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Old 10-25-2013, 03:02 PM
 
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Immigration?
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Old 10-25-2013, 03:49 PM
 
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No, it wouldn't be culturally acceptable to most of Japan. I think they'll just transition to an inverted population pyramid and get by with a lower quality of life for a generation or so. And frankly, with so little land and such a high population it's maybe a good plan for the long term. When, as the population declines, the younger generations will be inheriting big cities with more space in them, they may come to feel more comfortable having children with the cheaper rents and bigger homes that come with that new situation.
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Old 10-25-2013, 04:16 PM
 
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But then what will happen to tokyo? Will it get smaller? What about its sprawl?
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Old 10-26-2013, 11:15 AM
 
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Citykid, why do you think Japan has a "future population crisis"?
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Old 10-26-2013, 03:47 PM
 
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Citykid, why do you think Japan has a "future population crisis"?
-_- like 3/4 of their population is really old or something. They're population will go into super decline.
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Old 10-26-2013, 05:00 PM
 
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The Japanese are racist. They are afraid of becoming a minority in Japan. And that is evil.
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Old 10-26-2013, 05:45 PM
 
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Hopefully to rescue this thread from five posts of fail ... let's try logic.

Japan will not try to fix its future depopulation. They are too ethnocentric for immigration, and they are too stodgy and conservative to allow their women to do anything serious but be housewives, and their corporations are loathe to increase wages which would be necessary in many parts of Japan.

Given the rate of technological advancement, I anticipate robots taking over more and more jobs and to take care of the elderly. This will further alienate the job prospects for "average" schoolchildren, who will eventually be forced to be the store greeter type.
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Old 10-26-2013, 10:45 PM
 
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Has anyone been to Hong Kong suburbs like Hung Hom,Quarry Bay,Causeway Bay and Tai Koo,lots of Japanese people living there now,I wonder why,even the Tai Koo Mall that is owned by the MTR,lots of young Japanese shop at it on a Sunday as well
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Old 10-26-2013, 11:10 PM
 
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Japanese people in Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 10-27-2013, 03:13 AM
 
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You know that Japan is not closed off for immigration right? In fact if you have a japanse wife it is easier than in many European countries.

For instance if you earn $40K and want to move back to Norway with your wife, then you need to travel to Norway alone, find work that lets you earn at least $45K, work for one year (longer if you start mid year), then apply, wait 6 months and you can finaly rejoin. That means you have to be apart for at least 1 and half years, and your children may be suffering.

If you can't find high enough paid work, then you are out of luck. If you lose your job, find work 4 months later, then expect to get delayed by another year. No other factors are considered. That your partner is very qualified and can easily get a good job is not considered. That you have $100K in the bank is not considered. That you got sick is not considered. So of course it leads to a lot of families being split in two. And this is Norway who has high immigration rate (from EU and asylum). How about work? In fact Japan is way easier. Getting into America or many european countries through a work visa is almost impossible.

But there is one area where Japan is not easier at all, and thats taking in asylum seekers, giving amnesty to illegal immigrants, giving benefits to illegal immigrants, and giving automatic citizenship to illegal immigrant children. But how would making that easier benefit Japan? All experience from US and Europe shows that it has come at a massive cost.

It is already quite easy for high qualified immigrants. They could make it much easier for unskilled/inexperienced labour to get work permits in Japan, but that would depress young people's wages, reducing the birth rate. Thats the exact opposite of what should happen. Actually I don't even think the birth rate is Japans biggest problem right now. I think the budget deficit is the biggest problem. That is not totally related to their population crisis, since other countries in asia and europe has a growing older population, but not a deficit like Japan. They need to solve that first.

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