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| Above, Tom Logan and Armand at Starbucks in Shinagawa Station last February. |
Yesterday's post about Japan granting extended stay visas to the wealthy up to a year prompted an interesting response from friend Tom Logan. I totally agree with his points.
Logan had been living and working in Yokohama and during my visit to Japan last February, we met up over coffee in a very cold Shinagawa train station in Tokyo. Since then, Tom had moved to Northern California.
In response to my blog post, Tom wrote:
A country decides who and who will not enter and stay in their country--on THEIR terms and on what basis the visitor can bring something beneficial to that country--rather than just take. Imagine that! My! How novel! (Unlike what we do letting in anyone to eat out our national substance upon the backs of our citizens and tax payers). (That's why I truly enjoyed living there, in Japan, and contributing to both them and me, for over two decades).Yes, what novel approach!
Instead of allowing anyone and everyone to immigrate into the country (as the United States is currently doing in allowing the dregs of humanity to illegally enter in order to suck the teats of the taxpayers or commit crimes), Japan has standards on who is to be allowed to live and work in the country.
In general, Japan only grants work visas to persons who have at least a B.A. degree and a company sponsor, among other requirements.
The United States should follow Japan's example.
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