay in Japan or when will you leave…without asking anything else about your situation. It makes me feel that I must leave once my stuff is finish. Even If I think that most of people ask those questions just because they have no subject of talking
Based on his interviews from previous videos, I'd assume she was probably the one to bring up to the conversation the fact that she'd be leaving the country the day after. Your point still stands though
back in the 1980s, working for a Japanese company was pretty nice, profits were high, bonuses were big and it was easy to get promoted and gain that precious seniority. You still had the high stress work culture but the payoff was big. Then the speculation bubble burst and it all started to slowly erode. Over the next 30 years company profits dropped, working conditions got worse and promotions and seniority took longer to get with less benefits. It now royally sucks to work for most Japanese firms.
I just discovered your channel, and I love how you take the time to listen and capture the various perspectives of all kinds of people. More people need to be like this, and maybe the world would be a better place. ❤
You need to spend more than 4 months to fully appreciate Japan. When I moved there, I was pretty meh for about 6 months until a friend who had been living there for years showed me the real Tokyo. I ended up living their for 6 years. Japanese culture and society is nuanced. There are layers of subtleties. There are also significant barriers that require time and patience to overcome. I also had no knowledge of Japanese pop cultures (weeb, otaku, anime, manga, etc) prior to my arrival. I was also there in the 90s. Surely many things have changed there, but it’s like going home for me when I visit and the quintessential Japanese / Tokyo essence remains.
I heard about the conditions of work in Japan and how hard it would be until I came from Brazil to Japan and actually worked here. And then I realised that actually who is not used to work like this and complain are the Europeans that finish work at 17h in their countries and have time to even have hobbies (It wasn't always clear for me why and how it was normal for them practice some sport or do some art rather than the professional knowledge) 😂😂😂😂 It is easier for me to survive in Japan in a way that I would never be able to in Brazil. I work 16 hours per week here and can rent an apartment and live really good. In Brazil I worked 10 hours per day and my salary didn't pay even a decent rent, imagine a life.
I just saw the short on your channel doing sign language. Did you learn ASL or another version to use in Japan? I know there's different versions. Is that the work you do? I'm considering this (ASL) field. Any help is appreciated! 💛🌟
@@TheStepmonkey yeah, that's the problem of most people, they all think Japan and Tokyo are synonymous so all them just move to there. So of course that with the amount of people living in the same place in such a small country will be hard. This is hard in any country actually. Try to live in New York and São Paulo and it is the same.
Thank you for this comment. Finally, somebody who understands real life in Japan. Interviewing in posh areas of Tokyo...of course everything will be so expensive and neat. And in some countries, medical bill, tuition...it's so expensive to just live an ordinary life.
When you're young they tell you lots of lies about do what you love them you'll never work a day in your life. I tried my hardest to do that but I failed over and over and over again until there was nothing left for me to love. All my old friends got married and had families and only think of me once in awhile. So without work my days have no meaning anymore. My heart has withered and turned black, so I might as well lend my hands and my brain to an honest days work. At least there's some dignity in that.
Personally, as a black female going to Japan has always been a dream of mine. Yea you could say I want to go because of its anime and culture and benefits but ik my life there would be hard. The Japanese are tolerant but doesn’t mean they like you. I know Japanese people will give me looks because of my skin color but I think if I bring a friend preferably Japanese, can speak fluently and I understand and respect their culture life can be a little more easier for a black person like me!
Good! Don't let this deter u from going to Japan. I'm also a poc girl and it's also been a dream of mine to go to Japan and I will. Currently I'm in uni and I do Japanese and our senseis always introduce us to persons who went to our university and then lived in Japan and I've all heard good stories so yeah! (I'm from Jamaica btw)
If you wanna experience Japan temporarily but for more than a year just come as an ALT or english teacher. The salary might not be the best , but you get to experience Japan without the classic Japanese office chaos . Ive never been an ALT here but Ive heard besides classes you teach you get alot of free time too.
It's so cool to learn what stereotypes are actually a factor and need to be taken into account. That might sound a tad negative, but that is how cultural assimilation works.
I'm from Brazil i think that working in Japan could be a good idea, considering that Japan is a great country. Here in Brazil we have several other worse problems in addition to poor working conditions. Maybe my opinion can be common in emergent market countries.
The feudal system was never abolished in 1878. All they did was kill off the Samurai. Everything else was retained, just morphed into something modern.
Working for japanese company ruined my health so bad in a lapse of 7 years. I'm still young but after that much stress and overworking left me with the health of a 60 yo Why I didn't I leave earlier? In my country they paycheck was double than average wave and social pressure from friends and family Now all my money goes only to medical bills and medical debts
The good things about Japan are the great food, transportation, everything is fairly cheap but the working wage is very low and the apartments are very small too. Not to mention if you are a foreigner the jobs are very limited.
This is the same exact reason I don't want to work in Japan. Even if you give me high pay. NO. I just travel around Japan whenever I can. It's such a beautiful country, but work is toxic.
Sure it may be the case where many companies here have a problematic work culture still, but there are also many good companies where you can balance work and life. IMO it depends more on what kind of work and company you’re at than simply whether it’s in Japan or not.
I went as a tourist and only seeing everyone, from the guy who sweeps the street to the guy who prepares your breakfast, be stiff and perfectionist to the point of barely any spontaneity, made me realize that Japan is a hard place to live for many. Westerners idolize it but many wouldn’t last a day in such a strict culture.
A few years ago the New York Times did a profile on a group of young break dancers who performed on the streets and on subway platforms for fun and tips. One of the group was a young Japanese woman, only a year or so in America. She explained that it’s unimaginable to do the same in Japan.
Its so funny how everyone talks about how toxic the work culture is in japan without actually having any experience of working in japan. Yes can it be super toxic enviroment but it can be just as relaxed just as a job in europe or america would be. It all depends on the sector/company/position you work for.
Most Asians can fit into the Japanese work culture coz most Asian countries have similar working conditions. Westerners especially Europeans who have a great work life balance wouldnt really find themselves a good fit in the Japanese work culture.
I became a permanent resident of Japan and worked in Japan for 14 years, but I left because Japanese law encourages Japanese companies to hire foreigners for only 2 years 355 days or to classify them as independent contractors so foreigners even with permanent residence can never become permanent employees.
I did the exact same thing in Japan for four months as well in fall 2022, but I studied at Tsuru University. Great experience, but studying to become a teacher, I heard that being a teacher in Japan is pretty tough.
Reminds me of a friend. He was a HUGE weeb and obsessed with Japan, even as to study in Japan. He's Asian so he looks pretty blended with native Japanese. Two years later, he returned to his home country. I heard he couldn't finish college, he was lonely and couldn't handle living in there anymore. Even his blind obsession can't sugarcoat how hard it must've been for him..
My first job after university was in Japan. Yes, it was tough, but the Japanese work ethic has been with me since. I feel like every place I worked thereafter was an easy workplace, and my colleagues and employers are always impressed. I credit my work habits to my time in Japan.
The youth of Japan is so stressed under inflation, & a difficult work culture, that they do not want to get married, & couldn't afford to raise a family. They are severely depressed, & lonely.
@@annanguyen345 Unfortunately the leaders of the modern world are getting together & planning things against their own countrymen, the world around, like inflation, scams, crime in the name of law, non availability of jobs, costly food, shelter, housing, taxes, electricity, water, and so on, the list is endless. This shall trigger severe depression, suicidal tendencies, and last but not the least civil unrest and revolution, which shall lead to assassination of several politicians and govt.officials. Assasination of the Japanese President Shinzo Abe, is the first & foremost example of public aggression.
@@hun3408 well not exactly but some of ur assumptions are right😅,most of Japanese think like having enough financial support is the best gift that they can give to their family.. i know many people opposes this but sometimes i would personally support this when i see families ,, 1st enjoy their life and later broke financially after 2 or more kids born...
Same girl - my semester in Kyoto exceeded my expectations. But it also confirmed my suspicions and worries about the downsides of moving there permanently as a foreigner.
Why do so many people,some of whom are even half Japanese and know the language feel so out of place in Japan? Does the culture exclude outsiders or leaves them alone to themselves? Why do I never see a non Japanese or half Japanese person on your channel saying they want to live there ?
Japanese culture is very racist. If you aren’t Japanese, you will never make it there. Plus foreigners are not subservient like Japanese people are. They don’t like that. Never going back.
@ak2849 It is both of those, but primarily the first. I sometimes believe that if the Japanese government could get away with instituting Sakoku (the Edo bakufu isolationist policy) again, they would. The only thing stopping them from implementing it is that they could no longer take advantage of foreign workers. (which Japan so desperately needs), while giving them nothing in return. Not even a sense of belonging.
As a Taiwanese once traveling to Japan with my best mate for ten days without buying WiFi in 2014, i cannot imagine myself living in Japan either. It's a lovely place to travel and have fun, but working and living, sorry, I'll pass.😅
It is a very hard cultural change for non-Japanese. I don't recommend trying. But it is not as bad as people from other places like US or Europe think, I think they are used to not working hard so it is hard for them.
No I think japan just treats workers like shit. You cant look at the rest of the world and claim 'oh they're all wrong, we're actually in the right' xenophobic freaks bro.
Working culture in eastern asia is absolutely nightmare. But it is always difficult to live in the country where you are not grown up anyway. I'm currently living in Europe and someting is good. But I can't say that everything is cute here. Lol
The key is to not live in cities :/ I live outside of the big cities and hours are normal like European and you can feel like how was Europe before as well, a sense of community and security. Not like what we have right now in the EU with the amount of illegal immigration. Working in Big cities in Japan is like working in California. It's just plain stupid to make a choices like that, specialy when the GOV help you to move outside of the cities :/
It’s normal to take home your work here and even when you receive the job description when you apply for a job, there is a mandatory 20-40 hours overtime for a month.
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I lived Japan and did English teaching back in the late 90s. Good money but very strict regimented work culture i found. I prefer to visit Japan every few years as a tourist but wouldn't want to live full time these days. I've met enough Japanese expats that love living and working outside of Japan to tell me that its not as ideal as many might think it is.
I lived and worked in Japan for a few years and potentially whiny and demanding people aren't recieved very well by employers. Even if your arm falls off they still expect you to show up to your job.
It was incredible when I was visiting, but then when I started working, and worked 15 hour days 6 days a week… it wasn’t quite the same fun feeling. Hahahaha
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She sounds german haha
@@Tibioo😂
@@Tibioodamn right my man every dude who knows just knows how woman be talking with different accents haha😂
What's her @?
People quickly realize they want to work for a living, not live only to work.
True
Japan is passing a lot of laws to change their work system and they are becoming better than the US
Yes work to live life
"Live only to work" is the reality of many Asian countries.
sadly most people live for a working instead
Work to live, don’t live to work. Life is too precious for that.
The best way is to figure out how you can play while you work. Find something where you never separate your work life from the rest of your life.
No you should enjoy your work and live to work..
No, you’ve got it upside down.
100%. If you disagree you’ve been brainwashed
Not everyone is Elon musk
She said hell no in really a good manner without hurting anyone’s feeling😂🫶🏽
That’s exactly in my mind too. She said, “maybe she wants to” it means definitely a big NoGo. “I am not fit for the work system” means the work system is shit! 😂
I doubt she offended anybody watching. Many Japanese, especially young ones, hate the work culture as much as anybody. Probably more since they have to deal with it.
I’m Japanese who used to work overseas (never worked in Japan until recently). I always heard that the work culture could be so cruel. Now I am actually experiencing it everyday. Japan is such a beautiful country to visit but still haven’t felt that it’s a good country to live.
THHEYY ARE ALL GOING TO KOREA SEOUL
@@brucehur2051 Out of the frying pan and into the fire, then...
U-S-A Nuff said...
@@williamperry01 Haha really...
@@williamperry01our work culture is hardly better lol
Everyone is weeb about Japan until you engage in its toxic work culture.
Yamete kudasai!!!
And the Japanese who remind you now and then that you will never be japanese in their eyes. Or the Buses that go round Tokyo once a month and chant stuff like "Japan for Japanese" and "Foreigners out". Japan is polite but still not pro migration.
@@whynot-bh6if Jesus lmao. I lived there for 6 years and never had experiences like you must. People that don’t like foreigners are a dying breed. And any incidents like this are fairly infrequent and grossly blown up. On the contrary I was invited to family Christmas celebrations at a local family owned izakaiya, invited into peoples homes, always included in pretty much everything. Everyone always friendly with me, even yakuza fairly friendly with me. And as for the Japanese that remind you you’ll never be Japanese… wellll…. You’re not! Haha. Simple as that. But it never stopped people from asking me either A: if I was part japanese(I’m Mexican and white), or B: that I must have been Japanese in my previous life. If you flow with Japanese culture your time is amazing.
@@whynot-bh6if there is a trade off. Diversity in western country brought crime, dirty city, and racial tensions. Sure there is open mindedness but good luck feeling safe in a diverse neighborhood.
@@whynot-bh6ifJapan is going to have to start embracing immigration. The population is getting older and young people aren't having kids.
Japan is a beautiful country but it seems extremely tough and unforgiving
Country yes, people not so much, first year happy then after years I'm mentality sick now
@@中野内宏美 and why you get unhappy after 1 year ?
This is why it's probably best to have a solid work-from-anywhere kind of job via a laptop.
That way you can still enjoy the culture, without the need to be in the thick-of-it in terms of work.
I still would love to visit one day. Either by trip or travel while working.
They place too much value on working to the detriment of the body, the family, and to mental health. They're literal slaves in this system, it seems.
Life is short, and Japanese put much emphasis on obtaining luxuries or working, like much of Asia, not realizing that value in life has nothing to do with material possessions.
Having free time is always better than working long days for a company.
@@willp.8120 Well said👍👍👍. I am Asian. Yes, you got that right. Value of a human being or his/her life has nothing to do with how many possessions one has. Sadly many asian countries follow a materialistic way of life. Only a certain percentage of some of those asian cultures refuse to participate in that shallow and toxic mindset. Some western cultures have more people who follow minimslist life style than many asian cultures. East or West I refuse to participate in workoholic and materialistic way of life. I was born and raised in Asia and immigrated to Europe later. Europe is materialistic too 😢😢 but I feel people have more work/life balance and I know many people who are into a minimalist life style.
She's Norwegian, right? I don't blame her. We have a lot of benefits here that don't exist in Japan.
I’m Swedish and to me she doesn’t sound Norwegian, she sounds like a native German speaker to me! But yeah same case for all of our countries, all of our benefits are hard to beat 😅
sounds german or french. The big test would be saying words with a W or V.
But yes, work-life balance in Europe is amazing.
Definitely German
I speak German, she sounds german
DEF GERMAN
"Fit into the system" xd a polite way to say "I like basic civil and working rights" xd
LOL, basically that's its not basic in other countries 💀
tbh working rights is WAY WAY better than the US if you're a permanent employee (no idea how it compares with EU tho). I won't argue about civil rights though, xenophobia is basically everywhere, it's just mostly hidden by politeness.
Not really about rights at all. Working rights are pretty great, and I'd like to know your opinion on what major civil problems you see.
Tbh, the hardest part is just the social working culture. It's pretty toxic, but as soon as you're not a grunt anymore that is mostly gone.
@@KoiKoy56
It’s the social scene for me.
That country seems to be filled with pedophiles and sex offenders to the pint that it’s so normal.
Groping, sexualizing young girls especially in anime and nobody does a anything about it.
Cheating is also very normal and something
people even laugh at.
But hey, I’ve never been there so this is all conjecture.
@@iamunknownperiod3355 if you think that japans working rights is better than the US you are out of your mind. Or y are just a hater of my country. Either way f you
Mad respect for anyone who can figure early on that they don't fit into a working system/culture. Took me years to realize that it's okay to look for better opportunities or not be into that hustle culture
Yeah woke culture is trying to teach people the world should change for them
@@creationbear1809 Woke is when you try to improve the world for the better instead of trying to justify and conserve a broken system
@@samurai_8917nah there is a word "improvement" to describe that.
Woke is when you inject divisive things into public space such as transgender issue in a beer commercial etc.
@@Tonixxy its only divisive to you because you dislike or outright hate trans folks, if you ever actually stopped to talk to a trans person or befriend one youd realize they dont stand to gain anything by being trans and all they want is to be treated like humans.
@@Tonixxy people existing isn't divisive
I worked for a certain japanese gas company for the entire duration of my contract and the expiration of my visa. I was asked many months in advance to start the paperwork to renew my visa but i was done after just a few years.
I love Japan, its a fantastic place but as a Dane, you'll always be an outsider and I desperately needed to go back to a sane working schedule that allows you to sleep a full 8 hour cycle.
And at the end of the day they aren't wven paying you much. At least in yhat third wolrd country of US of A you have opportunity to earn significantl ammounts
The USA has definitely become a third world country on the city streets.
The stores currently remain fully stocked, but should that ever change...yikes
@@Tonixxy Sure there are parts of the USA that needs work, but it's a stretch to say the USA is a third world.
@@zerubbabelsbridge if you are saying that you've never been to a 3rd world country. I have. We have it so good in America. Truly.
I live in Japan for about 23 years and I learned the key to living a good life in Japan is NEVER WORK FOR A JAPANESE COMPANY at least get some experience and then start your own business, you will have more control over your life and you’ll be thanking yourself later, but if you want to work for a company long term in Japan for the most part you will regret it even if you get a high salary life is short and freedom is precious. Become your own entrepreneur, then you can have a fantastic life in the country.
Exactly
Exactly
True. I worked in a hospital and that was not much different from what i was used to in western europe......or if it was, i just didnt notice
Good advice for good life in every other country.
I couldn’t agree with you more😂.
People working for Japanese company are called shachiku literally meaning corporate slave.
I work for a Japanese company and the toughest issue I notice is that I am the only one who speaks up against things that I don’t agree with.
The problem is that even other foreigners are not helping with any change, they are just accepting their fate and whenever I tell them that we should express our concerns I find myself again as the only person speaking up. I remember one day that Chinese guy apologizing for taking a 5 days holiday to go to his country as if he was committing a crime by demanding his paid leave. They just complain and complain without making any effort, while they can, and that is also frustrating.
Recently, I have become hopeless about the situation and I even doubt if my decision coming to Japan 8 years ago was the correct choice.
@sumiben5211
I’m truly sorry for you. It takes an enormous amount of courage and fortitude to upend a stable life in your native country and move to a foreign one, and the Japanese Showa-era suicide work culture doesn’t appreciate that. Fie on your gutless co-workers, as well.
I wish you the best, no matter what your decision.
If I were the Chinese guy I would have left for Shanghai
Shanghai is fun and cool
its not the place he went thats the problem it's the fact that he left he saw it as a problem.
I'm all in favor of Japanese people challenging their own culture, but Westerners should not try to impose Western standards on Japan. Look at your own country before passing judgement. Most Western countries are in dire social and economic situations, so why would you think your ways are superior? Outcomes in the West are a direct result of modern liberal culture, and as an experiment, I'd say it's not going well. Let the Japanese determine the future of Japan, and keep your oar out.
@@david-2 we aren't pointing blame and shifting the focus. He is just stating the fact that even people who don't agree with the things in their own country don't say anything.
That's exactly it... no one should have to dedicate their lives to their corporate jobs the way that Japanese companies expect you to. Even being forced to go drinking after you have worked a 12 hour day is criminal. I don't want to drink with my colleagues, especially not my boss. The work/life balance needs a heavy shift. Ikigai? Where? Because I don't think that even exists in Japan. Would love to live and work in Japan but would never work for a Japanese company.
Granted though, as an American, we have no guaranteed sick days, holiday, insurance, etc. Not even job security in general. I know people who are working three jobs right now to make ends meet. I know people who barely get to spend time with their kid because they have to work and do everything else as well. Everywhere is broken in some way, you just to figure out what you can handle.
@@DirectlyHereI think best option is Europe about working
Sounds similar to working for an American company tbh
@@DirectlyHere well, when I was in the USA my boss treated me with care also I had tons of sick days off and then I went through a Japan faze and wanted to work here So much that now that I work here the coolest Part is I sleep 4 hours a day if lucky the bad part YOU WILL BE THROWN OUT LIKE A POS in a instant with the boss yelling at you then trying to smack you with anger for missing due dates or just sick days be prepared for very low wages
Really? To the point of Suicide? I don't think so. The work won't kill you but shootings at work might.
I think japan and korea are same, nice countries to visit but not to live in
どこの会社も、仕事が終わった後で飲み会を強要するわけではないよ。 今は珍しいとおもう。
Depends who you work for. I worked in Korea and loved it.
It's always intriguing to learn about the experiences of people living in different parts of the world.
Same. I'm in Japan now for vacation. I'd love to live here, but I couldn't imagine working here. I love my job and conditions back home too much. Working at home andhaving vacations here is probably better than working here and never having vacations.
I’m working in japan for year and a half now as a nurse. As they say japanese really workaholic and idk if its the culture. I was told that i can’t get 5 days holiday which is so common in my country to take vacation and off job for 5-10 days. But in japan it was like a crime to take a lot of yasumi or holiday. My bf came to japan to see me so i asked for 5days off but you know what i took 2 months work like a dog for 5days week and yet they mocked me they said i am egoistic because of me taking day off make them work more for covering me. And when i sick they can’t just easily said yes you can take a rest and going home early but they will say whats make u hurt do you have a medicine if you dont have they will gave you one so simply put they gave you medicine so you cant go home and they push you to work. Or one day i got feeling so sick and i want need a rest so i called my boss to say sorry i can’t come to work and yet what he say is whats make u feel sick and can you stand up and walk if you say yes i can they will make u go to work or if u say no they make u to go to hospital😂
😂😂
It's sound like my mom she will send to me to school no matter how much sick I was or what happen to me sh will give me medicine tell me to take it in school
Sick mentality they have. Run away while you can.
My sister in christ if you work in the medical environment is going to be tough almost anywhere you go. For example in Italy doctors are underpaid and work 6 days a week with turns of 12 hours and they often sleep in the hospital.
What country is you talking about? In my country, you need at least 6 month working records to have guaranteed off days
Working with japanese is tough, but you will learn a lot. My first job was in a japanese company. They did teach me everything, business manners and so on. Best education you can get. No german company did educate me like that. I worked in a japanese company 3 years, until i had to move to a different city.
Good point is, they are very professional, its never boring, you will not feel overqualified, get career options, best education, strong team work (company is more important than the individual, working as team Important -less rivality), team events as eating, drinking together. Furthermore, usually japanese companies pay for your train ticket or they pay the gasoline from you car, which you use to go to office.
Bad points: They expect you to do overtime, probably without payment. They like to controll/watch intensly what you work on, and if the work amount is good. You have to work exactly according to their rules or explain why you want to improve the workflow. Then everybody would have to follow the new workflow. Sometimes team events/customer visit are often and they expect you to come, which is actually not paid work (even so they pay food and drinks, but you dont get money for the time you spend). If you are a man, its more difficult to say no to drinking alcohol without being judged. Some japanese companies dont raise the salary up so much. If you are young, it doesnt matter how good you are, they would not put you in leading positions.
Was machst du beruflich?
@@xxx9208 Ich habe japanisch mit Wirtschaft studiert. Es gibt gefühlt tausende Berufsbezeichnungen für meinen Job. In Japan würden sie OL sagen (office lady). In Deutschland Sales Coordinator oder Sales Administrator. Momentan habe ich den Titel Service Admin, denn ich bin der Abteilung Service zugewiesen. Jede Firma macht irgendwie ihr eigenes Ding.
Thank you for your insight!
Thank you for sharing ❤
There was a girl who lived in Korea and she said the same thing as far as the team events that happen outside of work that was basically unpaid work as well and it was expected of you to show up and drink as well and you were judged if you didn't. That's when I knew these kind of cultures were not for me I am vehemently against drinking for my own personal self I hate it and have no desire to being a culture that pressures you as a fully grown adult to do something like that just to fit in.
True. Japanese used to drop dead from overwork, no one cares. Literally, you'll work until you die and people would just step over your body lol
And dock you a days pay for dying on the job. 😄
Like Amazon Warehouses
🙈where do you people read this crap. Japanese work less hours on average than the USA and some European countries
@@JosephLedbetter Lmao. I got a job at Amazon, and it's quite literally the easiest job I've ever had.
@@camd4648 nice but workers have died in Amazon warehouses from heat exhaustion
Left after 7 years in Japan. It was such a weird experience to feel alive again after years of burnout, depression, mental breakdowns. I had the best years and most fun years of my life in Osaka but my advice would be to leave asap and not try to tough it out when you start spiraling. It’s not worth it. All my expats friends are leaving too, 5 years seems to be the cutoff.
I totally get that feeling. And the pressure just compounds if you're female and/or not white. It's an exhausting culture, and you can never be perfect enough.
Because people don't like being overworked to the point of suicide
I worked with a guy who lived in Japan for like four years working as a teacher. The way he describes Japanese society, you get the impression is that the men are basically slaves to their jobs.
Not to mention all of the BS you have to do after work with your work colleagues. Very often after 10 hours of working you have to sit in some bar and get drunk with them. Otherwise you will be Parias.
Men should be slaves to their job. Just not their boss. If you're not building wealth, you're building death.
@@ScarletEdgeisn't that the best?!!😊
@@ScarletEdgewhy would they want to do that? Is it really true that all the other employees want to drink as well?
Like the US then
this is so helpful because i’m trying to study abroad in japan, too, and considering working there for a year also!
Wow that’s interesting
I worked 20 years for a major Japanese biomedical company and loved my job. Yes, many frustrating experiences but that would be in any company. But I certainly was given enough freedom to express my opinions openly. My job satisfaction came from helping this company develop their international business and developing friendships within the company. I became a 課長 and eventually returned to the US to help open up a US branch office. Absolutely no regrets because I think it was the perfect job for me.
My advice is this. If you have skills and abilities that a Japanese company would value, you will be appreciated. I certainly took advantage of the fact I was not Japanese and so did not regularly work overtime. However, if there was a claim against a product with a major customer I had no problem working into the early morning to help resolve. The reason they hired me was because I wasn't Japanese and I used that to help change the company for the better, especially in getting rid of unnecessary work by simply refusing to do it!
Do I have to be fluent in Japanese to get a Job there and how hard is it to get one? (As a Computer Scientist)
@@zyriously983 There are a lot of IT jobs. I heard somewhere you only needed N3 level. However, if you are hired by a foreigner company it might be different. But that's where I found in the internet
I had no idea "unnecessary work" was such a Japanese thing, but I can attest to it as well. I worked for a Japanese company with a branch in the US, and was shocked by the amount of extra steps they had in production that ultimately didn't change the product whatsoever if skipped or modified. Even after discovering this they insisted we MUST do it the way they'd done it before but we refused, to their confusion.
You ever think about moving back?
Japan is the worst country I’ve ever worked in
Very smart decision for a young adult. Usually young adults are tricked into thinking it's "cool" and "prestigious" to work in big companies where such companies over employ younger adults because it's a known fact younger workers will tolerate bad working conditions more so than adults in their mid 30s and onwards who know better about the system etc.
Yup, we older workers realized that working harder doesn't earn us more money. It's all a scam, otherwise we wouldn't be "valuable" to the company.
If you are an employer, the common theme is to try to stay away from the young ones as they have no motivation to learn and work and as you rightfully pointed out all they are there for is the easy pay. No matter how much you want to impart knowledge and experience to them, they be asking for high pay and over promising at the interviews, when it comes to the grind they wont have a clue and don’t make an effort to make themselves as efficient as possible. Why bother learning and completing tasks in 2 minutes when you can spend 2 hours or even 2 days is the new motto these days 😮💨
I lived and worked for almost 20 years in Japan and do not recommend it to Western men. Sure, go and stay a while and have a good time while accomplishing what you intended, and then leave promptly.
seems like a good place for a couple years, hustle, learn a good work ethic and absorb the culture but leave before burnout hits
No such thing as burnout- only for weak minded foreigners. Look at all the life long Nigerian migrants. U see them complaining? Lol
I can confirm, it is ROUGH!!!
Worked for a Toyota subsidiary in the USA. They wanted seven days a week for months on end. I asked several of the Japanese nationals that worked for six month stints here what they did as a hobby. They all looked at me like I was crazy. Pretty much all they do is work.
Many would tell me drinking
It was just my feeling, but i often felt aggressed by this weird question. Almost everyday, just based on what your face looks like, you have someone asking you why you stay in Japan or when will you leave…without asking anything else about your situation. It makes me feel that I must leave once my stuff is finish. Even If I think that most of people ask those questions just because they have no subject of talking
Based on his interviews from previous videos, I'd assume she was probably the one to bring up to the conversation the fact that she'd be leaving the country the day after. Your point still stands though
Yes, once your stuff is finished you leave. That's how a VISA works and how one should work.
Its simple, the Japanese are extremely insular and racist. The last place I would ever go to.
Hi we were on the same boat in coron while touring the islands! Nice to see in youtube! Regards to your mom and take care. Btw you look gorgeous! 🌹
Wow what a coincidence! Thanks and greetings back to you :))
Yup hope we meet again ! Bob Marley is still my sounds 🎸✌️ take care Bianca!
back in the 1980s, working for a Japanese company was pretty nice, profits were high, bonuses were big and it was easy to get promoted and gain that precious seniority. You still had the high stress work culture but the payoff was big. Then the speculation bubble burst and it all started to slowly erode. Over the next 30 years company profits dropped, working conditions got worse and promotions and seniority took longer to get with less benefits. It now royally sucks to work for most Japanese firms.
I just discovered your channel, and I love how you take the time to listen and capture the various perspectives of all kinds of people. More people need to be like this, and maybe the world would be a better place. ❤
You need to spend more than 4 months to fully appreciate Japan. When I moved there, I was pretty meh for about 6 months until a friend who had been living there for years showed me the real Tokyo. I ended up living their for 6 years.
Japanese culture and society is nuanced. There are layers of subtleties. There are also significant barriers that require time and patience to overcome. I also had no knowledge of Japanese pop cultures (weeb, otaku, anime, manga, etc) prior to my arrival. I was also there in the 90s. Surely many things have changed there, but it’s like going home for me when I visit and the quintessential Japanese / Tokyo essence remains.
"Tough working conditions." Now there's an understatement. lol.
It's amazing to see two people in Japan, one from another country, both having a conversation in English so that I can understand it!
I heard about the conditions of work in Japan and how hard it would be until I came from Brazil to Japan and actually worked here. And then I realised that actually who is not used to work like this and complain are the Europeans that finish work at 17h in their countries and have time to even have hobbies (It wasn't always clear for me why and how it was normal for them practice some sport or do some art rather than the professional knowledge) 😂😂😂😂
It is easier for me to survive in Japan in a way that I would never be able to in Brazil. I work 16 hours per week here and can rent an apartment and live really good. In Brazil I worked 10 hours per day and my salary didn't pay even a decent rent, imagine a life.
I just saw the short on your channel doing sign language. Did you learn ASL or another version to use in Japan? I know there's different versions. Is that the work you do? I'm considering this (ASL) field. Any help is appreciated! 💛🌟
Depends, do u live in Tokyo? Cause rent is high in that area...
@@TheStepmonkey yeah, that's the problem of most people, they all think Japan and Tokyo are synonymous so all them just move to there. So of course that with the amount of people living in the same place in such a small country will be hard. This is hard in any country actually. Try to live in New York and São Paulo and it is the same.
@@maylin1986 no, it was Libras, from Brazil, but if you learn the Japanese one you are gonna be above of even Japanese in Japan
Thank you for this comment.
Finally, somebody who understands real life in Japan. Interviewing in posh areas of Tokyo...of course everything will be so expensive and neat. And in some countries, medical bill, tuition...it's so expensive to just live an ordinary life.
When you're young they tell you lots of lies about do what you love them you'll never work a day in your life.
I tried my hardest to do that but I failed over and over and over again until there was nothing left for me to love.
All my old friends got married and had families and only think of me once in awhile.
So without work my days have no meaning anymore.
My heart has withered and turned black, so I might as well lend my hands and my brain to an honest days work.
At least there's some dignity in that.
What career did you pursue? I would love to hear your story. Sounds very relatable.
Personally, as a black female going to Japan has always been a dream of mine. Yea you could say I want to go because of its anime and culture and benefits but ik my life there would be hard. The Japanese are tolerant but doesn’t mean they like you. I know Japanese people will give me looks because of my skin color but I think if I bring a friend preferably Japanese, can speak fluently and I understand and respect their culture life can be a little more easier for a black person like me!
Good! Don't let this deter u from going to Japan. I'm also a poc girl and it's also been a dream of mine to go to Japan and I will. Currently I'm in uni and I do Japanese and our senseis always introduce us to persons who went to our university and then lived in Japan and I've all heard good stories so yeah! (I'm from Jamaica btw)
If i would live in Japan i would live far away from the big cities.
If you wanna experience Japan temporarily but for more than a year just come as an ALT or english teacher. The salary might not be the best , but you get to experience Japan without the classic Japanese office chaos . Ive never been an ALT here but Ive heard besides classes you teach you get alot of free time too.
I talked to alot of Japanese and Indian living in Japan yeah work culture is HARD.
That's the cutest sweater!
It's so cool to learn what stereotypes are actually a factor and need to be taken into account. That might sound a tad negative, but that is how cultural assimilation works.
Japan is best country I love Japan 😊❤️🥰
Japan: try not to jump off your office building’s roof challenge (impossible)
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I'm from Brazil i think that working in Japan could be a good idea, considering that Japan is a great country. Here in Brazil we have several other worse problems in addition to poor working conditions. Maybe my opinion can be common in emergent market countries.
The feudal system was never abolished in 1878. All they did was kill off the Samurai. Everything else was retained, just morphed into something modern.
The way she speaks is really cute
Working for japanese company ruined my health so bad in a lapse of 7 years. I'm still young but after that much stress and overworking left me with the health of a 60 yo
Why I didn't I leave earlier? In my country they paycheck was double than average wave and social pressure from friends and family
Now all my money goes only to medical bills and medical debts
But how come the Japanese have the longest life span?
Maybe you are not mentally tough enough?
@@BabylonGateLA are u for real? Have u ever worked in japan ? Do u know how is it like to work there? That’s like the dumbest question ever
@@sublime9525because of the food they eat 🙄and it’s their gene basically.
@@BabylonGateLAlol you can’t say that to a person with illness. this is just rude
agree with her.. I'm japanese but the working environment is not comfortable and fair..
The good things about Japan are the great food, transportation, everything is fairly cheap but the working wage is very low and the apartments are very small too. Not to mention if you are a foreigner the jobs are very limited.
Japan is working itself into oblivion
This is the same exact reason I don't want to work in Japan. Even if you give me high pay. NO. I just travel around Japan whenever I can. It's such a beautiful country, but work is toxic.
Sure it may be the case where many companies here have a problematic work culture still, but there are also many good companies where you can balance work and life. IMO it depends more on what kind of work and company you’re at than simply whether it’s in Japan or not.
Japan is the best country for holiday, not for school or work. Too much pressure
I love her top 🥰 wish I knew where to find one like that!!
"tough working conditions"??? You work 6 AM to 9PM, then are expected to go out after work and get drunk with the boss. WTF??
@super batarang not everyone believes in an afterlife.
@super batarang Important to who? To you maybe, having kids is a waste of time and super f**king selfish. No one wants to be born here
@super batarang Can't get a woman or a house without a good job.
@@Mwoods2272 You'd know.
@2MB And you know this how exactly?
Great information sir, thank you for sharing!
I went as a tourist and only seeing everyone, from the guy who sweeps the street to the guy who prepares your breakfast, be stiff and perfectionist to the point of barely any spontaneity, made me realize that Japan is a hard place to live for many. Westerners idolize it but many wouldn’t last a day in such a strict culture.
A few years ago the New York Times did a profile on a group of young break dancers who performed on the streets and on subway platforms for fun and tips. One of the group was a young Japanese woman, only a year or so in America. She explained that it’s unimaginable to do the same in Japan.
Its so funny how everyone talks about how toxic the work culture is in japan without actually having any experience of working in japan. Yes can it be super toxic enviroment but it can be just as relaxed just as a job in europe or america would be. It all depends on the sector/company/position you work for.
Most Asians can fit into the Japanese work culture coz most Asian countries have similar working conditions. Westerners especially Europeans who have a great work life balance wouldnt really find themselves a good fit in the Japanese work culture.
I lived in Iwakuni for 2 yrs as a teen. I would love to spend the rest of my life there
“The people are nice, the food is bussin, but all the office buildings have suicide nets”
Goddd.... she is so pretty!
Salary doen't chage over 30 years in Japan. If I were foreigner, I would not live here.
It's like that in Latin America too 😢
@@luisyau_re Oh, I didn't know that. We're struggling to live our daily lives😔
I became a permanent resident of Japan and worked in Japan for 14 years, but I left because Japanese law encourages Japanese companies to hire foreigners for only 2 years 355 days or to classify them as independent contractors so foreigners even with permanent residence can never become permanent employees.
In Japan their work / employment hours are extreme and bad for them mentally and physically.
She's so cute 🥰
She saying I’m not working like that bro
When I was growing up everyone thought Japan was so futuristic. Now the more you watch/read about it you realise it’s well and truly stuck in the past
90s ?
@@belakhdaryoucef2668 80’s and 90’s
she said hell to the nah in the most polite way possible, japan aint for me honey😂💅
I did the exact same thing in Japan for four months as well in fall 2022, but I studied at Tsuru University. Great experience, but studying to become a teacher, I heard that being a teacher in Japan is pretty tough.
If I move to Japan it will be in the countryside and I’ll make furniture, I’d hate to work for a Japanese employer
Reminds me of a friend. He was a HUGE weeb and obsessed with Japan, even as to study in Japan. He's Asian so he looks pretty blended with native Japanese. Two years later, he returned to his home country. I heard he couldn't finish college, he was lonely and couldn't handle living in there anymore. Even his blind obsession can't sugarcoat how hard it must've been for him..
My first job after university was in Japan. Yes, it was tough, but the Japanese work ethic has been with me since. I feel like every place I worked thereafter was an easy workplace, and my colleagues and employers are always impressed. I credit my work habits to my time in Japan.
Perfect foreigner. Everyone should respect the culture they visit rather than trying to colonize and change it as an outsider
Work to live , not live to work life is short so earn enough need fulfil & remaining time spend with love one.
Just happy to see the young lady's face : )
The youth of Japan is so stressed under inflation, & a difficult work culture, that they do not want to get married, & couldn't afford to raise a family. They are severely depressed, & lonely.
@@annanguyen345 Unfortunately the leaders of the modern world are getting together & planning things against their own countrymen, the world around, like inflation, scams, crime in the name of law, non availability of jobs, costly food, shelter, housing, taxes, electricity, water, and so on, the list is endless. This shall trigger severe depression, suicidal tendencies, and last but not the least civil unrest and revolution, which shall lead to assassination of several politicians and govt.officials. Assasination of the Japanese President Shinzo Abe, is the first & foremost example of public aggression.
@@annanguyen345 Is that why Japan has a decreasing birth rate, but not America?
@@hun3408 well not exactly but some of ur assumptions are right😅,most of Japanese think like having enough financial support is the best gift that they can give to their family.. i know many people opposes this but sometimes i would personally support this when i see families ,, 1st enjoy their life and later broke financially after 2 or more kids born...
@@hun3408America's birth rate is not decreasing due to immigration. The native fertility rate is below replacement
Same girl - my semester in Kyoto exceeded my expectations. But it also confirmed my suspicions and worries about the downsides of moving there permanently as a foreigner.
Who would work overtime without getting paid?
Why do so many people,some of whom are even half Japanese and know the language feel so out of place in Japan? Does the culture exclude outsiders or leaves them alone to themselves? Why do I never see a non Japanese or half Japanese person on your channel saying they want to live there ?
Japanese culture is very racist.
If you aren’t Japanese, you will never make it there. Plus foreigners are not subservient like Japanese people are. They don’t like that. Never going back.
@ak2849
It is both of those, but primarily the first.
I sometimes believe that if the Japanese government could get away with instituting Sakoku (the Edo bakufu isolationist policy) again, they would. The only thing stopping them from implementing it is that they could no longer take advantage of foreign workers. (which Japan so desperately needs), while giving them nothing in return. Not even a sense of belonging.
@@Ak_thereader they just have a victim mentality that's all
日本の社会システムが合わないなら仕方ない。 でも、日本が駄目とかではなくて、日本固有の人間関係や組織に溶け込むのは難しいんだとおもう。 育った環境が違うのだから当たり前だし、おかしなことではない。 日本人が海外で暮らす場合も同じでしょう。
As a Taiwanese once traveling to Japan with my best mate for ten days without buying WiFi in 2014, i cannot imagine myself living in Japan either. It's a lovely place to travel and have fun, but working and living, sorry, I'll pass.😅
The work force in Japan is the main reason some of us find it difficult to pursue a life in Japan until we have retired.
It is a very hard cultural change for non-Japanese. I don't recommend trying. But it is not as bad as people from other places like US or Europe think, I think they are used to not working hard so it is hard for them.
No I think japan just treats workers like shit. You cant look at the rest of the world and claim 'oh they're all wrong, we're actually in the right' xenophobic freaks bro.
Japan is not for everyone.
Strong mentality people can work and live in Japan
Owner wants their staff to work hard but the compensation is not worth it
Omg i love her sweater vest
Hopefully Japan realizes this hurts their demand for foreign workers
Its Good Na This Forgein Workers Work Less Wants More Vacation And Money
@@prashantgurung2635 haha we barley get a vacation here in japan haha
@@mickeypros Go Back to Your Own Country na
Working culture in eastern asia is absolutely nightmare. But it is always difficult to live in the country where you are not grown up anyway. I'm currently living in Europe and someting is good. But I can't say that everything is cute here. Lol
That’s only Japan and Korea lol
China is completely different
Most areas are laid back
Especially Mongolia 🇲🇳
The key is to not live in cities :/
I live outside of the big cities and hours are normal like European and you can feel like how was Europe before as well, a sense of community and security.
Not like what we have right now in the EU with the amount of illegal immigration.
Working in Big cities in Japan is like working in California. It's just plain stupid to make a choices like that, specialy when the GOV help you to move outside of the cities :/
It’s normal to take home your work here and even when you receive the job description when you apply for a job, there is a mandatory 20-40 hours overtime for a month.
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I remember my last day in Japan, I was heart broken but 💯 sure I’m coming back ❤
Internet Law: to Japan and Korea only as a tourist
I lived Japan and did English teaching back in the late 90s. Good money but very strict regimented work culture i found. I prefer to visit Japan every few years as a tourist but wouldn't want to live full time these days. I've met enough Japanese expats that love living and working outside of Japan to tell me that its not as ideal as many might think it is.
I lived and worked in Japan for a few years and potentially whiny and demanding people aren't recieved very well by employers. Even if your arm falls off they still expect you to show up to your job.
It was incredible when I was visiting, but then when I started working, and worked 15 hour days 6 days a week… it wasn’t quite the same fun feeling. Hahahaha