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.
  • cygnus@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I replaced it with a more detailed source. Perhaps your confusion is stemming from the way you’re conflating foreign workers and immigrants.

    • xep@fedia.io
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      22 hours ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Japan

      Some Japanese scholars have pointed out that Japanese immigration laws, at least toward high-skilled migrants, are relatively lenient compared to other developed countries, and that the main factor behind its low migrant inflows is because it is a highly unattractive migrant destination compared to other developed countries.

      Yet in spite of this, the number of foreign residents in Japan in recent years is very high.