Friday, January 22, 2010

Should Gaijins vote  外国人に参政権をあげるべきですか?

Recently, there has been some talk of giving foreigners with permanent residence the right to vote in local elections.

最近、日本の永住権を持っている外国人に地方選挙に参政権をあげる話題が有ります。

I must say that I am totally against this plan. I know too many foreigners with permanent residence that are very strange people. They do not speak Japanese, and of course cannot read or write in Japanese.

私はこの計画にとても反対です。永住権を持っている変な外国人をいっぱい知っています。日本語を話しませんし、勿論日本語の読み書きは不可能です。

So how can they make a decision on who to vote for? How can they understand a candidate's position, and the needs of their community? This whole concept is a farce.

どう言う風に、この外国人達はどの候補者に投票する事を決めますか?日本語を出来ないと、自分の住んでいる街の問題とか必要な事を理解出来ますか?この計画は笑劇みたいです。

In fact, I think that fluency in the Japanese language should be a requirement for permanent residency. Permanent residents have the right to apply for welfare. I know too many English teacher type Gaijins who have permanent residency, but cannot find work in Japan.

正直に言うと、外国人に永住権を与えるのに、日本語能力を要求するべきと思います。永住者は国から福祉を申し込む権利が有ります。私が知っている永住外国人の中で数多くが英語の先生しか出来ませんし、現在日本で仕事は有りません。

The English teaching boom is over, we don't need so many foreign teachers. Permanent residence allows a Gaijin to perform any job in Japan. So it should only be given to those who have the language skills to perform any job.

英会話のブームはもう終わりです。外国人英会話先生はこれからそんなに必要有りません。永住者は日本でどんな仕事でも出来るから、日本語の出来る外国人だけにあげるべきと思います。

And yes, I understand the situation of special permanent residents, such as Koreans born and grown up in Japan. But even though their ancestors came from Korea, they are born and grown up in Japan, for all practical purposes they are Japanese. They should take Japanese nationality.

それと、特別永住者、例えば在日韓国人とか朝鮮人の状態をよく分かっています。しかし、先祖は韓国から来た人達でも、生まれ育ちは日本ですから、実は彼達は日本人でしょう。日本に帰化すれば、生活はもっと簡単に成ります。

As for myself, I consider myself a German. Germany is my ancestral land. But I have never been to Germany. I was born and grew up in the United States, and English is my first language. My passport is American.

自分の事について、私の考えで私はドイツ人です。ドイツは私の先祖の国です。しかし、一度もドイツへ行った事が有りません。私はアメリカで生まれ育って、パスポートはアメリカです。

And although I live in Japan, I vote in American elections by absentee ballot. In a year or two, I will apply for Japanese nationality, and then I will vote in Japan.

日本に住んでいても、不在投票でアメリカの選挙に投票しています。1か2年位後で、日本国籍を申し込んで、貰いました日本の選挙に投票します。

But I strongly believe that voting rights should only come with citizenship.

投票権利は、絶対国籍と組んでいると思います!


2 comments:

ZERO said...

Mr von Max
My handle name is ZERO.
This is my first comment for you.

I agree your opinion perfectly.

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aya said...

Hello sir, your blog posts are interesting. I found your blog through にほんブログ村, and hope to visit here often. I've just translated an essay about foreigne workers in Japan on my blog though it's not finished yet.^^; I actually agree with you about the voting rights, but I think Japanese whole community also needs a bit of work to fix their attitude towards foreigners.

Oh, I'm Japanese BTW.^^

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