Japan has been closed to both tourists and immigrants for over two years. That’s bound to have an effect on population growth.
Some tourists always end up staying and contributing to population growth: meet a local, get married, the usual.
Some tourists always end up staying and contributing to population growth: meet a local, get married, the usual.
Think that number is incredibly small, only a couple thousand at most.
> And with no roadmap to reopen for the rest of the year at least
The PM just indicated otherwise this week.
> don't want foreigners at all and not because of health concerns.
Well, the sentiment is that foreigners = don’t wear mask. And don’t wear mask = health concerns.
Japanese people will be caught with masks in a middle of the forest with no one around for miles. Most of the Japanese population is vaccinated now, but the vast majority of people don’t wear masks, whereas an order of magnitude more of foreigners disproportionately do not wear masks.
https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/uiwit7/getting_t...
The most common origin of the foreign spouse is from China (where naturalization is much more difficult if not impossible), followed by Korea and the Philippines (where there are fewer job opportunities).