People aged 80 and over top 10% of Japan's population for first time

Re:People aged 80 and over top 10% of Japan's population for... by kanbara on Monday September 18, 2023 @02:43AM (#37553026)

this isnt true at all, in practice. there’s so much onerous bureacracy, kafkaesque visa policies, and the fact that even naturalised individuals will still be othered.

japanese nationality is tied to ethnicity so much due to how homogenous the society is

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Re:People aged 80 and over top 10% of Japan's population for... by throwaway290 on Monday September 18, 2023 @03:21AM (#37553290)

"othering" at social level probably exists, but you are mixing up culture and ethnicity, there is division and kind of caste system within "homogenous" Japan too, see burakumin issue for eg.

so legally for a foreigner the policy seems reasonable, just there is a lot of FUD spread by people who felt entitled to become Japanese with little effort and suffered reality check, see eg. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj855k5066o

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