Why would people move to tokyo?

Question

why would people from china, korea and other countries move and live in tokyo?

Answer 1

I don't know

Answer 2

Tokyo's booming with a lot of new stuff and is one of the most preferred places to live in the world. Not only is it probably the most advanced city in the WORLD, but there are probably a lot of other things there that catches people's eye. I know a lot of people like the shows, games, and gadgets they make, but another big thing they're going for are the women.

Answer 3

Because maybe they want to

Answer 4

I don't understand such people, I have recently left.

Answer 5

With increasing longevity and falling fertility, Japan faces a new social and economic environment in which populations are rapidly aging. Japan’s elderly population (aged 65 or older) is the biggest among the industrialized nations, while the nation’s birthrate is the record lowest. Yet the Japanese government has thus far failed to address the problem properly.

Japan’s demographic crisis raises three major issues, -- the pension system, immigration, and women -- all of which are undermining the world’s second largest economy.

First, the immediate concern is how to alleviate the heavy burden on smaller numbers of taxpaying workers to support an increasing number of retired beneficiaries. Japan’s public pension system, which is criticized as being on the verge of collapse, needs to be reformed. Furthermore, with the nation’s overall public deficit reaching roughly 130 to 140 percent of its GDP, a tax increase has emerged as inevitable to provide sufficient public social security services.

Yet, most politicians are reluctant to support tax increases before a general election, which is expected later this year. Also, the governing party’s politicians who rely on elderly voters are loath to propose any decrease in pension benefits.

Second, the shrinking workforce will eventually force Japan, which is sensitive about its “ethnic homogeneity,” to accept large-scale immigration. According to The New York Times article, “Insular Japan Needs, but Resists, Immigration,” a UN report recently forecast that to maintain the size of its working population, “Japan would need 17 million new immigrants by 2050,” which “would represent 18 percent of the [Japanese] population” compared to today’s one percent.

However, in Japan, whose history of successful development owed to imported knowledge by foreign specialists, there are widespread, deep-rooted prejudices against foreigners in general, particularly against other Asians.

The most notable example of such discrimination is the limited civil rights of hundreds of thousands of Korean Japanese, who were born in Japan but not naturalized. It is difficult even for immigrants who live in this nation long enough to become fluent Japanese speakers to fully assimilate in this closed society, since foreigners are rarely ever considered as genuine Japanese.

Despite the latent demand in Japan, there are far less highly skilled IT engineers from China and India than in the United States. The Japan Times reports that regardless of great contributions, “many Japanese firms hold them [Chinese and Indian engineers] in low esteem because they are from developing countries.”

In addition, another report by The Japan Times asserts, “Japan’s tortuous attitude to immigration and the attempt to preserve ethnic purity is best seen in the army of 330,000 Latin American nissei (second generation of Japanese ancestry), many of whom […] have been allowed in because they have some Japanese blood.” As a result of this policy, there are thousands of immigrants from Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia in the country as well as “a lot of illegals among the South American population.”

Third, women’s issues complicate Japan’s demographic plight. Although the government has slowly moved to devise measures to alleviate the high costs of childrearing, the financial incentives offered by the government are not sufficient to significantly influence the nation’s record-low birthrate of 1.32 in 2002.

Contrary to conventional wisdom in Japan that women’s higher education and increased participation in the workforce worsened the birthrate situation, some now argue that it is urgent to improve gender equality in this country, which is ranked among the lowest in empowering its women by the World Economic Forum.

To improve today’s low socio-economic status of the women in Japan, the traditional perception that women should take the sole responsibility of childrearing and their role should be confined to domestic affairs should be changed. Unlike today, if women with or without children could pursue their professional career, get promotions without gender bias, earn fair wages, and have full access to child care services, this would eliminate the major reasons behind decisions not to have a child.

Nonetheless, these biases against women are deeply entrenched, and the debate over women’s issues has been misleading. A senior lawmaker said in July that “gang rapists had, at least, a healthy appetite for sex” at a discussion on the declining birthrate. Around the same time, a former Japanese Prime Minister remarked, “childless women should be denied welfare payments in old age.”

I can find more articles like this, migrants immigrate to other countries for (1) economic reasons (2) political reasons in search for a better life.

Answer 6

First and foremost, for jobs. Tokyo has been and still is one of the biggest economies in all of Asia. There is still sucess to be had in Tokyo and even a majority of young people living in Japan can  only make a living in Tokyo and the surrounding areas.

Also, Japan is a free and capitalist country. Many people seeking freedom from economic, relgious, educational or social oppression find it a better place to live than their own country. It is much easier for Asaians and even many other non-Asians to get into Japan than say, the US or Europe nowadays because Japan needs foreign workers to take up the slack where there are labor shortages. Also, Japanese companies seek to do business with China, Korea and India, and employing natives from those countries helps them to make better negotiations and gives the Tokyo offices a chance to train foreign professionals and transfer them back to offices in their home countries without having to worry about language and cultural barriers. Tokyo houses most of these companies and their head offices. Tokyo airports have direct links to Korea and China.

Tokyo houses many world renouned universities, colleges and technical schools which are taking in International students in large numbers (probably to make up for the decline in Japanese student numbers). Many Japanese universities offer courses and programs in English nowadays.  Many internationals are taking an intrest in studying Japanese as well.

Tokyo is the most cosmopolitan city in japan, thus those from other countries can find goods and services that suit their cultural tastes and preferences. Take schools for example. There are at least a hundred International schools that cater to Philipenos, Koreans, Chinese, Indians, Europeans, North Americans, Latinos, not to mention religious schools as well. Many people are not likely to take employment where their kids will have to struggle with language plus acedemics at the same time.  

Tokyo is clean, safe, and has  very good transporation system. Though rent is relatively expensive, you do not need a car to get around. Companies usually compensate transportation expenses and may even provide housing for their foreign workers.