TOKYO -- Kyo, a 32-year-old Taiwanese woman, had lived in Tokyo for over six years before landing a permanent job at a clothing store. The job was not easy to come by, despite her graduating from a university in Taiwan and spending a year in Tokyo learning Japanese.
Kyo, who wanted to be identified only by her surname, worked as a temp at a sports retail chain for years after learning Japanese at a private university, but her contract needed to be renewed every three months.
