Gov't looks to increase foreign students in Japan

Saturday 17th May, 03:11 AM JST

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outofmydepth at 09:10 AM JST - 17th May

geeze japan - we want them, we dont want them, we want them, we dont want them. make up your mind about foreigners. you want to fill those seats at universities or positions to teach kids in the schools but won`t help them get housing or jobs. where are they supposed to sleep, study, cook???
pizzaboy at 08:19 AM JST - 18th May

so you think all 130 million people here should just come to a collective decision and fast? life is just that simple isn't it? must be nice in your shoes, looking down from the mighty heavens.
DenshaDeGO at 03:54 PM JST - 18th May

I totally agree. First they want foreigners, then they don't. Then they do again, then they don't. They want foreigners in their TV commercials and eikaiwas but they don't want to have to sit next to them on public transportation nor rent apartments to them or talk to them on the streets.
i0love0japan at 09:18 AM JST - 19th May

i am a purbread american and i am still in high school in america and when i get out of college i want to move to japan and teach english or history but i do agree they should make up their minds on weather they want forgien students because weather they want it or not japan is my favorite country (besides USA because i live here) and i am still going to live and teach there some day
Notginger at 02:07 PM JST - 19th May

i0love0japan - Please come, you will be welcome as an English language teacher here. Your spelling ability automatically qualifies you for red carpet treatment. If you are lazy and unimaginative but can turn up to work regardless of how sick or hungover you are you will get red carpet treatment all the way. On the other hand, if you wish to become proficient in the English language by the time you finish high school and you have an ambitious yearning to try teaching techniques less than thirty years out of date twinned with the perverse idea that you should stay home when sick in order to prolong your life and well being whilst at the same time reducing th risk of infecting others, don't bother coming here. Actually, that's a bit harsh, but work satisfaction is a very significant factor in determining overall satisfaction and, regardless of the very many positive aspects of Japanese society, it's a rubbish place to work. Still, you're young and you're from the USA which also has a fairly slavish work ethic, so don't let an old fart like me put you off.