Ready or not, Japan on the way to becoming a nation of immigrants

[Pretiacruento]

[b]Ready or not, Japan on the way to becoming a nation of immigrants[/b]
Via [url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/kuchikomi/view/ready-or-not-japan-on-the-way-to-becoming-a-nation-of-immigrants]Japan Today[/url]
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[quote]TOKYO — What have we here? An article brimming with enlightened attitudes toward immigration, from a monthly publication with “taboo” in its name. But being a magazine that thrives on controversy, Jitsuwa Bunka Tabuu’s December issue, which went on sale Oct 16, has run a 4-page article titled, “How splendid the Japan of immigrants will become!”

The article even brushes aside concerns over a decline in public order due to the influx of foreigners—a courageous statement considering that just a month ago, a 30-year-old Peruvian national was detained by police on suspicion of murdering six people in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture.

It appears under the byline of “Kunihiko Date,” a name that appears to have been spun off from the protagonist of a 1958 novel by the late thriller author Haruhiko Oyabu. Date points out efforts by the national government to make Japan more hospitable to immigrants is already well under way, with a law establishing “national strategic special zones”—provided with incentives for foreigners to move here from overseas—having been passed in December 2013. In addition to six zones in Tokyo and other major urban areas, three new zones have been subsequently designated in Miyagi, Aichi and Akita prefectures, increasing the total to nine.

While it assumed that most of the new arrivals would be from Asian countries, an increase in immigrants from European countries such as Greece, with its moribund economy, could not be ruled out.

Opponents to immigration, particularly political conservatives and members of right-wing groups, have argued that “Japan is a single ethnic group, it cannot easily absorb people from other cultures.” These groups argue that an influx of foreigners will result in a decline in public order and negative impact on employment.[/quote]
Will be interesting to see how Japanese population "opens up" and adapts to immigrants in the upcoming years.

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[lyna]

rest in peace japan

[Sobotnik]

They'll have to, otherwise the population losses they've been having the past few years will set their nation into a spiral of demographic decline that will be difficult to recover from.

[Riller]

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;48927122]They'll have to, otherwise the population losses they've been having the past few years will set their nation into a spiral of demographic decline that will be difficult to recover from.[/QUOTE]

Yep. Either they open their doors, or get a nationwide Detroit-situation on their hands.