This only applies to jobs that require Japanese proficiency. The vast majority of engineering and specialist visa will not be affected.
It's not unreasonable that a person applying for a job that requires language proficiency be able to demonstrate said proficiency.
Now where I am from every school kid gets to take part during a days long bicycle safety introduction and after that most citizens will be relatively ok to ride practically for the rest of their lifes. In Tokyo it seemed to me that tokyoites seemed to have declared bicycling a rule-free space for themselves. I have been there two weeks and witnessed 3 near accidents on the sidewalk.
I am not a fan of bureaucrats, but we can't assume people are able to create a good outcome just by themselves without education, guidance, rules and enforcement. The best way is to educate your population early on on how move in a public space using bicycles. But if you have a problem to solve right now the next best thing is the law.
I am living in Germany and there are also cyclists on sidewalks here. But I don't think I ever had the feeling when walking here that I needed to move when a cyclist approached. Cyclists are aware they are not supposed to be there so they will have to wait to pass. That was different in Tokyo, hence also my lack of surprise that there needs to be some regulation, since this was clearly dangerous and with a city that size this has to end up in hospitals on a daily basis.
So cheap. Comparing to Germany.
it’s cray cray that in non Schengen foreigners can drive 90 days im Germany with their foreign issued driving license, but natives are subject to insane whims of the driving Schule…
Some natives have started to make "driving Schule" in foreign countries.
As far as i know, all laws of a country are to be followed, not only a selection of them.
