nvz
@nvzart.bsky.social
Artist, writer, depresso, 32 with fossil tendencies. 18+ recommended.
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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.
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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?
Idk where i was exactly going with this; something about how if your 'moral position' relies on stuff like vegetarian superfoods being available to you at all times of the year, (by being shipped from another country), it's not really a tenable argument for anyone that's not in your exact position.
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Idk where i was exactly going with this; something about how if your 'moral position' relies on stuff like vegetarian superfoods being available to you at all times of the year, (by being shipped from another country), it's not really a tenable argument for anyone that's not in your exact position.
We're animals. Native to Earth. We're not some higher, outside being that's an invasive species. There's no 'opt out' button that can be pressed to become morally clean of all the messiness of being a carbon based lifeform.
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
We're animals. Native to Earth. We're not some higher, outside being that's an invasive species. There's no 'opt out' button that can be pressed to become morally clean of all the messiness of being a carbon based lifeform.