￥Survival: “Japan is like a Titanic with a hole in it” – Young people going abroad sound the alarm | Mainichi Shimbun Paid article 2024/9/3 06:00 Why do young people in Japan aim to go abroad? Tatsuo Moriyama (48), who operates overseas training programs for students in Southeast Asia and elsewhere and is knowledgeable about employment conditions overseas, likened Japan to the luxury liner Titanic, which sank in 1912, and analyzed that “some young people have realized that there is a hole in the ship.” What does this mean? I asked for more details. “The Prices of Survival in Reiwa” reports on the current state of people and things as they undergo a period of great change. This time, over five articles, we will take a closer look at the topic of “overseas work,” which is attracting attention due to the historically weak yen. Part 1: “No experience, 500,000 yen a month” – Bitter memories of working holiday –What do you think is the reason young people are moving overseas? ◆First of all, there is the problem that salary levels are completely different between Japan and overseas. For example, if you work part-time at a restaurant in Singapore, your monthly salary will be around 3,500 Singapore dollars. This is equivalent to approximately 400,000 yen. It’s purely about making money. Prices are high locally, but the money you can earn outweighs that. This is what attracts young people. –Finally, in Japan, momentum for wage increases has been increasing in recent years. ◆Still, we’re not keeping up. No matter how much wages are raised, it is hard to imagine a situation in Japan where a student working part-time can earn 400,000 yen a month. If you are a full-time employee, the difference between Japan and overseas becomes even greater. I think it’s important to realise that they are on completely different levels. Compared to other countries, Japan’s economic level is declining and it is becoming a relatively “poor country.” That’s why the wages are low. It is being overtaken not only by Australia, Singapore, and the United States, but also by Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and others. In other words, the difference in economic growth rates is clearly evident, and this situation is unlikely to change anytime soon. I think that an increasing number of young people are thinking, “There’s no point in continuing to work in Japan,” and want to work overseas… This article is a paid article. 1381 characters remaining (total 2156 characters).
For young, talented people, the right thing to do is to earn money by working abroad. I think saying you’ve worked in an English-speaking country for a certain number of years would be a selling point in the education industry. If I were under 50, I might go to a sushi school lol.
>>36 I mean, rather than being excellent, I think there are probably some fields where you can get a high salary even with only a Grade 2 Eiken. But there are probably a lot of people who are better than those who can do Grade 2 Eiken, and in reality, there are probably a lot of people who can’t even do Grade 2 Eiken lol.
If you can speak English fluently, you should go abroad. People who are persuaded to go on a working holiday abroad without having English skills are fools.
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