Reports emerging from Japan in the first few months of 2014 allege that the Abe government is eyeing adjusting Japan’s restrictive immigration policies to help alleviate the looming demographic crisis. Reaching the immigration target will almost surely be easier than lifting the nation’s low birthrate. With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the Trans-Pacific Partnership looming, Japan has plenty of reasons to liberalize its immigration policies. Allowing highly skilled foreign workers to settle in Japan will also bring new talent into the country, raising its competitiveness across a variety of industries. Should immigrants comprise a greater percentage of the whole, the idea of Japan will have to change, incorporating its new residents into the fold. That change won’t be easy, but it might be necessary to avert the alternative scenario: a country that shrinks its way into ruin.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:40:02 +0000
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