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nursing shortage, only 3 actually passed their <br>Japanese-language nursing exams. While in 2009, none of the<br>82 candidates passed. This represents a stunning waste of <br>human resources, money, and dreams, both here in Japan and <br>
back in the Philippines. <br><br>As we mentioned in the news item at the time, most of the <br>blame on this rather miserable statistic can be placed with<br>the Japanese authorities who conceived the program in the <br>first place. How can someone possibly learn enough Japanese<br>
in the first 6 months that over the remaining 2 1/2 years <br>of gruelingly long hours of manual labor they can then acquire <br>the rest of the language needed to actually pass their nursing <br>exams?<br><br>Indeed, one of the three to successfully pass recounted how<br>
she had to fight to stay awake and study until 01:00am <br>every morning, trying to acquire sufficient kanji to read <br>the exam questions in the first place. Let's remember that<br>she was already a fully qualified nurse -- so this was <br>
really just a language issue.<br><br>From our experience (both personal and through observation)<br>the quickest that an intelligent person not used to <br>Chinese/Japanese characters can actually learn and be <br>functional in the language, from zero, is about one year. <br>
And for those wanting to be productive (versus merely <br>functional) two years is a much better time frame. These <br>periods, by the way, mean FULL TIME study -- in a highly <br>structured classroom setting, with lots of quality teaching<br>
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<br>[...Article continues]<br><br>The basis for our saying one year is the practical minimum <br>is based on the fact that certain diplomatic courses run <br>here for staff of foreign embassies can turn out Japanese <br>speakers/readers in one year so long as the person can <br>
dedicate themselves fully to their studies and doesn't have<br>to worry about income, job responsibilities, etc. Although <br>the graduates from such courses can indeed read a newspaper<br>after a year, they will quickly tell you that a dictionary <br>
and a spare hour per article is also needed to cope. <br>That's why we say that an extra year of study is worth <br>investing in: it spares you having to carry a dictionary <br>and hours of spare time.<br><br>Thus, to expect nurses from a relatively relaxed culture to<br>
come in and suddenly become Japanese-fluent, while changing<br>bed pans and turning immobile patients over (remember <br>they're not registered in Japan as nurses yet, so the work <br>is manual and extremely tiring) is just an exercise in <br>
futility. <br><br>And it's not just nurses. There have been many schemes <br>cooked up over the years to bring low-cost foreign workers <br>to Japan and put them to work. One segment where there has <br>been some (limited) success is in software development. In <br>
India, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, there are <br>numerous Japanese language schools servicing the needs of <br>large corporations there that want to break into the Japanese <br>market. <br><br>Typically these foreign employers have their engineers <br>
study on their own time initially, to prove that they have <br>the basic interest, commitment, and capability. If the <br>person passes their Japanese Language Proficiency Test <br>(JLPT) Level Four exam, then they are given financial and <br>
work support to do a full-time course for at least 3 months<br>to get to Level 3 or higher. If they pass Level 3, then <br>they are placed on an eligibility roster for eventual <br>assignment in Japan.<br><br>Now, admittedly, JLPT Level 3 isn't really that useful in a<br>
Japanese work environment, you need to have Level 2 <br>or even Level 1 ability to be a proper contributor. But at <br>least one's own personal needs and social support can be <br>covered with Level 3. In reality, most of the work a <br>
foreign software person is going to perform in Japan anyway <br>is going to be low level and relatively language independent.<br>We say this because one of the most common jobs for <br>foreign software developers is to churn out the mind-numbing <br>
code needed for device drivers and electromechanical <br>devices. Recently there is some higher-end systems <br>architecting work available, but this is still rare.<br><br>Anyway, we now have a situation where the designers of the <br>
nursing program are starting to realize that their charges <br>are actually people and not little flexible-limbed robots, <br>and therefore the idea of extending their language lessons <br>by at least another 3-6 months without the conflict of <br>
grueling work schedules, is highly likely. Yes, it's going<br>to be expensive, but without such steps, they can forget <br>about having 10,000 extra foreign nurses here.<br><br>Japan could learn about language learning for foreign <br>
immigrants by taking a look at how foreign companies <br>prepare their own employees for overseas assignments, and <br>pick up on best practices. The Nikkei's erstwhile senior <br>journalist, Waichi Sekiguchi, penned an interesting article<br>
several weeks ago about how Samsung prepares its staff for <br>foreign postings, including coming to Japan. <br><br>He points out that the firm realizes that employees working<br>abroad have to have strong language skills and so it has a <br>
program whereby trainees are sent abroad for a year, to <br>intensively learn English, Chinese, or Japanese. <br><br>For the first nine months the employee does nothing but <br>immersive study and for the following three months they are<br>
expected to get out into the local community and build a <br>personal network. This last part is a stroke of brilliance <br>because it strongly ties exam achievement with practical <br>application of the newfound skill. Of course the employee <br>
receives salary during this entire period. Samsung also has<br>Korea-based language training camps and about 1,100 <br>employees attend these camps annually for 10 weeks of solid<br>instruction. Apparently about 20,000 people, about 10% of<br>
the workforce, has gone through such intensive programs -- <br>which is very impressive.<br><br>Now, this discussion is about inbound workers rather than <br>Japanese employees being sent abroad. So the point of the <br>Samsung model is that here you have a large group of <br>
corporate elite, and even for such motivated employees the <br>minimum language training offered is twelve months (if you <br>include the three months dedicated to personal networking).<br>This, in our opinion is the absolute minimum that should be<br>
offered to the nurses and engineers who are supposed to <br>help out the nation in the future.<br><br>We have no doubt that some would prefer the technological<br>answer. Therefore, one ray of hope may come from a company <br>
called Fuetrek, which has announced a software recognition <br>application and accompanying chip set having an outstanding<br>99% accuracy. This is significantly higher than existing <br>systems which come in at around 85% accuracy. The system <br>
uses a centralized network server to store and process a <br>million-word/phrase database from input made on a cell <br>phone or other remote device. The system is yet to be <br>incorporated into any commercial devices, but if it is, <br>
perhaps this technology will go some way towards easing <br>language issues for skilled foreign newcomers. <br><br>Of course if someone is having a heart attack and you're <br>out of translator batteries, then we wonder who gets the<br>
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- U.S. action on child abductions starting to take shape<br>- New auto sales up 33.5%<br>- Love hotel fundraising<br><br><br><br><br>-> 45% of Japanese kids sleep in class<br><br>Somehow we missed this news report from the Nikkei in April, <br>
but we had to include it this time around. According to <br>the Japan Youth Research Institute, 45.1% of Japanese kids <br>doze off in class, the worst rate among the nations of <br>Japan, U.S., China, and South Korea. The institute reckons <br>
it's because Japanese kids spend too much time playing <br>computer games and emailing/texting their friends late at <br>night. ***Ed: So where are the parents?** (Source: TT <br>commentary from <a href="http://nikkei.co.jp">nikkei.co.jp</a>, Apr 8, 2010) <br>
<br><a href="http://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/TNKS/Nni20100409D08HH529.htm">http://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/TNKS/Nni20100409D08HH529.htm</a><br><br>-> ...And now your ancestors will pay, too!<br><br>We've heard that people in Okinawa are upset with PM <br>
Hatoyama's inability to simply get rid of all the American <br>armed forces from the island, all at once. But things have <br>gone to altogether another level when people start <br>vandalizing his family's graves. Apparently last week <br>
someone spray painted Granddad Ichiro Hatoyama's grave <br>stone yellow, and that of his grandmother as well. (Source:<br>TT commentary from <a href="http://thenews.com.pk">thenews.com.pk</a>, May 7, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=237946">http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=237946</a><br>
<br>-> U.S. action on child abductions starting to take shape<br><br>It looks like with the Chris Savoie attempted child <br>repossession case last year, that child abduction by <br>(primarily) Japanese mothers from the U.S. to Japan is <br>
about to get some much needed but unwelcome (from the <br>Japanese government's point of view) attention from <br>lawmakers in the USA. Led by Christopher Smith (R) of New <br>Jersey, there is a bill being submitted to Congress that <br>
will punish Japan with sanctions or worse if the Japanese <br>don't do something quickly about the rate of abductions --<br>signing the Hague Convention being one step towards that <br>goal. (Source: TT commentary from <br>
<a href="http://google.com/hostednews/afp">google.com/hostednews/afp</a>, May 6, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/354hf6u">http://tinyurl.com/354hf6u</a><br><br>-> New auto sales up 33.5%<br><br>Sales of new vehicles are up over last year by an average <br>
33.5% according to the Japan Automobile Dealers Association<br>(JADA). Of the 222,095 autos sold, the biggest rise was in <br>660cc or smaller K-class vehicles, which account for just <br>over 90% of all vehicle sales, followed by mid-range ones. <br>
Reasons for the increased sales include: i) government <br>incentives for eco-vehicles, lower toll fees, and general <br>consumer confidence. (Source: TT commentary from <br><a href="http://xinhuanet.com">xinhuanet.com</a>, May 6, 2010)<br>
<br><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2010-05/06/c_13280600.htm">http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2010-05/06/c_13280600.htm</a><br><br>-> Love hotel fundraising<br><br>A Financial Times article last week tells the story of <br>
Aim-listed Japan Leisure ("Leisure" being a substitute term<br>for love hotels) which is looking to raise capital on the <br>exchange. The FT spoke to asset manager Steve Mansfield <br>about his leisure hotel business in Japan. According to the<br>
article, about one million couples visit the nation's <br>25,000-30,000 hotels each day! Last fiscal year, Japan <br>Leisure had sales of JPY1.2bn, and an operating profit of <br>JPY33.3m. The company's occupancy rate is an impressive <br>
242%, amounting to JPY13,568 per room. Apparently Mansfield<br>wants the money to scale the business. Sounds like a good<br>bet to us.** (Source: TT <br>commentary from <a href="http://ft.com">ft.com</a>, May 6, 2010)<br>
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Place : Club 57, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan<br>Time : 6pm to 9pm (doors open at 5:50pm)<br>Price : 2500yen pre-registered or 3000yen at the door<br><br>+++ Finger food and one drink included in the entry price<br>+++ Numbers are limited to 150 people, so get in quick to <br>
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