Japan is now facing a major decrease in population ever than before and by 2100, it is believed that the population will decrease by half. Despite this problem, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has rejected immigration, which surprises those who have heard his speech of reviving the Japanese economy. Immigration is the only solution left for Japan to survive in the global world. In this essay I would like to mention about how important it is to accept immigration to revive Japan’s economy.
First of all, it is said that if Japan doesn’t accept foreign workers to stabilize the population and the economy by 2050 the population will decrease by 30 million and in the early 2100s population could be half of even a two thirds of what it is now. This is a catastrophic economic problem in a country that has the world’s heaviest public debt load and one third of the national budget already goes to pensions and health care. Japan is now realizing that they cannot escape the consequence of border-crossing forces of globalization. Today there are three working age people to support one retiree, but in half a century the ratio will be one-to-one. Such estimated results of the future Japan clearly states that the consequence of not accepting foreigners into the country can do great harm to Japan.
Secondly, In the 1960s Japanese economy experienced labor shortages during the economic boom but the government and the major corporations chose not to depend on foreign labor and pushed for automation in production. In 2005, Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stated that “If the foreign labor exceeds a certain level, it is bound to cause a clash. It is necessary to consider measures to prevent it and then admit foreign workers as necessary. Just because there is a Labor shortage does not mean we should readily allow foreign workers to come in” But, as Japan experienced economic growth after 1980s the number of visa over stayers ascended dramatically; from less than 10,000 in 1996 to nearly 20,000 in 1999 and to 48,000 in 2004. Although on a recent TV program Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has showed negative feelings towards accepting foreigners, Japanese governments have recently developed policies to solve problems involving in the flows of immigrants. Such as relaxing restriction on employment of certain categories of workers for which there are serious labor shortages,-from nannies to medical doctors- introducing stricter review producers to prevent exploitation. Government also amended the penal code, Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law in June 2005 to provide for the protection of foreign victims of human trafficking. In July 2005, Japanese government introduced a relaxed tourist visa regime to all Chinese citizens which resulted in a 14 percent increase in the tourists visiting Japan. Despite the efforts of government, public show little appetite in accepting foreigners, according to the result of poll by the Jiji news agency in March, just under 60 percent would accept foreign workers for temporary employment in labor shortages.
Thirdly, one of the big issues about immigration is the public view; not many Japanese have appetite to accepting immigrants. A survey taken by Asahi news in 2010 shows that two-thirds of the Japanese citizens were against large scale immigration.
The reason for this is because of the mounting concerns of public security and growing apprehensions about international terrorism. It is true that among Japanese society there is a growing perception of immigrants, especially for those who are standing in an unauthorized status in the country, are the major reasons to the rising crime rate and deterioration of the public safety. Another issue involving in immigration is exploitation of foreign workers in Japan. The government has been working to prevent foreign trainees who are being exploited disappear or become “unaccounted for”. To improve the current misinterpretation towards immigrants, Japanese government should aim to get positive image from immigrants by making full use of media. Also, for a country with extreme homogeneity, rather than accepting many immigrants at once, it would be a wiser approach for government to adjust the amount to avoid conflicts between native Japanese and foreign ethnic groups. For Japan to become a multi-cultural country, it must change the nature of today’s social system which its foundation is based on homogeneity and individualism. Japan should accept different ethnic group’s culture, ideas and thoughts.
Fourthly, from a linguistic point of view, accepting more immigrants will improve Japan’s English skills. Despite the fact that Japan has an enormous wealth and has a high literacy rate, Japan is consistently ranked bottom in TOEFL scores among Asian countries. By accepting more foreigners from not only west but also English speaking Asian countries.
It will improve countries’ English skills and also diverse environment in schools and workplaces. This can help Japan strive in the global competition and bond with other countries.
Finally, comparing Japan and the US, current percentage of immigrants in Japan is just under 2percent, whereas US relies heavily on immigration to keep the economy stabilized. US as a super power, its economic growth occurred from 1980s to the beginning of the 20th century, which was the peak year of immigration too. US also suffers from falling birth rate and the aging population. In the 1950s, birthrate per woman was 3.5, however currently it has dropped down to 1.93. Immigrants have played an important role to fill the age distribution and most importantly work and pay taxes for decades. Not only the high-skilled immigrants who are the innovators, creating new products, services and new works, low-skilled immigrants also play a big role. Research shows that each low-skilled immigrants were associated with 464 jobs for native-born Americans, which clearly states the contribution of the low-skilled workers. High-skilled workers who engage in engineering, mathematics, science and technology fields contribute to raising the countries’ GDP. The long-run effect of immigrants to the Native Americans is positive. Each individual contribute to different jobs, therefore its competition is minimal. Immigrants and Americans with different abilities and languages can make people more productive. Japan on the other hand has never been so independent on immigrants before, this is a rare case for a country with wealth and power. The problem that Japan has right now is the harsh labor condition for Low-skilled workers. For a decade Japan has been criticized by human right groups, parliamentarians and the United Nations for exploitation and abusive and unmonitored system and yet government has not taken an appropriate action towards it. For Japan to accept immigrants into the country, it must aim to treat every workers equally and fairly. Government must enact a more strict law to regulate exploitation that dehumanize the immigrants.
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日本は今よりも前に 2100 年、人口の大幅な減少に直面している人口は半分に減少するといわれています。この問題にもかかわらず、安倍晋三首相は移民、日本経済の復活の彼のスピーチを聞いたことがある人は驚きを拒否しています。移民は、日本が世界で生き残るための唯一の解決策です。このエッセイは日本経済を復活させるために移民を受け入れる重要について言及したいと思います。まず第一に、日本は 2050 年までに人口と経済を安定させるために外国人労働者を受け入れない場合 3000 万が、人口が減少して、初期 2100s年の人口が今のも 3 分の 2 の半分になるといいます。これは世界の最も重い公共負債負荷を持つ国の壊滅的な経済問題と国家予算の 3 分の 1 は既に年金や医療に行きます。日本は今国境を越えるグローバル化の力の結果を免れることはできないことを実現しています。今日 1 つの退職者をサポートする 3 つの作業時代の人々 がありますが、半世紀の比率が 1 対 1 になります。未来のような推定の結果日本ない国に外国人の受け入れの結果を行うことができる状態で明らかに日本に大損害を与えた。Secondly, In the 1960s Japanese economy experienced labor shortages during the economic boom but the government and the major corporations chose not to depend on foreign labor and pushed for automation in production. In 2005, Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stated that “If the foreign labor exceeds a certain level, it is bound to cause a clash. It is necessary to consider measures to prevent it and then admit foreign workers as necessary. Just because there is a Labor shortage does not mean we should readily allow foreign workers to come in” But, as Japan experienced economic growth after 1980s the number of visa over stayers ascended dramatically; from less than 10,000 in 1996 to nearly 20,000 in 1999 and to 48,000 in 2004. Although on a recent TV program Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has showed negative feelings towards accepting foreigners, Japanese governments have recently developed policies to solve problems involving in the flows of immigrants. Such as relaxing restriction on employment of certain categories of workers for which there are serious labor shortages,-from nannies to medical doctors- introducing stricter review producers to prevent exploitation. Government also amended the penal code, Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law in June 2005 to provide for the protection of foreign victims of human trafficking. In July 2005, Japanese government introduced a relaxed tourist visa regime to all Chinese citizens which resulted in a 14 percent increase in the tourists visiting Japan. Despite the efforts of government, public show little appetite in accepting foreigners, according to the result of poll by the Jiji news agency in March, just under 60 percent would accept foreign workers for temporary employment in labor shortages. 第三に、移民について大きな問題の 1 つはパブリック ビュー;ない多くの日本人には、移民を受け入れるように食欲があります。2010 年に朝日新聞の実施した調査は、日本国民の 3 分の 2 が大規模な移民に反対したことを示しています。この理由は、公安の国際テロに関する成長懸念懸念の高まりが原因です。それは移民の国で未承認の状態で立っている人のために特に成長している認識がある日本の社会の中で犯罪率の上昇、公共の安全の劣化に主要な理由は、true です。日本の外国人労働者の搾取は、移民の別の問題を含みます。政府は防ぐために取り組んでいる外国人研修生は悪用されているが消えるか、またはなる「ため行方不明」。移民に対する現在の誤解を向上させるため、日本政府は移民からメディアを駆使して肯定的なイメージを得るに目指すべきであります。また、一度に多くの移民を受け入れるのではなく、極端な同質性の国、日本人と外国人のネイティブの民族グループ間の競合を避けるために量を調整する政府のための賢明なアプローチがでしょう。日本多文化の国になるため、その基盤は、均質性と個人主義に基づいている今日の社会システムの性質を変更する必要がそれ。日本には、異なる民族の文化、意見や考えを受け入れる必要があります。第四に、言語学の視点からより多くの移民を受け入れる日本の英語力が向上します。にもかかわらず日本が莫大な富を持っており高い識字率であること、日本は、アジア諸国間で TOEFL のスコアで底を一貫してランクされています。ウエストだけでなく、英語圏のアジアの国からのより多くの外国人を受け入れる。国の英語力とも学校や職場での多様な環境が向上します。これは日本のグローバル競争の中で努力し、他の国との結合を助けることができます。 Finally, comparing Japan and the US, current percentage of immigrants in Japan is just under 2percent, whereas US relies heavily on immigration to keep the economy stabilized. US as a super power, its economic growth occurred from 1980s to the beginning of the 20th century, which was the peak year of immigration too. US also suffers from falling birth rate and the aging population. In the 1950s, birthrate per woman was 3.5, however currently it has dropped down to 1.93. Immigrants have played an important role to fill the age distribution and most importantly work and pay taxes for decades. Not only the high-skilled immigrants who are the innovators, creating new products, services and new works, low-skilled immigrants also play a big role. Research shows that each low-skilled immigrants were associated with 464 jobs for native-born Americans, which clearly states the contribution of the low-skilled workers. High-skilled workers who engage in engineering, mathematics, science and technology fields contribute to raising the countries’ GDP. The long-run effect of immigrants to the Native Americans is positive. Each individual contribute to different jobs, therefore its competition is minimal. Immigrants and Americans with different abilities and languages can make people more productive. Japan on the other hand has never been so independent on immigrants before, this is a rare case for a country with wealth and power. The problem that Japan has right now is the harsh labor condition for Low-skilled workers. For a decade Japan has been criticized by human right groups, parliamentarians and the United Nations for exploitation and abusive and unmonitored system and yet government has not taken an appropriate action towards it. For Japan to accept immigrants into the country, it must aim to treat every workers equally and fairly. Government must enact a more strict law to regulate exploitation that dehumanize the immigrants.
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