Japan’s Demographic Crisis Fuels Nationalist Surge: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Rises as Politicians Capitalize on Economic Fears
Japan is confronting a severe population crisis, characterized by a rapidly aging and shrinking populace, coupled with a declining birth rate. This demographic reality necessitates a greater reliance on foreign labor to sustain its economy. However, this need is increasingly clashing with a surge in anti-foreigner sentiments, which are being actively leveraged by nationalist and…
