declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote:

> Of the remaining 19%,
> from what I can tell from the MOJ's Jinryuu magazine more than half of
> the rest can't hack it and leave before 5 years is up, 

This seems to be a common thought, that people leave Japan because they 
can't hack living in Japan. That says more about Japan and the people 
who express this opinion than those that leave.