Why the FlyJin phenomenon - ZUCO.ORG

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The term flyjin has been created in the twitter world of foreigners and expats living in Japan. It’s a kind of a derivative joke from the word “gaijin” which in some context is a pejorative term of the formal “gaikokujin” meaning “foreigner”. Basically “flyjin” means, the man/woman that flies away. This term was born due to the huge number of foreigners leaving Japan and flying away after the great Tohoku Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Crisis Everyone has his/her own reasons to take that decision,
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Why the FlyJin phenomenon - ZUCO.ORG
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The term flyjin has been created in the twitter world of foreigners and expats living in Japan. It’s a kind of a derivative joke from the word “gaijin” which in some context is a pejorative term of the formal “gaikokujin” meaning “foreigner”. Basically “flyjin” means, the man/woman that flies away. This term was born due to the huge number of foreigners leaving Japan and flying away after the great Tohoku Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Crisis Everyone has his/her own reasons to take that decision,
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