As for mass immigration into this country, of all the countries on the planet, why would people with advanced degrees, engineers, and all that want to give up probably a better life in a less crowded, less expenses, less xenophobic country with better, more progressive education (I'm assuming we're talking about developed countries here) just to come to this paradise we call Japan? Is there any good reason? Oh, then they have to study a language not spoken by most of the world to interact here only to have people with shitty English approaching them or working over them all the time. Hmmm. Sounds mighty enticing to me! I know of few people who close their eyes, envision themselves living here their whole live, and smiling afterwards thinkin' about how lucky they are to be living "the good life." For most people it is something to endure until they get what they want and get the first plane out of here. Suits me just fine.
Greg Ellis
I like autumn best of all, because its tone is mellower, its colors are richer and it is tinged with a little sorrow. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and it is content.