Expats in Japan

Expats in Japan

Aurora Mizutani / Dupelola Osaretin Ajala

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Ajala Legacy Forum
Año de edición:
2025
ISBN:
9798233661884
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Expats in Japan: Tourists, Contracts, and the Long Game is a clear-eyed, often wry look at why some foreigners manage to build long-term lives in Japan while others leave after a few intense years.Moving beyond cherry-blossom myths, it traces expatriate life through money pressures, short contracts, paperwork, language barriers, and social rules that are never explained but strictly enforced, showing how small stresses quietly pile up until staying feels impossible.Written in plain language with dry humor, the book reframes culture shock and confusion not as personal failure but as predictable responses to a complex system, introducing practical ideas like buffers, anchors, and option-building to explain why stability is less about personality and more about preparation.It also exposes an unspoken ranking of foreigners-tourists indulged because they leave, expats tolerated because they work and comply, and immigrants feared because they are seen as permanent-revealing how these unofficial categories shape daily life across workplaces, neighborhoods, media, and politics.

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