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[Black_Beer_Man]

I have heard someone say that Prime Minister Abe is considering allowing a considerable number of immigrants to live and work in Japan. This is mainly to fill vacant less desirable jobs like fast food and factory jobs. The other purposes are to increase sales of products and payment of taxes.

Do you think this policy will be implemented? How will the Japanese deal with the cultural differences of immigrants? Will Japanese culture be threatened? Will Japan turn into a multicultural country like The U.S.A. or Canada?

Do you see any other problems or opportunities?

I actually think the aging population is a good thing for Japan. This country could use a few million fewer people, couldn't it?

[RM1983]

If you were suggesting we culled people when they got to a certain age I'd be all ears. Unfortunately that's the problem, too many people unable to work so they need to bring in people from poorer countries.

Last week there was a report on Japanese exploitation of Chinese immigrants being tricked into little more than slave labour. Call me cynical but this is what they might aim for with larger amounts of immigration. It'll be people from dirt poor countries who can be exploited then sent packing.

I dont think there is any desire whatsoever to make it a multicultural place, but there maybe a knock on effect from cheap/slave labour if they mass import that. Bit like Western countries then lol

[rxk22]

I hope not. I like how safe Japan is, and mass immigration will make it so that huge areas are dangerous.

Seriously no thanks, and i hope that only a small trickle of immigrants comes to Japan. As was said, Japan doesn't need 120M people. This isn't the 50's/60's anymore. You don't have 30,000 people working at a single factory anymore.

I'd saw a better use of resources would be to get a lot of industry out of Kanto. As a large earthquake in Kanto would be devastating to the Japanese economy. They need to spread it around for safety.

[fluffyhamster]

[marley'sghost]

I was reading an article (sorry can't remember the paper, English edition of something) about increasing "immigration". Abe was apparently quite specific that he is not talking about immigration like we melting-pot, nation-of-immigrants , 'mericans think of immigration. He's talking short term laborers for those "3K" jobs.
Work 'em. Send them home after 3 years. Rinse and repeat.
I saw on T.V, they were starting up that program where they import foreign-health care workers again. That was a bit of a bait-and-switch if I remember from last time.
Who was it, Pitarou?, who said, "Japan does not have an immigration policy, it has a foreigner management policy."

[Pitarou]