Japan is facing a serious problem in maintaining its population. The birth rate continues to decline and there is a phenomenon of sex recession, where the number of people who want to get married is less. Various solutions try to be put forward because of their impact everywhere.
The population of workers in the land of Sakura has dropped from 86 million in 1991 to 74.3 million at this time. Millions of houses are empty, are expected to reach one third of the total houses in Japan in 2030. The sales of annual new cars dropped from 7.5 million to 4.2 million, while the sales store sales plummeted half.
Well, one of the surefire solutions put forward is attracting more immigrants for labor. "If Japan receives 1 million immigrants this year, then it can fully replace the population decline due to death, which is now twice the birth," wrote Hisai Tateishi, CEO of the Next Capital Partners quoted by us from Nikkei.
Compare Japan with Germany, which has almost the same population. The average age in Germany is 45 years, the oldest in Europe. But while foreigners only cover 2.2% of Japanese registered population in 2019, the German ratio is 13.1%.
It is not a coincidence that the US now has so many successful startups, considering its population continues to grow, in part because of immigration. Immigration is also the main driver of Canadian and Australian economic growth.
In Australia, foreign students can get a job visa to stay for several years after graduating and potentially switching to a long -term visa and finally naturalized. Foreigners who enter with a work vacation visa can turn to ordinary work visas if they get a permanent job. Canada takes a similar approach.
In Japan itself, it is not impossible to switch from the status of foreign students and then get citizenship, but the bureaucracy and other obstacles are considered to be difficult.
"Increasing immigration is a necessity because many Japanese companies, outside the most prestigious, difficulty recruiting people in their 20s and 30s. A path is needed to allow young people who come with a work holiday visa, which is now valid for no more than a year, To stay in Japan longer, "suggested Hisai.