First, there is no "wrestling". The policy is clear. Second, the only way to fix declining population is to increase permanent residence, which means either a Permanent Residence Visa or citizenship. But it takes 10 years for Permanent Residence, and Japan bans dual citizenship. Work visas do not fix the problem. But work visas are popular because immigrants can be treated as slave labor.

In other words, the author of that article has done a small amount of research but is actually being far to generous to a xenophobic and racist government that's enabling the abuse of foreign laborers.

The amount of xenophobia in those countries, they would def have a population collapse. But hey happy earth!

Japan is not alone in this.

The three countries that are getting hit with declining population are also the ones with some of the lowest migration rates in the world.

Japan.

Sth Korea.

China.

South Korea is running into the same problem. Most advanced economies have low birthrate, but South Korea has the lowest in the entire world. This has created an issue of a looming population crisis.

Typically countries fix this by allowing more immigration, but South Korea is incredibly xenophobic and many would rather attempt to deal with a population collapse than allow non-koreans into the country.

If Japan just adds subtitles like there is in anime then they will have all the white men come over

how many economies have to collapse before governments realize capitalism is broken

Ugh, this is not an "urgent risk to society" this is an example that the whole world should follow

My grandfather would probably mutter something about how "you sleep in the bed you make." People have been calling this for more than a decade, but Japan would rather watch itself die than to encourage immigration (or, God forbid, enact changes to encourage a domestic population growth).

This isn't limited to the big evil capitalist politicians, either. Xenophobia exists across almost all layers in Japanese society across the country.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A certified IT specialist, he arrived in Tokyo from Sri Lanka a year ago, hoping to take advantage of job opportunities that have opened up as part of Japan’s efforts to tackle its population crisis and encourage more immigration.

With the population expected to decline dramatically in the coming decades – leaving a gaping hole in the workforce – Japan is quietly easing restrictions and accepting record numbers of migrants, mostly from Asian countries such as Vietnam, China, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Data released in July showed a record population fall of nearly 800,000 but it also revealed a jump in overseas-born residents, to an all-time high of around 3 million, almost 50% up on a decade ago.

Bringing skilled workers from overseas is requiring a significant shift in a nation that not so long ago treated foreign labour as something akin to a necessary, if temporary, nuisance.

Despite the demographic challenges, Japan has remained reluctant to accept refugees and the number of applicants it grants asylum to annually rarely exceeds double digits.

Park believes it will be hard for Japan to lure large numbers of skilled workers due to language difficulties, dealing with the complexities of Japanese culture, and uncompetitive wages in many sectors.

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Its a bandaid solution.

Japan is a super old civilization and they've been through plenty of challenging times. They may stick out the next 40 years and continue to do what they have been for the next thousand years.

You do you Japan!

Japan is fucked long term