Life in Japan: Is this country on the cusp of a demographic revolution? – The Mainichi

6 comments

1. No. Saved you a click.

2. > The immigration agency rejected my application without explanation. When I went to the bureau in Tokyo’s Shinagawa area to enquire why, I was told verbally that my application had failed because of my wife: She had been late making two national insurance payments a few years previously.

   If Japanese immigration is giving this guy living in the country for 25 years this much hassle, I don’t think anyone needs to worry about ‘mass immigration’ lol

3. No, just old people maintaining the status quo.

4. The answer to headlines posed as a question is always no.

5. Why yes, we are surely making a monumental shift from 2% -> 2.15%

6. Get ready to have your culture “enriched” like it is in Europe.