Shimpei Yamashita <shimpei@gol.com> wrote:
> On 2009-10-20, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net <mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote:
> > The 2-Belo <the2belo@msd.bigremovethislobe.ne.jp> wrote:
> >> We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that
> >> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net has exploded. Flight director confirms that:
> >> >The opportunity to live in America is still a pretty strong draw for
> >> >a lot of Japanese.

> >> The reverse is also true...

> > A difference in degree, especially since Japan's bubble burst.

> At my alma mater in the US (mtfester may or may not remember which
> one), the number of Japanese applicants have more or less remained
> flat over the past decade, even as applications from rest of Asia have
> gone through the roof.

That's true of pretty much anything from Japan to the US, and from
Asia to the US. Part of it is the draw of business. Post WWII, we
seem to see our biggest bursts either right after a (foreign) local war
or when their economy picks up.

> Discuss underlying causes, ramifications on future emigration from
> Japan to US, and remedies (if any required).

Dunno about "remedies"; it's always one group or another getting over
here. Always changing...

Mike