Japan faces labor shortages and demographic crisis as elderly population hits record high
Japan faces labor shortages and demographic crisis as elderly population hits record high
Japan's number of people aged 65 and over has reached a record high, cementing it as the worlds most elderly country, according to government statistics.
- Government data released ahead of Japan’s “Respect for the Aged Day” showed that the country’s population aged 65 and over had risen to an all-time high of 36.25 million.
- According to Robert Feldman, chief economist at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities, the data fuels concerns about demographic shifts and a labor crunch in the country.
The Japanese will let the country wither before accepting immigrants. It's a shame.
The old in Japan have that problem. There have been other studies that have shown that you get people have significantly less problems with it. Japan has always been insular, but their politics and older age groups have always been more stagnant and less accepting.
Basically, don't throw the whole country under the bus when it's just the old farts that don't want things to change.
That's great, but until it translates into policy it's purely academic.
But the old farts are growing in numbers, so to what degree were conservatives always that way, in other words are people becoming newly/more conservative about immigrants in their old age, or will the more liberal young ones of today bring this more open attitude into their old age , lessening conservatism over time?
I've heard this said about Japan on Lemmy more than once. Is there a source for the sentiment?
It isn't "sentiment". Japan is very well-known for being exceptionally unwelcoming to immigration in general, other than for low-skilled resident workers. Here's a pretty good overview: https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d00920/
To be fair, that isn't unusual for east Asia. China is the same, but their demographic crisis is still two decades away.
This is only one small piece of the puzzle, but it's fairly common to have trouble finding a place to rent if you're a foreigner, specifically because you're a foreigner.
According to Robert Feldman, chief economist at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities, the data fuels concerns about demographic shifts and a labor crunch in the country.
How the fuck is it his problem though? Is he personally interested in the well-being of Japanese people? No. Does he only care about maximizing his own profits? Yes.
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Has it really, though? Or are they mostly unreported corpses still collecting pensions? And screwing up the data our doctors are using to tell us about "healthy living"?
Didn't you see this the other day in the news?
Feel free to come at the story from another source, it's legit peer-reviewed research. Of course my choice of "mostly" was exaggeration with humorous intent.