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Japan immigration

March 22, 2022
Can Japan Become a Multicultural Country?
By Jakob Ranglin Grissler
Multiculturalism is not incompatible with Japan – rather, it is only at the beginning of its trajectory.

January 04, 2022
Japan’s Self-Destructive Immigration Policy
By Markus Bell
Criminalizing asylum seekers and stigmatizing immigration is only worsening Japan’s demographic crisis.

December 13, 2021
Japan’s Lesson for the World: Robots Won’t Save Us
By Paul Christensen
Rethinking Japan’s global relevance in the 21st century.

June 30, 2021
What the Imperial House Tells Us About Japan’s Demographic Crisis
By Will Fee
Aging, shrinking, its top position reserved exclusively for men – Japan's monarchy is a neat microcosm of society as a whole.

September 18, 2020
The Desperation of Japan’s Detained Asylum Seekers
By Taku Suzuki
A look back at the wave of hunger strikes among detained asylum seekers in Japan last year.

August 26, 2020
Japan to Relax Re-entry Restrictions on Foreign Residents Starting in September
By Thisanka Siripala
Expats stranded in limbo overseas have hope on the way with borders poised to reopen to all foreign residents, albeit at a staggered pace.

June 26, 2020
A Brief, Cautionary, History of Japan-US Immigration
By Kaoru Ueda
Migration policies are influenced by a complicated mix of labor markets, geopolitics, trade and diplomacy -- and often have unintended consequences.

February 21, 2019
Japan’s Immigration Policy: Turned Corner or Cul-De-Sac?
By Arnab Dasgupta
A new immigration reform package still doesn't go far enough to meet Japan's needs.

February 07, 2019
Japan 2019: Feast or Famine
By Anthony Fensom
Economist Jesper Koll on what to expect from Abenomics and Japan's economy in 2019.

November 30, 2018
Making Sense of Japan’s New Immigration Policy
By Emese Schwarcz
A controversial new regulation will allow more foreign workers into Japan. But can Japan take care of them once they arrive?

June 09, 2018
Japan Open Doors for More Foreign Workers
By Thisanka Siripala
Abe has proposed concrete measures to deepen the labor pool of low-skilled foreign workers in a drastic shift in policy.

May 20, 2016
Japan Won’t Depopulate Quietly Into The Night
By Anthony Fensom
The Japanese government is trying to increase the nation’s labor force.
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