Re: Foreign citizens as % of population

[K430751@kepco.co.jp]

Hi,

I think at least you drop the following points.

* Location of Japan
 Far East, isolated on the Pacific Ocean. Next to South Korea.
--->>Why did not you compare with Korea or Taiwan? At least, Korea is a
member of OECD/OCDE. It is no meaning to compare between EU countries
because it is quite an easy thing for EU residents to move in their region.
I think you should separate EU peoples when checking data in EU.

* Data basis
 About Japan, it clearly counts leagal population. Also if the definition
is "national of some country" then it might exclude "Korean with no
nationality", who are one of the big group. (Yes, we might exclude these
Koreans because they are nearly Japanese except nationality.) How about the
US statistic? If counting illeagal work force from abroad, it would become
MUCH higher. When I go to Izakaya restaurant on business before, I never
met Japanese staff, but most of them are Chinese, some leagal, and another
illeagal.

* Hostile?
 If it would truly be the hostile for foreigner, why many person here
including you staying Japan? If Japan woudl truly do not like foreigners in
its region, it would close all the door except Nagasaki, just before
1850s.(:->)


T.


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to:     vnsa list
from:   George Maeda, Fukuoka, Japan
re:     Foreign citizens as % of population
date:   20 Nov 1999
FOREIGN CITIZENS AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION:
This data is from OECD (published in The Economist on 26 Sept 1998).
These figures are for 1996.  Compared to 1986 figures, all
countries when up (except for France, which fell from
8 to 7 percent).  Note: You should view this graph with
fixed width fonts, otherwise things will not line up.
In any event, each * is a percentage point.
                        1         2         3         4
              01234567890123456789012345678901234567890
Japan         +*   <----- less than one percent
Spain         +**
Finland       +**
Portugal      +***
Italy         +***
Ireland       +****
Britain       +****
Norway        +*****
Netherlands   +*****
Denmark       +******
Sweden        +******
France        +*******
Germany       +********
Austria       +********
Belgium       +********
United States +*********
Canada        +*****************
Switzerland   +******************
Australia     +*********************
Luxembourg    +**********************************
              +---------+---------+---------+---------+
                        1         2         3         4
              01234567890123456789012345678901234567890
                 -----------percentage------------>
My comment: Japan talks a great deal about "kokusai-ka"
(internationalization).  But it is mostly lip service.
Of all OECD (i.e., industrialized) nations, Japan is
the most hostile to foreigners and has the least
immigration.  End of comment.
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