Japan opens doors to mass immigration

[Beet]

www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/09/the-changing-face-of-japan-labour-shortage-opens-doors-to-immigrant-workers

[Santander]

Guest workers are not immigrants - they are sojourners who fill needs in the labor market. Immigrant is defined as someone who permanently settles in a new area/country. There is a lot the West could learn from East Asian immigration policy.

[Beet]

Guest workers are not immigrants - they are sojourners who fill needs in the labor market. Immigrant is defined as someone who permanently settles in a new area/country. There is a lot the West could learn from East Asian immigration policy.

It says some will be allowed to apply for permanent residency.

Also support for the change is highest among young people, so it may be a harbinger of the direction of Japanese immigration policy in the future.

O/c you could argue if a country with 100 mil packed in the size of Montana needs more people, but as Audrey says the population is expected to plunge.

[Santander]

Guest workers are not immigrants - they are sojourners who fill needs in the labor market. Immigrant is defined as someone who permanently settles in a new area/country. There is a lot the West could learn from East Asian immigration policy.

It says some will be allowed to apply for permanent residency.

Only people who have advanced skills and largely integrate into Japan, which is already possible under the current immigration system.

[Beet]

Guest workers are not immigrants - they are sojourners who fill needs in the labor market. Immigrant is defined as someone who permanently settles in a new area/country. There is a lot the West could learn from East Asian immigration policy.

It says some will be allowed to apply for permanent residency.

Only people who have advanced skills and largely integrate into Japan, which is already possible under the current immigration system.

Regardless, mass immigration is inevitable for East Asia, it faces demographic collapse otherwise.

[Woody]

This is going to backfire. In the future when the Japanese are threathened to become a minority in their own country I wouldn't be suprised if there will be calls to reinstate Imperial Japan.

[Storr]

This is going to backfire. In the future when the Japanese are threathened to become a minority in their own country I wouldn't be suprised if there will be calls to reinstate Imperial Japan.

It could possibly backfire, as you said. But, if the government does nothing, there will be a loud outcry for immigrants as the population rapidly declines. It's a bit of a catch 22, especially for a country as ethnically and racially insular as Japan.

[Santander]

Japan witnessed a large wave of migration from Korea for a while,

/facepalm

[PSOL]

"Immediately following the end of World War II, there were roughly 2.4 million Koreans in Japan; the majority repatriated to their ancestral homes in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula"



https://books.google.com./books?id=ZUVGAQAAQBAJ&pg=PP1&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

From that, an estimated 900k are descendants of the Zainichi Koreans who stayed. That doesn’t exclude those who have Korean ancestry for several centuries due to cross movement, including the royal family.

[Zaybay]

Smart move. They have a quickly aging population and cant replace their numbers fast enough. At least with immigration, they can stop an economic catastrophe.

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Guest workers are not immigrants - they are sojourners who fill needs in the labor market. Immigrant is defined as someone who permanently settles in a new area/country. There is a lot the West could learn from East Asian immigration policy.

You do know most of the Turks in Germany came in a guest worker program?

Anyway, the big problem with this solution is you end up (in the extreme end) with nightmare states like the Gulf, where a pampered elite sit above an army of disenfranchised and abused workers

[Former President tack50]

For some reason a part of me wants Japan to have 100% closed borders, just as a real life experiment of how that would look like. Would de-growth be possible or would it lead to Japan collapsing? Or would Japanese birthrates eventually pick up somehow?

[ag]

For some reason a part of me wants Japan to have 100% closed borders, just as a real life experiment of how that would look like. Would de-growth be possible or would it lead to Japan collapsing? Or would Japanese birthrates eventually pick up somehow?

As long as the borders are only closed one way, they could send the elderly to the Philippines to die. Or else they could just introduce mandatory eutanasia for this unable to afford geriatric care. As long as you do not particularly like your grandma, you can do this.

[Blue3]

I thought their plan was "robots, not immigrants"?

I wonder what changed their minds.

[dead0man]

I thought their plan was "robots, not immigrants"?

I wonder what changed their minds.

my guess....turns out robots make sh**tty nurses.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

For some reason a part of me wants Japan to have 100% closed borders, just as a real life experiment of how that would look like. Would de-growth be possible or would it lead to Japan collapsing? Or would Japanese birthrates eventually pick up somehow?

It's called the Tokugawa shogunate.

[Woody]

Smart move. They have a quickly aging population and cant replace their numbers fast enough. At least with immigration, they can stop an economic catastrophe.

Culture and religion is more important than money. Something marxists like you don't seem to understand.

[Zaybay]

Smart move. They have a quickly aging population and cant replace their numbers fast enough. At least with immigration, they can stop an economic catastrophe.

Culture and religion is more important than money. Something marxists like you don't seem to understand.

If Japan wants to go though complete and total collapse, economically, socially, and politically, because they are losing population just to preserve "culture and religion", thats fine by me. Its their choice.

[ON Progressive]

Smart move. They have a quickly aging population and cant replace their numbers fast enough. At least with immigration, they can stop an economic catastrophe.

Culture and religion is more important than money. Something marxists like you don't seem to understand.

If Japan wants to go though complete and total collapse, economically, socially, and politically, because they are losing population just to preserve "culture and religion", thats fine by me. Its their choice.

Just put the guy on ignore. He's actually posted garbage that's basically copy and pasted from Stormfront.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Great news, but they need to bump their numbers up above 1 million visas per year FAST. Seriously, the country is screwed without a massive influx of (probably) young South/Southeast Asians.

[justfollowingtheelections]

For some reason a part of me wants Japan to have 100% closed borders, just as a real life experiment of how that would look like. Would de-growth be possible or would it lead to Japan collapsing? Or would Japanese birthrates eventually pick up somehow?

Well the Japanese economy has been suffering from deflation and low to non-existent growth for decades, so I would say the experiment has already happened and it's time to end it.

[DINGO Joe]

For some reason a part of me wants Japan to have 100% closed borders, just as a real life experiment of how that would look like. Would de-growth be possible or would it lead to Japan collapsing? Or would Japanese birthrates eventually pick up somehow?

The US has it's own version of the experiment--it's called West Virginia.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Horrifying news.

[Cory]

For some reason a part of me wants Japan to have 100% closed borders, just as a real life experiment of how that would look like. Would de-growth be possible or would it lead to Japan collapsing? Or would Japanese birthrates eventually pick up somehow?

The US has it's own version of the experiment--it's called West Virginia.

Don't be a prick.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Smart move. They have a quickly aging population and cant replace their numbers fast enough. At least with immigration, they can stop an economic catastrophe.

Culture and religion is more important than money. Something marxists like you don't seem to understand.

LOL Do you even know what Marxist means