another fool wrote:

> Well duh - you're in Japan.  When I worked construction before I was
> edumicated we worked DOT contracts.  Guess what the regulations and
> spec's were written in?  Guess what our sub's had to know how to
> read/understand?  Guess where we were?  Of course Florida's "English
> Only" rule for government contracts (at least at the time - that might
> have changed in the last 15 years) would make the US exclusionairy
> right?

No, because English is the language used by people around the world as in business, science and technology,
not Japanese.

> > The Japs are notorious for a closed-door policy. Gaijins can go get stuffed
> > when there is money or contracts involved, yet they will "make a buck out of
> > gaijin" by having an International Expo.
>
> I fail to see anything that says "gaijin's are not welcome to apply" I
> simply see that if you are going to do business in a country they
> expect you to be able to communicate in the "language of the land".
> Hardely exclusionairy.

Is that you say about the Japanese construction industry?

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