"Foreign Office" needs to be established

Oita Godo Newspaper (December 15, 2009 11:16)

The mayor Masayoshi Shimizu of Ota city and the mayor Yasutomo Suzuki of Hamamatsu city, Gunma prefecture met Masaharu Nakagawa, Vice Minister of Ministry of Education, on 15^th to hand in a proposal seeking for the urgent establishment of "Foreign Office" in order to mandate foreign-related measures after "The City Conference of Foreign Collective Living" held at 7 prefectures and 28 cities where there were many Japanese-Brazilian residents.

The proposal points out that there becomes a necessary to have the measure to treat foreigners as salaries persons since the number of foreigners who lost their jobs due to the economic crisis in Japan is very large. Other than Foreign Office, in order to enhance the educational environment for foreign children, it is mandatory to seek for financial assistance to enter public schools and to do job hunting.

"The City Conference of Foreign Collective Living" is aiming to coexist with the local foreign residents, exchange information and solve common problems. It was established in 2001. The proposal submitted this time was the agreement the regular meeting held at Ota City in late August.

Comment: Oh, Japanese people are so generous to foreigners. Thank you so much. I myself have been living here for about 4 years, I know it well. In response, I behave as a good resident of Japan, too.

PUNTHUCHAT Siripun

Thailand

APS4, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University