If some country was willing to pay me 3 times what I normally make for my skills, I would think about it, especially if it was short term, like a year or so.
But so far being able to finish 3 meatball heroes at one sitting hasn’t been very in demand overseas.
Bangladesh.............what could possibly go wrong?....................
Good post but since this is The Japan Times, an unusual Japanese publication because it is aimed at foreigners, I suspect this story is mostly for FOREIGN consumption.
Usually, this subset of Japanese media has a perennial “Japan at the crossroads..!”-theme, as if NOW Japan is juuuust perched on the cusp of turning into a completely Westernized country.
If you rely exclusively on such sources, you get a scewed, other-worldly view of Japan that pleases the Japanese very much.
Some themes you’ll swear by:
1. Japan is turning into a Lifestyle Superpower
2. The capitol city of Japan will soon move out of Tokyo
3. The problems out at Narita are juuuust about to be resolved
4. Lots of Japanese women are nuts about feminism
5. Japan is about to import a whole ton of foreigners
6. Being of mixed race is unremarkable. Or it’s cool. Or both, sort of like One Hand Clapping.
7. Commute times are about to shorten dramatically
That’s just some I thought up but if I really reflect on it, I could triple that.
Japan cannot handle a demographic shift. It will be another nail in its coffin along with a birthrate that is evaporating their society.