Could Briton adopt some of the economic policies that Japan(another Island nation) uses to fight unemployment?

Question

Have you all considered some of thier workable policies that could be used in your country?

Sorry for the wording in the question, I speak American and will mis-use terms sometimes.

"some" of thier policies not all of them.

Answer 1

Its Great Britian, or the United Kingdom, if your talking about the islands, and Englnd, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, if about the seperate countries.

Japanes unemployment hit 5% in 2001, but the Uk and Japan work on different rules.

To be considered employed in the UK, you have to be in 16 hours work per week. but only one hour per week in Japan.

United Kingdom, allow a generous share of refugees and asylees into their country every year, above and beyond those they are required to admit under the United Nations definition of a refugee. In contrast, Japan, in contrast to all the advanced industrial democracies of the world, severely restricts permanent immigration, in all its forms--discretionary immigration, as well as the admittance of refugees and admittance of unskilled foreign workers.

If anything, current Japanes policy is a move to copy Europe. Work-sharing is an umbrella term for ways that companies reduce their labour costs by forcing employees to work less. First introduced in France, Germany and Holland in the 1980s to combat joblessness, the idea has become a buzzword in Japanese political and business circles .

Japans 2006 jobless rate hit 5.5 per cent in November. In contrast here in the UK, despit massive rises this last year, to almost 3 million unemployed, this equates to a rate of 3.2%,

This shows that unemployment was still significantly lower in the UK than in many other industrialised states, including Japan, and we use a much more comprehensive method of measuring the unemployed, and also have a just system of allowing refugees and migrant workers into our country. It is Japan who should be following our example.

Answer 2

Good God!!! Have you actually studied the Japanese lifestyle lately? You'd never ask this question if you had...their retirees are living in abject poverty, many without heating or sufficient food. Their family life is going down the toilet. Unemployment is through the roof. Companies are relocating out of Japan in droves. The banking system is nigh on total collapse.

Japan is a terrible role model! Do some current research in various online magazines and newspapers.

Answer 3

You mean adopt the policy of only selling English products to the world, but not allowing the world to sell their products in England? That is what the Japanese do. They have restrictions so hard on other countries to be able to sell to them, and promote their own products. They also shut women out of the work force, and the men see their wives and families one day a week. They live with their co-worker's 6 days out of a week, eat, sleep, with their jobs, and co-workers. Is that what is good for England? Is that the life for you?

Answer 4

We need poverty. Thats the real reason why Margret thatcher closed down every single industry in my country. When everyone gets paid well inflation goes silly - so we rather castigate and besmirch the poor and hide behind some dumb *** middle class morality tales.

Without poverty and unemployment - the pound would just be fairly disagreable toilet paper.

Answer 5

Briton, so you mean like one guy or girl from Britain? I don't know, ask the individual.