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Thats great, but isn't there a lot of red tape in moving to another country?
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>A while back I looked at how I would score on their "points based" immigration calculator thing. >It wasn't good at all. So I take it you don't have a college degree or work in the software field like most people here. It's true: if you have no skills and work as a barista or janitor, Japan isn't very interested in having you immigrate here. If you're a skilled tech professional, however, it's the easiest country in…
I have a degree and 10+ years in tech. I redid it today, and now have 85 points. Amusingly, I just did some back of the envelope maths and worked out I could probably bump that to over 120 points in 2 years if I set my mind to it. As for "easiest", no. I've moved a lot, there's many countries that are far easier :)
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Would really love to see the LDP decide to open up immigration for folks from ASEAN member states. The JICA's infra projects in the region are a strong soft power play, and are getting delivered faster than anything funded by the Belt and Road initiative (or at least when I look at the different projects in Metro Manila, they are).
Not sure how true it is but an Asian friend told me the race that an Asian hates the most is another Asian... Looking at the immigration policies of China and Japan, I think he might be right.
There's also so much shared between cultures in the region, like how kakigori evolved into Halo Halo in Manila or how Takoyaki is popular all over the Philippines. Most of the names of our popular foods have names rooted in Hokkien/Southern Min.