> So maybe there is no conflict, but it is hardly functional.

You do realize this is a pretty condescending and closed-minded statement to make no?

It's been said that any developing country going through accelerated economic improvement will have their birth rates reduced by quite a bit. That doesn't make it their society any less functional than say the NRA vs mass shootings, or political gridlocks between parties.

And last I heard Japan was opening up to foreign sources of labour. They are slowly changing their minds and adapting.