Let’s talk about Japan’s labor shortage, declining companies, and low wages.. we’ll start about pointing out a weird similarity to the decline of the #yakuza
This article explains why the Hangure (gangs) are not going to replace the once powerful yakuza

nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/… The gangs (半グレ) are big news in Japan because they orchestrate fraud, violent robberies, sensational crimes. But none of them last long.
They often pay tribute to the yakuza but are not a networked structure
The lower ranking members are temporary staffers
No benefits

The Japanese government runs campaigns that encourage people to suspect foreign workers of being illegal immigrants
or criminals
and then wonders why foreign workers don’t wanna come here

“Cooperate with legal hiring of foreigners month”

It’s a racist dog whistle
Cute ☺️ mascot I like living and working in Japan. There are some politicians here who have put forth really good plans for integrating foreigners into the workforce and discouraging discrimination. But the current legacy of Abe/LDP government Is shortsighted institutionalized xenophobia.

For 18 years, I followed the career of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: autocratic thuggery, crony corruption, lies, and xenophobia
He turned Japan into a country that can't tell the truth

This is the $11.8 million dollar eulogy he deserved

#DishonestAbe

thedailybeast.com/former-japanes… The Moritomo Gakuen scandal is a microcosm of Abe corruption

Ministry of Finance intervened to cut the price, by nearly $8 million, of a plot of land purchased by a right-wing private-school operator, Moritomo Gakuen, who planned to build the Abe Shinzo Memorial Elementary

Everything you ever needed to know about deceased Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is here
For years, we reported his scandals, cover-ups, and corruption
He came to the sort of violent end that fascinated him so much in the movies he loved
And his legacy lives on thedailybeast.com/shinzo-abe-was… When reviewing Abe’s legacy, I didn’t have space to examine his much vaunted fiscal policy “Abenomics”. But much of its apparent success may have been based on falsified data.
Even before the pandemic it was failing. The wealth disparity is now immense

asahi.com/ajw/articles/1…