Bank of Japan, in a Surprise, Adopts Negative Interest Rate

Re:Bank of Japan, in a Surprise, Adopts Negative Interest Rate by danans on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @11:04AM (#11020248)

Why would a slightly more open immigration policy result in a Japan without any Japanese people? Nobody is proposing Schengen-agreement style open borders, anyways.

The culturally (and racially) homogeneous state is a myth. Even the Japan you might perceive as homogeneous is the result of many waves of migration stretching to pre-history (Jomon, Ainu, Yayoi, Chinese...)

Places that have relatively open borders (EU, US) aren't experiencing anything like "cultural mass suicide" - unless you buy the nationalist rhetoric coming out of right wing and neo-nazi camps.

All cultures are evolving, including Japan. Sometimes it is gradual, and sometimes it is faster (your example of WWII). Healthy societies accept that change is natural, and try to make sure that it happens in a constructive way.

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Re:Bank of Japan, in a Surprise, Adopts Negative Interest Rate by danans on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @01:16PM (#11021212)

If you're going to downvote, you should provide an explanation.

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Re:Bank of Japan, in a Surprise, Adopts Negative Interest Rate by guard-of-terra on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @01:20PM (#11021244)

You're compounding multiple weak statements together, making responding to them all infeasible, people downvote and move on.

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Re:Bank of Japan, in a Surprise, Adopts Negative Interest Rate by danans on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @01:26PM (#11021303)

Thank you.

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