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Lydia Leftcoast

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3. I personally know four American translators who live in Japan and have taken Japanese citizenship

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Aug 10, 2013, 02:27 PM

Aug 2013

and more who are in the process of doing so.

It's not just the tax situation, although that is the last straw. They don't like the U.S. government's policies, although some are Leftists and some are Libertarians.

It's the fact that they've lived most of their adult lives in Japan, have raised families there, and have no strong ties to the U.S. anymore.

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