nvz
@nvzart.bsky.social
Artist, writer, depresso, 32 with fossil tendencies. 18+ recommended.
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Mainichi Shimbun reports that Japan's convenience stores are adamantly against the country's new wave of restrictions on immigrants. 7-Eleven, Lawson, & Family Mart employed 110K foreign workers in 2025 & view their contributions as "essential" to operations.
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Mainichi Shimbun reports that Japan's convenience stores are adamantly against the country's new wave of restrictions on immigrants. 7-Eleven, Lawson, & Family Mart employed 110K foreign workers in 2025 & view their contributions as "essential" to operations.
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As we've written before, the majority of these workers are international students. Under the terms of their visas, they're permitted to work 28 hours a week. Many work at the nation's combinis to earn money while sharpening their Japanese skills.
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Why Japan's Combini are Increasingly Powered by Foreign Exchange Students - Unseen Japan
Labor-strapped convenience stores in Japan are increasingly turning to exchange students to work the shifts Japanese workers don't want.
unseen-japan.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
As we've written before, the majority of these workers are international students. Under the terms of their visas, they're permitted to work 28 hours a week. Many work at the nation's combinis to earn money while sharpening their Japanese skills.
buff.ly/qDeJFJa
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There are between 56,000 and 59,000 convenience stores in Japan. Modeled after US convenience stores, combini have become essential infrastructure here, giving busy people access to food, supplies, & access to essential services.
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Combini: Japanese Convenience Stores and Life in Modern Japan - Unseen Japan
Convenience stores ("combini") in Japan are everywhere. But what do people use them for? A look at combini and everyday life in Japan.
unseen-japan.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
There are between 56,000 and 59,000 convenience stores in Japan. Modeled after US convenience stores, combini have become essential infrastructure here, giving busy people access to food, supplies, & access to essential services.
buff.ly/7HR2ux1
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Itō Junrō, chairman of 7&i Holdings, told Mainichi that he fears rising xenophobia could lead to unnecessary restrictions. "We must protect the people who are working here peacefully."
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Top execs at Japan convenience stores stress foreign workers' role as gov't eyes clampdown - The Mainichi
TOKYO -- Top executives at major convenience store chains in Japan have spoken out on the importance of foreign workers in the wake of moves by the ad
mainichi.jp
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Itō Junrō, chairman of 7&i Holdings, told Mainichi that he fears rising xenophobia could lead to unnecessary restrictions. "We must protect the people who are working here peacefully."
English version of story: buff.ly/LAjAftL
English version of story: buff.ly/LAjAftL
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Blocking immigration when you have an aging population is a stupidnidea anyway, and foreign students are essentially a form of exportation as foreign money comes into the country to purchase education. Any smart country should want MORE students.
January 19, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Blocking immigration when you have an aging population is a stupidnidea anyway, and foreign students are essentially a form of exportation as foreign money comes into the country to purchase education. Any smart country should want MORE students.
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A smart country, yes.
January 19, 2026 at 10:21 PM
A smart country, yes.
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Maybe there just isn’t any actual smart country?
January 19, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Maybe there just isn’t any actual smart country?
Sleep deprived but still thinkin about how dumb people are in acting that they can just pretend humans can just magically divorce ourselves from the world. Like pollution is bad, but the alternative choice isn't 'for the sake of the Earth, I have decided to move to Venus'.
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Sleep deprived but still thinkin about how dumb people are in acting that they can just pretend humans can just magically divorce ourselves from the world. Like pollution is bad, but the alternative choice isn't 'for the sake of the Earth, I have decided to move to Venus'.
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it's why that twilight zone episode 'time enough at last' is so terrifying
Everyone who wears glasses is technically disabled.
And yet those are some of the most ableist people on earth.
Reality check sweetie, if it wasn't for your disability aids you woulda been dead.
Yo ass cant see! Without glasses you woulda stumbled to your death years ago🤣be nice to others
And yet those are some of the most ableist people on earth.
Reality check sweetie, if it wasn't for your disability aids you woulda been dead.
Yo ass cant see! Without glasses you woulda stumbled to your death years ago🤣be nice to others
January 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
it's why that twilight zone episode 'time enough at last' is so terrifying
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I hate my job so look at this fat little eleking I drew because love is stored in him right now
January 18, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I hate my job so look at this fat little eleking I drew because love is stored in him right now
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January 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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Nikke Label cosplay Chimera
January 19, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Nikke Label cosplay Chimera
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Sounds like a normal day on the tl to me.
January 19, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Sounds like a normal day on the tl to me.
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i love how every "low entry" job is a scam that has 1 billion people completing for it and every "high quality" job you need to spend 3+ years getting a degree for is also a scam with 1 billion people competing for it
January 18, 2026 at 9:05 PM
i love how every "low entry" job is a scam that has 1 billion people completing for it and every "high quality" job you need to spend 3+ years getting a degree for is also a scam with 1 billion people competing for it
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Checking the timeline in public
January 18, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Checking the timeline in public
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Thinking about soup
January 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Thinking about soup
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