THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 20, 2020 at 17:35 JST
A Facebook post in Vietnamese says, “Seeking a forged permanent residence visa holder or fake health insurance card holder. Will pay 950 yen per hour, with promotion of up to 1,200 yen per hour.” (Provided by a source)
In Vietnamese, they're referred to as “bodoi.” The word means soldier, but in the context of technical trainee interns who bolted from their jobs, it implies their everyday struggle to evade law enforcement and immigration officers and their quest to find better-paying work. [Read More]
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A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
