It seems that the Japanese that come here, swim a bit upstream, given the need to learn some Chinese, adapt to a new country, find new friends, be away from family, etc. All the Japanese I’ve met also prefer Japanese weather and food. Edited to clarify: Japan is a wealthier country by nominal GDP, but Taiwan leads by GDP per capita (PPP).
So for the Japanese that choose to come and be in Taiwan, what brought or kept them in Taiwan?
The ones I have net had a comparatively easy time acclimating here because language (written)is more similar and Taiwan has a lot of Japanese.ese culture baked in.
I would think it’s like any foreigner. but easier for japanese given language, history, culture and proximity between the 2 countries. Many I know started businesses here as it’s cheaper. or was cheaper?
Japanese can easily become dual Taiwan/Japan citizens making it easy to truly immigrate to
Same reasons someone from the US or Canada or Europe move here, I suppose.
Low cost of living, almost non-existent income tax, low barrier to entry for starting small businesses, less competition, friendly people, exciting night markets, tropical weather (at least in the south), nice scuba diving, laid back culture, prettier girls/better-looking guys than back home…
Are you sure about this?
I had quite a few Japanese classmates. They really only seemed to have a leg up when it came to writing and reading as they didn’t need to internalize the characters. Other than that, they seemed to progress about the same rate as those of other nationalities.
How does that work? How does a Japanese citizen become dual Taiwan/Japan citizens? Does Taiwanese have the same privledge?
Taiwan has the renunciation requirement… However, Japan doesn’t allow them to renounce because they don’t want their citizens to become stateless… (And according to them Taiwan is not a country…)
Also Japan has laws preventing their citizens from obtaining a second citizenship… BUT Taiwan isn’t a country… so… they don’t care if Japanese become Taiwan dual citizens out of this little loophole they created
I met Japanese nationals in the states who have a green card but won’t naturalize because Japan would take away their citizenship. So you’re saying they won’t do that?
Taiwan is not a country… (according to Japan) so Taiwan citizenship is not recognized in Japan and therefore Japan won’t take away their Japanese citizenship
As one who does dive a lot I’ve not really found the diving here to be that great. It’s OK but diving in Indonesia or Philippines leaves Taiwan for dead. Also cost of diving overseas is so low I can do 40 dives in two weeks and the dives work out to be around US$25 per dive and my dive times are 75 - 90 mins per dive.
Going to Lembongan next to Bali in October for 2 weeks. The price at a decent resort is around NT$8k including breakfast. Plus dive shops there will give me 25 - 30% discount for doing 20 or more dives. Airfare around 16K return on China Airlines economy
I cannot do this sort of diving in Taiwan where I want to do 3 day dives and a night dive every 2 or 3 nights for 12 straight diving days.
Taiwan is a country but the ROC government not recognized by most governments. So for some they will say even though they do not recognize dual citizenship it is for governments they recognize.
It isn’t!
According to…who?
We talking about nominal GDP per capita? Because the difference is within the margin of error.
We talking about the economy when adjusted for purchasing power? Cause Taiwan produces double the average Japanese person.
We talking about human development? Because Japan is one point behind Taiwan. Margin of error.
Better than Japan, I’d imagine. Do they even have coral reef there?
Couldn’t you say most of this about any other country Japanese immigrates to?
Japanese dont seem to go aboard to work and live for the most part.
The “free-form” traffic?
That’s the hardest part.
Like what?
I would guess, their companies?
Friendly people, prettier girls… Lmfao