TOKYO: Buddhist nuns pray for Vietnamese people, who died after coming to Japan to work or study.
Rows of wooden mortuary tablets inscribed with names lined up an altar at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo as a silent testimony to Vietnamese.
Thich Tam Tri, a Vietnamese Buddhist nun, said whenever she is contacted about a death, she would only ask: ‘Why?’ and ‘Again?’
She said Vietnamese people want to work hard in Japan, and they had dreams…and they suddenly died.
Vietnamese are lured by higher wages in Japan.
Several of the 140 Vietnamese, whose names are on the tablets, came to Japan on a “technical trainee” program that acts as a back door to blue-collar jobs in a country where immigration is a touchy subject. Some came as students and worked part time. (Agencies)
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