I remember a young girl, a neighbor of mine, taking care of her nephew. She told me that she wished he is a girl because she can be a 'Japayuki' when she grow up. That they will become rich and I saw the disappointment in her eyes, then she said 'Because he is a boy, he will become a "Jeepney driver".
The word 'JAPAYUKI' for your information means 'JAPAN BOUND'. It was mistakenly interpreted by mostly Japanese as their version of 'KARAYUKI'. Which means in the ancient times, when Japan was still striving, young Japanese women who travel to other countries ... to prostitute.
So everyone who set foot on the 'Land Of The Rising Sun' should be called 'JAPAYUKI' because that is the meaning of that. Whether you are a royalty, presidents, actors and actresses, billionnaires, businessmen, tourist, contract workers, ex-pats, entertainers and mostly trainees you are now branded as 'JAPAYUKI'.
I remember how my real state agents call his/her clients Japayuki and they try to explain that I'm different from them. Sorry, the damage is already done.
That my very own American citizen cousins believed that working as 'hostess' in Japan is prostitution. I tried to explain but it became a heated argument. So, I challenged him to come to Japan and I will bring him to every Philippine club, and show me where prostitution is taking place.
The reason why I wrote this is to serve as an eye-opener to mostly Filipinos. I received a lot of letters of complement praising me that at last they found a Filipina who has a great career in Japan and not the usual dirty job as they believed without proof. It doesn't please me... I have friends working in a club, I worked in a club... to find the truth (I'm writing a book about life in Japan and I have to try different jobs of every Filipina to have an actual experience).
In my opinion, the reason why most Filipinos are becoming judgmental about the so-called 'Japayukis' is... it's more on envy. They built a big house for their family, opened a business, bought a car, send their siblings to school, support their good for nothing Filipino husbands and boyfriends. With the salary alone, they cannot do it. There were dramas, sex, lies... who cares? Any girl in different countries are doing that... why do they concentrate with 'Japayukis' alone? Hookers in America go for $20. Prostitutes in the Philippines for... as cheap as P20? What about the Thais? Indonesians? Chinese? Russians? Romanians?
In Tokyo and Yokohama, you'll see a lot of Chinese, Russians, and Romanians standing by the road and waiting for customers... but you cannot find a single Filipina there. They might have more than 1 boyfriend who give them monthly support, so what? Anywhere in the world everyone is having sex... mostly without receiving a single cent. Some do it for fun, others for their biological needs, can we blame these 'Japayukis' for using their brain?
The media is always exaggerating things. They will only show the bad side of Filipinas working in Japan because of business. Who will watch the truth away from their imagination?
I don't criticize anyone as long as they have a purpose in life...
Next time you heard someone mention the word 'Japayuki' I hope you'll share what you learned from me...
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