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英米 4年[TITLE]I agree with her in the way that Japan has to be ready for a multicultural society. I think, however, it's really difficult for most Japanese to accept foreigners. For example, we Japanese may not accept Chinese and Koreans because we have been disputing with them on territorial issues recently. Moreover, we have bad images of foreigners because they commit crimes. I have no idea of solving these problems, but we've got to think about them anyway.
英米 4年[TITLE]I'm so interested in language support for foreign residents in Aichi. I have been attending Homi-danchi as a volunteer staff member for teaching Japanese. As she mentioned in her lecture, there are a lot of the Brazilian people living there. Some of the Brazilian people are not able to speak Japanese at all even they've been working in Japan over five years. Also, they seem to have their own community in Japan. Then, now I cannot see clearly what "a multicultural society" is.
英米 1年[TITLE]I enjoyed this lesson. I'm not from Aichi, but my prefecture is next to Aichi. So, I saw many foreign residents in my town because there were many factories with people who had come from their countries in search of work. I heard that Japan had high wage levels and was a kind country compared with other countries. But, foreign residents who I saw wore the same clothes everyday. I thought we had to understand foreign residents more and more, for example, their culture, money, living, foods and so on. I want to learn about many countries from now.
国際関係 1年[TITLE] Is Japan Ready for a Multicultural Society?I think Japan is not ready for a multicultural society, because many Japanese people are shy and they don't have any confidence in their English or other foreign languages. There're some causes. First, Japanese people have few chances for speaking or listening to English. Second, Japanese English education is mostly for examinations. But, we don't have to be afraid. We live in Japan together. So, we should not call them "foreigners." I'm unique. You're unique. Everyone is just unique. If we have this idea in mind, we could take a step toward a multicultural society.
国際関係 1年[TITLE]Today, we have a serious issue---shortage of labor. Japanese society has become an aging society with a declining birthrate, so the young for labor force is decreasing. That's exactly why foreign people for labor are needed in Japan. However, they have a lot of problems now. There are conflicts over both cultures and residents. They are complex issues to solve. However, we have to understand one another and make a better society by compromising. I think it's the best way for the future of Japan.
スペイン 1年[TITLE]I've felt that there are many foreign residents from Brazil in Aichi, because up until a few years ago, there was a company "SONY" near my house and I saw many Brazilians. I think Japan is not ready for a multicultural society because maybe a lot of people are interested in foreign cultures, but they are just interested and do not study much. So, they have a fixed idea of them. Japanese have to study more of their own cultures and also many foreign cultures.
英文 4年[TITLE]I already knew about "Aichi International Plaza," so I'm glad to hear the lecture by Ms. Beak who works there. I'm surprised that Aichi has a lot of foreigners next to Tokyo. But, we tend to think badly of people who came from other countries. We have to establish the environment in which foreigners can easily live in our country.
中国 2年[TITLE] Are you reay?My answer is "Yes." But, at the same time, I think we have to think about the economy in Japan. These days, the number of immigrants living in Japan has been increasing. Most of them come to Japan to get a job. Some have really high ability and are good for the productivity of a company. But, as for our country's economy, to get foreign workers is not good because someday they'll take their salary to their country and spend it for their country. It's not good for Japanese economy. For example, I have a Chinese friend who worked at a Japanese company and in 2008, when the world fell into recession, he was laid off just because he was a foreigner. At that time he called himself "Gaijin." I was sad and thought we seriously have to think about what the most important thing is. I think we don't need "discrimination," but "distinction" is needed.
ドイツ 2年[TITLE]To this question, I think I can say both "Yes" and "No." There are many people who respect different cultures and different ways of thinking, but there are still people who think foreigners are dangerous and scary. To solve this problem, maybe people like us who don't have prejudice against foreigners should start telling to others that foreigners are just like us only from a different country.
フランス 1年[TITLE]I often see foreigners at school, in Nagoya and in my hometown. There are various foreign nationalities and cultures. I like many foreign cultures and people, but I often have prejudice. I know it isn't good. I try to remove it against them and communicate with them more.
ドイツ 1年[TITLE]To this day, Japanese people look at foreigners with curiousity, even a student of a foreign language department like me. It doesn't mean, however, that we regard them as bad invaders or we want to exclude them. We don't have enough skills to communicate with them. Perhaps we just assume that we can't talk with them in a foreign language. I don't know the details of systems and the governments' opinions. But we can study foreign languages and communicate with them. And we should not be cowardly to talk with them. That is the first step of a multicultural society, I think.
英米 3年[TITLE]Thank you for an interesting presentation!!! First of all, I'm going to answer "Are you ready?" I think Japan, as a nation, is not ready to be a multicultural society. As you say, many Japanese have strong stereotypes and be afraid of jumping into the other culture. We keep away from something we don't know. I actually experienced studying abroad in Vancouver, Canada. That is a typical Multicultural Society and I have known a lot of cultural differances there. I, honestly, had stereotypes before going abroad, but my experiences changed my mind!!! Not every Korean likes kimchi, not every Swiss has a swatch. It's the same as not every Japanese likes Sushi. We shouldn't decide the image of a person by the stereotype of the nation. We, as Japanese, have to know how people are.
英米 4年[TITLE] Need to Look Over the WorldI think I am still not ready for a multicultural society. Recently, the Japanese economy has become worse and worse so ever young people cannot get jobs. Therefore, Japanese people cannot afford to think about foreign countries or people. However, foreigners living in Japan will increase and we will encounter a variety of cultures in the future. So we need to try to look over the world from different aspects without being misled by a single story.
スペイン 1年[TITLE]Thank you for you lecture. I study Korean and I'm interested in multicultural harmony especially with Koreans living in Japan. By the way, most Japanese people have a wall against foreigners. Though they don't have enough knowledge about foreigners, they just think foreigners are different from them. I think it is the effect of massmedia and one-sided information. It is too dangerous to make the right decision. So it is most important to know about foreign countries and Japanese.
スペイン 1年[TITLE]I don't think we're ready. Some organizations or regimes are prepared and I think they are enough but the problem is us. We ourselves are still somewhat xenophobic at some point and can't welcome from our hearts, I guess. The major reason is language, I think. Few Japanese are really good at other languages. In fact, the UK is an island country too but the fact that English is spoken there makes the situation different, I think.
掲示者：愛知県立大学教育研究センター長