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As foreigners flee Japan, their jobs are filled by...Japanese people.
Yesterday, Japan's Asahi TV aired a 15 minute special report about how how foreigners have been avoiding Japan because of fears about radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. The report focuses on the economic impact that a drop in tourism and an exodus of foreign workers:Many foreign "trainees" who perform manual labor at factories have fled Japan. At a clothing factory in Tokyo, they find that only one of its five Chinese workers has left the country. They interview her by phone, and she says that she returned to China because her family was worried about radiation from Fukushima. Some of the other workers at the factory had considered leaving Japan after the announcement that Tokyo's water supply had been contaminated, but after radiation levels dropped, they decided to stay. They are concerned about food and water safety, but do not feel like abandoning their employer. Farms are struggling after losing some of their "trainee" laborers. At once farm in Ibaraki, work has become very difficult after 3 of its 4 Chinese laborers left Japan. However, not all hope is lost for Japan's farmers. The previously-mentioned farmer was able to hire 2 new employees: a Japanese couple who from Minamisoma city. They'd been living in an evacuation shelter since the nuclear accident and needed new jobs. Although they have no experience with farming, they seem happy to be working. Amazing how that works. Posted by: gromky 2011-04-19 |
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