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Japan wrestles with its views on ‘outside people’ amid population crisis (www.theguardian.com)

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Low birthrate and ageing population pose ‘an urgent risk to society’, but can opening its borders to skilled overseas workers fix the problem?

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[–] Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I shouldn't have let that slight giggle out about xenophobia slowly strangling a country to death, but it just feels so absurd. Mix or die mf, lmao. Get your gaijin swirl on y'all.