Can Japan, South Korea shake off 'xenophobic' and 'racist' labels in bid to welcome foreign workers?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ค. 2024
- Labour-starved Japan and South Korea have been formulating new policies aimed at bringing in more foreign workers, but the countries are suffering from a perception problem, having been accused of being 'xenophobic' and 'racist' by some.
CNA's East Asia Tonight takes a deep dive into the issue with our regional correspondents as well as ex-diplomat Akio Kawato, the former Japanese Ambassador to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
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they should keep the labels and maintain a homogenous society
Look at the crime rates in Korea. 37% of violent crimes are committed by foreigners. Foreigners are only about 3% of the Korean population. Drug usage of Korea has risen up to 600% in the last years with the growing number of foreigners (mainly Thailand, China, and Vietnam) in Korea. Of course, people are cautious.
Malaysia has a lot of experience with foreign workers..most of them do not respect the local people.. they will insult your country after returning to their home country and playing victim..
Singaporeans are mostly Chinese. They want to invade Korea and Japan by acting by victims.
I don’t believe those statistics at all. I’ve seen so many violent and totally 100% Korean guys getting into drunk fistfights and yelling matches in the streets of Seoul
But the question is why foreigner are more likely to do crime, and is there the types of crimes percentage?, Inlude the types for 63 percent crimes Korean did aswell. I did the math with arithmetic alone the likelyness is 12 times, but it seems unrealistic, the foreigners from Korea must be from highest crime index countries.
The short and simple answer is 'no'. Source: 5 years in central Tokyo hearing the kind of stuff they say and seeing the things they do.
And its no problem. Japan can continue going down the drain, while Korea is up next down the toilet. The US continues with its economy 7x larger than Japan, that’s just completely sad
It's not mainly because of xenophobic but because they have seen the social problems in Europe with the immigrants
Japanese themselves say they are xenophobic… nobody talks about Europe
Stop smearing the west. 🤨
@@jaydel3 Far-right is on the rise due to immigration and American supported it. But why is not okay anti- foreigners in Japan
@@Spaceshps America is literally the land of immigrants.
The premise of the video is false. Singaporeans look down on mainland Chinese but that doesn't stop Chinese from moving to Singapore. The US is racist to the core but is also a magnet for foreign talent. Things like jobs, schools, housing, safety, cleanliness, etc. are vastly more important.
A country racist to the core doesn't attract many migrants.That's a contradiction.
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The usa isn't racist to the core .In fact America is one of the least racist and most diverse countries in the world.
@@balafama2120 People always assume because a country is talking openly about it's problems it must mean it has more problems than others. You will never hear an American complain about people smearing the US but a Chinese will even if you mention the smallest thing about China.
@@adlerzwei do you live in the US? Why is it we always hear about race issues? And do you think the country will be able to ever move past that?
I don’t think it’s racism, I think it is more of being cautious. They probably had had bad experiences with Southeast Asians. See, Japanese and Koreans are very conservative and they always follow the culture of honor and honesty and integrity. Other countries in Asia lack these values mainly due to poverty. This is my opinion as a Filipina.
Maybe I got a more favorable treatment due to my carrying an American passport; however, I remember back in 2016, Incheon Airport had the worst customer service I have received in Asia. I wrote a very harsh review of it and advised them to go to Narita and learn customer service. By the next year, I noticed an improvement in customer service. I went to Seoul to watch the musical "Death Note" in January 2017 and told myself that I would be fine once I got past the crabs at Incheon. No crabs by that time. Things were better. Also, staying at a hanok was more pleasant than staying at a hotel (except the heated floors were giving me migraines! 😭)
I hardly had a problem in Japan once I started speaking the language during my visits. I easily blended in by that time.
Worst airport treatment? Copenhagen. I will never forget the humiliating security pat down that I got in 2012.
Why do you think Asians lack values?? Do they enjoy poverty?? Everything has a reason. Also, Do you really think that a white man who had grown up in Asia or Africa amongst the poor of poor will be subjected to the same racism just because he is poor. The simple answer is absolutely "no".
Nah, they are just plain racist. Even when they visit our country Ph, they act all high and migthy they dont even bother to interact with locals unless they really have to, I am experciencing it on a daily basis since I work in a building full of Koreans, Japanese and Chinese
@@mariatolentino4516I’m Filipino-American and I can say that I get embarrassed with my fellow Filipinos and how they interact with our Japanese and Korean coworkers/friends. Also, I would like to correct myself regarding poverty as the reason for being uncouth. I think some Filipinos are just too excited to have non-Filipino friends that they come on too strong. Another thing is they mistake the generosity of Japanese and Korean people as a reason to ask for more. Embarrassing but it is what it is.
@@mariatolentino4516I found customer service in Korea quite poor in general. Pronouncedly cool and unfriendly towards foreigners
I will never work in Japan or Korea. Very poor work culture. Pray that Japanese employers treat these domestic helpers kindly and not let them work to death
You must be European or others. You tried to disordered for asian. Sorry
It's not that East Asia is xenophobic (a fear of outsiders), it's that they love their own culture too much to purposefully make it disappear like Western countries have done and are doing with their own cultures. If you asked the Japanese if they would trade their unique culture for an extra percentage point of GDP growth, I doubt many people would make that choice.
They don't love all their own cultures though. The Yamato wiped out the Ainu in Japan and they're doing the same to the Ryukyu. They don't care about the Ainu, Ryukyu, Kakyou, or Zainichi minorities. Russia and China will invade Japan if the Yamato majority doesn't imitate Singapore. Stricter civil law makes immigration work.
East Asians are rather racist, nothing to do with love of their own culture. You can say racism is part of their culture, they feel their culture is superior, its also why Japan, Korea and China all despise each other
Would you accept someone into your house if that improves your household income? Its a complicated question. If I am out of debt, make enough for food and entertainment, I am ok if my income does stays stagnate. So it seems like the people clamoring for GDP to be positive are those who borrowed money with interest. So GDP had to be growing at X% for them to break even.
Nah, east asia is very racist, more so than east asians that ran away from their home countries
I have to agree. I've worked in Japan before and there are unspoken norms and values that you are expected to follow if you want to work well with your colleagues and be welcomed to their community. The trick with immigration is whether they can guarantee that the majority of those coming in are willing to embrace these values and norms and perhaps be comfortable with the fact that they will always be the "outsider" or a "guest".
If you import non-locals to your country, what becomes of your country? Unless they adopt the culture, your culture dies, your nation, heritage and legacy is gone...
Eh, I doubt the vietnamese and koreans will forget Japanese legacy. How healthy that will be for Japan is questionable though.
@@calvinhoward3808Why Vietnamese? Vietnam was never annexed
We’d rather have the ‘Xenophobic’ label instead of ending up like west Europe.
Look at the current state of Paris…
Accepting immigrants is also a short term bandaid. Once immigrants enter, you have a new higher limit to grow the GDP assuming the growth was limited by lack of immigrants. But soon this limit will be hit and you will hit the next limit. And it becomes a never ending cycle of new limits.
The bigger question is why must GDP be growing? To most people if their income stays the same inflation adjusted, they are ok. Its the investors who borrowed money and invested that needs GDP to be growing in order to break even on their investment.
There are many reasons, but I think one big reason is because economic growth increases a nation's immunity to invasion, including economic warfare. It provides funds for the military and other institutions involved in national defense. That's essential during this time of geopolitical insecurity. A nation is most vulnerable when its economy is stagnant, and its military is underfunded.
Japan and Korea would not want to make the same mistake ,as what your country Singapore did. Lucky they had a country to do this first and see the terrible outcome for themselves!😆😆😆
Do you realize the nominal GDP per capita is far higher in Singapore than JP or SK, even starting last year JP per capita fell below SK
@@futo ..still harping on GDP. You will see what will happen this time round at election.
@@futo and what's your population size? it's almost as irrelevant as Indians claiming to be the 5th largest economy. A small population handling funny money of course it's gonna be high.
@@kengleetan63By your name I assume you are chinese singaporean. Do you realise that your ancestors are immigrant?Those immigrants are the one who help build your country if not it will probably stay the underdevelope fishing village that you were and you will probably didnt exist if it werent for your ancestor emigrating.
Japanese and Koreans are still not open to the idea of having more immigrants to replace their low birth rate. So what mistakes are u talking about? Singaporeans are now more open to the idea of having more immigrants because Singaporeans are not re-producing enough. If Japan does not start convincing their people that immigration are necessary right now. It will be too late. Trust me, the Japanese are not open to the idea of non-japanese in their neighbourhood. I was there for 8 years. Still treated like an outsider
Many currencies are strengthening against the yen. It will be interesting to see how that works around Expo 2025 in Japan next year. For now, it looks like a great travel destination!
Japan will need laws as strict as Singapore if it wants to grow its population and accept immigrants safely.
Tbh I think Japan should adopt a policy similar to the one Thailand used in the past in which it demanded its ethnic Chinese minority integrate into society by adopting Thai culture and letting go of Chinese culture. Now Thai and Thai-Chinese are one to the point that nobody will differentiate between the two in a way you see in other countries. I say this because unlike Singapore which has mostly accepted Malaysians who are ethnically and culturally virtually the same as Singaporeans, in addition to Chinese, Indians and Indonesians, Japan doesn't have a source country that is basically a mirror image of Japan in terms of culture and ethnicity. Japan is mostly accepting migrant workers, skilled workers and students from an array of other Asian countries because they are the most similar to Japan in terms of culture but that doesn't mean the same. So if ever Japan has to turn towards permanent immigration and some of these skilled workers and students do get to remain permanently in the country, they should ordered to be Japanised to the point that they have no connection with the culture they were born in. It sounds crazy but real world examples exist like Thailand that prove it can be successful.
and yes I think they need to follow Singapore by having very strict rules and laws in regards to PR and citizenship. If any country needs to accept immigrants, following the Singapore model is by far the best model to follow.
@@user-jt3dw6vv4x Complete assimilation like that would make sense except:
1. There are territorial disputes between Japan and China. China wants to colonize Japan so it can have power projection access to the Pacific. There are already many Chinese spies operating in Japan. Attempting to assimilate them would give China a huge strategic advantage.
2. Integration, like the Singapore model, provides more economic opportunity than the Thai assimilation model because it gives a country greater access to multiple nations for trade and military partnerships. Singapore is able to cooperate more with powers like India, the US, UK, Malaysia, Philippines, and Taiwan because of their multicultural polyglot society.
3. Thailand's birthrate isn't declining like Japan's, so it has the luxury to demand complete assimilation. Japan doesn't have that luxury. Also, Japan's past imperialism and attempts at assimilating Korea bar it from making such a demand. Integrating multiple Asian ethnicities under strict laws while respecting their cultural identity, like Singapore does, is Japan's best bet.
@@MiguelDLewis Sorry the Thailand case was just an example. Japan isn't accepting people from China on the scale that it is from countries in South and Southeast Asia. I actually understand what you're saying but the Japanese look for workers outside of East Asia. There is also a Chinese minority in Japan that has existed in the country for a very long time and they are well integrated into Japanese society.
I have to respectfully disagree here. Singapore is diverse but it has its own culture. A Singaporean-Chinese and a Singaporean-Indian don't actually have anything in common with China and India respectively. They have been living in Singapore for centuries and identify as Singaporeans. In fact, in Singapore there is long standing xenophobia and racism towards PRC Chinese and Indians from India as well as well documented extreme hatred towards other Southeast Asians, particularly from Malaysia and the Philippines that has led to the Singaporean government calling out statements made by locals towards foreigners. Singapore's ethnic diversity hasn't helped it maintain connections with other countries, that's purely because they adopted a policy of non-alignment and to "be a friend to all and an enemy to none".
@@MiguelDLewis In regards to Thailand, the assimilation process of the Chinese happened hundreds of years ago when ethnic Chinese were migrating to Thailand. This happened a long time ago, sorry I should've been more clearer. It's not a modern example. Thailand also has a declining fertility rate, in fact it's lower than Japan's fertility rate and stands at 1.16, making it the second lowest fertility rate in Southeast Asia after Singapore's 0.97 fertility rate. Singapore's case isn't actually about integrating multiple Asian ethnicities. Singaporeans are mostly of Chinese, Malay and Indian descent so as a result, the Singaporean government accepts immigrants from Malaysia, China, Indonesia and India. Most of them are from Malaysia who are just like Singaporeans and mostly of Chinese, Malay and Indian descent and culturally very similar as they were once part of the same country. The case of Singapore is that it is very strict in who is allowed in but being ethnically Chinese, Malay, Indian and from Malaysia puts you at a much, much higher advantage than every other nationality because Singapore strives hard to maintain the demographics of the country which are 74% Chinese, 14% Malay, 9% Indian and 3% Others (mostly Eurasians). These have been the demographics of the country for hundreds of years. So the government wants to keep it the same to maintain stability, to make sure the Malay and Indian minorities don't get drowned out by immigrants and to make sure the Chinese know that they aren't shrinking in size.
They won’t even fully accept their own blood whose ancestors have migrated abroad. (The Brazilian Japanese community in Japan)
Jai Hind. We Indian origins are also getting bad labels as the worst racist perception in Africa or against Africans.
You know it's a troll account when the comment starts with "Jai Hind". Now, get off the Internet.
I hope immigration won't hit East Asia as much as Europe. The strength of East Asian countries lie in their homogenous society. Well that was also with Europe's. But look at how bad Europe is. East Asia should take it as a caution.
It's a win-win. They are getting 20x the income than their home country. Even with the cost of living differences, they can save a lot of money.
Carefull alot of workers arived in Japan for work got exploitation from Japanese.
Japan and South Korea discriminate against ASEAN people. But why are ASEAN people still crazy about them?
younger gen loves their entertainments. and parents dont educate them that they are all fake. you go korea and the local looks like north korea in modern dress code if you know what i mean.
because of the media
What is ASEAN people?
People worship wealth. If you are rich, you can get away with murder
@@liamlee8422 Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Southeast Asia is far more better
They should learn from Singapore and China.
it's a fact that japanese police target foreigners for targeted questioning without justification. it's like the police see a foreigner then just proceed to question them even though my friends was clearly tourists with shopping bags yet they was questioned on for like nearly 30 minutes. in the end one of them got so fed up that in response he told the police officer he will never come back to japan for holidays & would never recommend others to do so for their xenophobic attitude towards foreigner. it's justified to question but to be targeted just because you have a foreigner face is nonsense. it goes to show japanese police are not trained in handling situation with foreigner & still using old attitudes in dealing with foreigner.
Yes, that's right. But it's not only foreigners but also Japanese people. Police officers judge by their appearance, so they interrogate them with tattoos, hairstyles and clothes.
@@user-ig5wx6mz5r it's sad coz it tarnish your country reputation coz this tourists will go back home & will tells everyone not to go japan.
Police routinely stop Japanese passers-by for ID too, so I don't know what your point is.
@@twist777hz point is yes you have the right to check for id but even in places as strict as singapore police will check your id ask couple of questions if nothing thats it. but in japan once the police target you it will be a very unpleasant experience. furthermore my friends was there as tourists happily shopping & sight seeing & to be targeted in such way it's just absurd. even if a tourist did do some infringement probably a minor reminder will do if it's nothing major but to hold them up for 30 minutes & making feels like as if they are criminal is ridiculous.
Then don’t come back lmao nobody is begging for you to stay in Japan 😂
That first story, were she anything but east asian would her abilities still matter?
SK can take a risk of accepting North Korean refugees to protect their cultural identity and homogenous society 😂
what north korean refugees? theres only 30000 in the south... the vast majority of northerners cant escape. and the northerners tend to not assimilate into southern society too much differences culturally linguistically etc.
Sounds like low paid slavery
No
We got too many Shirohitos.
They are USA financial colonies, so its impossible for them to not being racist. You can see by who they supported in wars back then.
Can the Big Guys stop their stupid wef elitism games?
Both Japanese & Korean cultures are beloved worldwide (like anime and K-Pop). They could attract millions of young people
But japan has 125.1 million people. That's a lot. Is this 125 million mostly old people?...
All that fit into the size of California. That's ridiculous. With all that feces and human waste coming in, it can probably fill up Tokyo bay to make even more land.
Korean senior management and C-Levels are xenophobic right here in Singapore.
They see singapore for what it is....a mess
@@blackbelt2000 Ah more Korean racists. 0 humanity, just hate and ignorance. Korea is fading away, cry with jealousy, White fatish plastic l0s3rs
lmao as if Singaporean, Taiwanese, other ASEAN don't have xenophobic attitude.
Very good to helpings oriental Asian country people helping or given jobs for our Asian people to Asian people. Very appreciated. Be careful with Muslim, in Europe big trouble. Love jihad is dangerous.
Not Racist but Super Racist
They are extremely racist and xenophobic than majority white nations like Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Russia & other European nations. I love their technology & other innovations in STEM but their character & attitudes esp. towards non-whites that came from under-develop/developing nations are so distasteful & bad that it discourages you to visit them. That's why do not be fooled by their media & entertainment, they purposely made them so that you will fantasize & idolize these people but in truth they hate you.
The term "racism" also worked well for Singapore 🇸🇬 and China 🇨🇳 when Mr Chew, the TikTok CEO, were asked point blank during his US Senate questioning about his connection with the authoritarian surveillance Chinese regime.
- It was a simple Yes No answer, but he tried to skirt the question.
how is this related to racism?
Hey bot, his answer that he was Singaporean is to show to your masters their ignorance, just like how the US masters who developed you. Ask your masters to program you well.
@@user-rt6ip4kb1iWatch the hearing
I'm glad someone pointed this out.
One of the main reasons Japan is safe, clean and functional is due to racism. Hope Japan remains a safe haven for sanity.
Can majority Singaporeans do the same?
Kimochi
Dame bakayaro
All is fine except for chinese 🙏
and Americans
@@umbrellastudio7481 Americans built Japan. It barely had any paved roads or sewage systems, even before the nuclear bombings.
@@MiguelDLewisThat’s half true. You’re forgetting the British dumbass, they built all their ships, navy, docks, railways, etc. So did other Europeans.
@@MiguelDLewis Americans didn't built Japan; what an idiotic comment.
Chinese are fine. They treat Chinese very well as they look like them
If it's not hate, what is it? Reasons for Uyghur detention in one of 380 Xinjiang camps in China 🇨🇳 include:
- having a beard,
- wearing a veil,
- applying for a passport,
- possessing a Quran,
- praying,
- downloading WhatsApp and
- having too many children.
Japan and Korea need more Indian people ☺
Get lost and stay in your sxxhit hole India!dont go and dirty other country !
No.never. indians will make street dirty like their city
kolea is the no1 racist banget in the world 🌎
still better than your country💪
No. Swiss, Austria and most of European country are biggest xenophobic and racist # one.
The Truth hurts, they are only not racist towards Caucasian
Japanese are racist towards anyone who is not Japanese.
Korea most racist country in the world. What a horrible country
That's their master
@@xxoo-lp6vc No one is above anyone.
What makes you think that? They didn't accept the Eurocentric worldview as you like to fantasize about.
The best solution to this aging population problem is both Japan and South Korea should be incorporated into China as autonomous regions of China.
Korea and Japan have nothing to do with China lol
LOL what??? China has SUPER aging population 😂
@@djibicisse Korea and Japan are part of Chinese cultural sphere of influence for millennia.
@@flowertowerrr Combined with China, both Japan and Korea and mitigate this aging problem to large extent.
China also aging lmao