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Originally Posted by akv
This is fascinating, xenophobia from a country with zero natural resources whose declining population is one of their main challenges. Their population of an aged 128 million, at the current birth rate, should decrease to 107 million by 2050. They simply will not have enough workers to maintain their economic power going forward, they should be opening up to immigration in a big, big way.
Russia and Japan should be holding up neon signs saying , " Please come live here".
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Xenophobia is a national pastime in Japan. Has been for centuries.
I spent three months in Japan, summer of 1970. I spent a lot of time in a little front porch pub just off Camp Zama. It was a local college kids place, beer & rice wine, seaweed chips & Hellman's Mayo, AND a jukebox with all the latest Rock-n-Roll..
Politics did not get a much air time, for several reasons, language being one.
When comm did get to politics, there was a pure xenophobic dislike for the Korean labor that was IMPORTED for most of the menial-manual jobs, construction, field hands.
As this was the same time that the rioters were fire bombing the US Navy base in Japan and a couple months after Kent State,, I keep a low profile on all topics..
The same kids I drank with 40 yrs ago are probably still at it..
My $00.0002
