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Indian-born CEO of Japanese company says nation needs immigration to thrive

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12 pointsmikhael9 comments

I don't like these movements that always force multiculturalism onto non-settler societies

they have a right to their own country, if they need to adapt they'll find some way to adapt

I'm unsure why JT and the poster chose that headline.

Remove where the CEO was born from the statement. It is absolutely true that Japan is in the midst of a population crisis regardless of political, ethnic or socio-economic climate. It isn't because of some "obvious evil" or some Runaway problem". It's just the way it is in Japan, This was heralded in the 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, and it is hitting hard now.

The japanese culture of saving face, civic sense, remaining quiet, will not fix this. That's not some damning problem indicative of japanese people. It's just descibing it the way it is.

Why would any executive, regardless of nationality, not be keenly aware of the major, major market/socio-economic challenges facing their segment?

What about this article is anyone, group etc. "forcing multiculturaism on non-settler societies"?

If a country wants to preserve culture over economic gains, that is a choice. India has 1.45B people (as of this comment), I would expect places with lots of people to be pro-immigration, and advocate for (in countries that potentially could accept a lot of immigrants) lots of immigration, if you argued for economic success at all costs. Infosys founder is also advocating for 70 hour work weeks for economic gains, different story same tune: line go up.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/asia_tech_news_roundu...

Start at what a country is optimizing for, and work backwards. Line go up is not the end all be all. Tokyo is promoting a 4 day week to improve life for workers to increase the birth rate. Improving living and working conditions domestically is potentially superior to importing immigrants as fuel for a misconfigured economic system.

Is this a "movement"? Or just one man's attempt to sway public opinion based on his lived experience?

Are we forgetting the part where they colonized Korea, China, and most of the South Pacific?

do they currently occupy Korea, China, and most of the South Pacific?

Japan is a settler society, they colonized and displaced the indigenous Ainu and Okinawans.

And Japan is multicultural. You might be forgetting that different Asian cultures exist, or for some reason conflating "culture" with race and ethnicity. Much of what people consider to be "Japanese culture" originated in China or Korea, and that isn't even taking into account nearly a century of westernization.

Also no one is forcing anything onto anyone.

They need higher wages to support a healthy birth rate. Importing slave labor benefits owners in the short term, but destroys the entire civilization in the also short term.

What is the end goal here? Mass immigration is usually good for the capital holders at the expense of the commoners. Japan needs massive immigration to make more…snack crackers? Video games? That juice is not worth the squeeze.

We’ve replaced worship of god (which may mean different things depending on your nationality) with the worship of money. And it’s only good for those with a lot of money.

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