‘Charity’ is Not a Japanese Word!
Posted by Guy on January 20, 2009
Japan is too infertile to ‘grow’ Charity
A much publicized legal case a few years ago was the Ministry of Health, Labor & Welfare’s decision not to provide workers’ compensation to the wife of a Toyota company employee who committed suicide in 1988 because of overwork. [The Nagoya High Court, some 15 years later, upheld a lower court ruling that repealed the Labor Ministry’s appeal. ]
Heard a rumor a few days ago about a husband and wife who, having been laid off by Toyota motors a while ago, also lost their home because they couldn’t keep up the mortgage payment.
I sincerely hope that they don’t commit suicide. But I can’t see how any other ‘option’ might be available to them. There are No safety nets. Compassion never existed in Japan.
The ’10-rule-90 principle,’ the Okami-Shomin relationship, is not negotiable!
A society without safety nets and lacking in compassion is not a civilized society. Japan certainly has the financial ability to provide all Japanese with social security, at least food and shelter, to prevent them from taking their own lives.
However, while caring for people is within Japan’s financial grasp, it is not politically viable for the tripartite oligarchy. The gatekeepers of Japanese vertical society would never allow it!
Japanifik is not a wealthy prefecture (state.) In fact, a large number of the Japanese who migrated to the Americas were from Japanifik.
Brazilian Residents: Double Losers
It was very sad to see the Brazilian residents from the Kanto area, Aichi and other prefectures demonstrating in Tokyo about job security.
Brazilian residents march through Tokyo’s Chuo-ku to protest against poor job security on Sunday. (Source: Mainichi. Image may be subject to copyright.)
[Brazilian residents of Japan are mostly descendants of Japanese emigrants to Brazil. Large-scale emigration of Japanese to Americas began in the early 20th century. There are about 1.5 million Japanese emigrants and their descendants in Brazil.]
About 500 protesters, walked from Shimbashi to Ginza [3 km] waving banners reading ‘A chance for employment and education.’
Foreign workers are invariably the first to be fired. Consequently, they can’t afford to send their children to international schools.
“I took Japanese nationality in order to try and get full-time employment to look after my children,” a protester said. “But my factory is planning job cuts in March, and if I get fired it’ll be difficult to find another job.”
Former Japan national soccer team member Ruy Ramos, a Brazilian-born, also sent a message to the protesters.
“Brazilian residents contribute to Japanese society, and we want the government to bring in measures to safeguard employment, housing and education for them immediately,” said Ramos.
‘Masters in this country will always settle the problem at the sacrifice of their servants. The principle is to have no principle.’ —Toshihiko Abe
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