Respect! Japan is doomed either way, wa to go captain! sink with that ship, 70% of the west will be heading towards that in the next 90 years.
It’s actually going to backfire on them in the long run. The younger generation (Gen Z) is hurting economically and they’re misplacing the blame on immigrants, when in reality it’s the government’s own economic policies that have caused stagnant wages and poor job opportunities.
But here’s the bigger problem: even if they completely shut out immigrants, they’re still facing a massive worker shortage. Their population is aging rapidly, birth rates are low, and fewer young people are entering the workforce. That creates a vicious feedback loop , fewer workers, less tax revenue, less ability to fund pensions for the elderly and it will just create a tight squeeze on them.
Japan is the clearest example of this problem (links below). Without new workers , either by boosting birth rates or allowing immigration , they’re setting themselves up for an economic collapse.