I interviewed Thai person who lives in Japan

Sawadika🙏 I’m Junya.

It’s been November since 2 days ago, are you spending your days setting goals?

I decided to write more blog posts this month than last month and study programming for at least an hour.

Rather than going to work every day without thinking about anything, it’s more fulfilling to live by setting goals and achieving them.

Anyway, this time I interviewed people from Thailand who are coming to Japan. There is also an interview article with a Japanese living in Thailand at the bottom, so please read that as well.

1.Why did you come Japan?

This time, we had three Thai people cooperate. 2 persons had never been to Japan and this was their first time. 1 person had been to Japan.

They’re coming to Japan by participating in a one-year program in Thailand where they goes to a Japanese language school to study while delivering newspapers.

By the way, the salary is almost 92,000 yen a month, and the rent is free because there is rent subsidy.

What all three have in common was a very simple reason, “I want to study Japanese” and “I like manga and anime.”

Before coming to Japan, they came to Japan after having a simple Japanese test and an interview in Thailand. I felt very good because they could communicate easily and read kanji.

2.Good and bad things in Japan

The three people said in unison that “trains and buses are very convenient.”

Thailand is so congested that it is ranked 3rd in the world, and there are about 5 types of trains, and public transportation is not so developed compared to Japan.

This is because trains and buses arrive on time and are very easy to use. In addition, there are many tourist spots and sidewalks, which is a big difference from Thailand.

On the other hand, the bad point is that prices are still high. The taxi is expensive. It was a price aspect.

Also, there is no culture of using fax in Thailand, so it seems that it was difficult to use. In Thailand, you don’t have a landline phone at home, and a smartphone is enough.

The most shocking thing was that when I went to the bank, the response was slow. Simply put, in Thailand it takes only a few hours to open an account and you don’t need a stamp and you only need to sign (In Thailand there is no stamp culture, it is natural that you only need to sign).

However, when they tried to open an account in Japan, they said, “I made a new one because I need a stamp” and “I was surprised that I couldn’t use it from that day.”

In fact, when I lived in Thailand, it took about 3 hours to open an account, and from that day I was able to get a card and use it, so I thought again that Japan would take time.

3.Do you want to work in Japan?

Opinions were divided on this point. The reason for wanting to work in Japan is simply because the salary is high. In Thailand, it depends on the type of job, but it is about 20,000 to 40,000 baht (about 70,000 to 130,000 yen). Of course, if you become a profession, your salary will be higher.

On the other hand, there was also an opinion that he would like to go back to Thailand once and relax without working before starting work. This person is a programmer and said he wanted to work anywhere he wanted.

There was also an opinion that I would like to go back to Thailand and work instead of working in Japan because I feel a lot of barriers to the language.

4.Conclusion

What did you think? I think that I rarely get involved with foreigners in my daily life, but I was able to do such an interview this time. I’m so appreciate to them.

What I thought during this interview was that I should try various things.

Of course, you may fail or quit your current job and become anxious after that, but I think it’s more fun than when you had a mediocre day.

I would like to continue to interview such people from overseas and share them with everyone. See you again. Thank you for reading 🙏