Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing futures into doubt

Re:Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing fut... by crakhamster01 on Sunday September 27, 2026 @09:32AM (#49866531)

Care to elaborate on how this parallels Japan? Otherwise this just reads like a random drive-by at best, and a culture-war talking point at worst.

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Re:Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing fut... by Huarache1 on Sunday September 27, 2026 @01:44PM (#49868959)

Racial and ethnic tensions, which really just leads to a dissolution of social cohesion, which increases violence and overall unrest.

Then some extremist government is voted in to not allow foreigners at all (AfD, etc), or even the same government is pushed to have extremely strict immigration laws (see Denmark).

I don't consider myself a nativist, since Singapore shows a multi-ethnic society in relative harmony can be done. But that relies on both the local population and the government to be willing to live as one cohesive and multi-ethnic society.

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Re:Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing fut... by lurking_swe on Sunday September 27, 2026 @02:10PM (#49869211)

have you looked at the process for becoming a singapore citizen? It's EXTREMELY selective. There's a reason they have great cohesion.

The ICA says it considers factors including family ties to singaporeans, economic contributions, qualifications, age, family profile, length of residency, ability to integrate into Singapore society, and commitment to “sinking roots” in Singapore.

Emphasis on:

> ability to integrate into Singapore society, and commitment to “sinking roots” in Singapore.

It turns out, immigration problems are usually a "skill issue". It _can_ be done well.

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