Can you see Japan ever becoming an immigrant nation?

[Tiger Beer]

That above one, is why I was glad to get out of Niigata (northern Japan!). Not much activity at all going on in Osaka/Kansai!

I can see Japan becoming a little bit of an immigrant nation, but only with slow gradual changes for that, and not in high numbers/fast changes with ethnic, racial demographics.

There is a significant amount of foreigners/people from other countries that already moved to Japan and live there. They have acceptance and respect in Japan but they certainly have a different status from ethnic Japanese citizens. That kind of status probably won’t change anytime soon.

Plenty of Japanese people are open and accepting to foreigners in a lot of ways, and some of that penetrates and influence modern Japanese culture. However, at the same time, the Japanese don’t want too much excessive influence from foreigners/other countries.

It is a form of connection but also insular detachment simultaneously.

Japan is a paradox for topics such as this.

[Tomboy-]

Few white Or non asians are born in or moved to Japan comparing with the number of Chinese , Koreans and Southeast Asians in Japan.

Originally Posted by Trimac20

In the developed world, Japan must stick out as being the least diverse/most homogeneous country (with Scandinavia not too far behind). I'm not saying this is a bad thing: diversity doesn't necessarily make a country better or worse, it just how it is. But given the aging population and Japan's population decline, do you think they will begin to take in more and more non-Japanese to bolster the workforce? I mean I know 94 million is still a large population, but it will be a lot older by then, and they might want more people to support the populace.

I imagine Westerners as much as other Asians might be incorporated...Many Westerners already work there, and a select few probably plan to settle there, if they can. While I'm not sure how hard it is to get a permanent residence visa there, if possible at all, I wonder if the Japanese will ever change it's attitude?

I doubt it will ever become a 'melting' pot like the US or even France, of course, nor am I saying it should. But do you see other nations - say Americans, Koreans, Chinese, Indians - migrating to Japanese in significant numbers and perhaps even forming a permanent, minority American Japanese? Like white European or American Japanese people born in Japan who are raised Japanese, speak the language.etc in the same way there are Japanese Americans?

[Dd714]

Originally Posted by Tomboy-

Few white Or non asians are born in or moved to Japan comparing with the number of Chinese , Koreans and Southeast Asians in Japan.

Dude, what's with your necro-posting festival? You single handedly moved down active topics by bringing up so many old threads. These might be useful topics back in 2012 but most of the posters have moved on to other topics or even away from this forum.