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Gaijin

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Gaijin
Japanese term used to describe a non-Japanese investor in Japan (outside person). A more polite version of the same word is gaikokujin which means outside country person.

Gaijin
The Japanese word for foreigner. The term is often used to describe non-Japanese persons and organizations who invest in Japanese securities.


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He then catapulted the Gaijin down the track to record a time of 9.
TOKYO HOSTESS CLARE CAMPBELL Published by Sphere In May 2000, 21-year-old former air hostess Lucie Blackman set off for Japan to earn some money as a gaijin - a club hostess whose only role was to flatter, amuse and serve the paying customers in the bars of Tokyo's Roppongi district.
Tokyo officialdom eventually let gaijin investors run both banks--a rarity in Japan--figuring some foreign competition would help revitalize Japan's financial sector.
 
 
 
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