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Japan teaches U.S. a lesson in immigration policy

Post on January 3, 2011 by Rob Schofield 14 Comments »

Sunday’s New York Times had an interesting article on Japan’s restrictive immigration policies and their negative impact on the country’s economic wellbeing. The basic take away: Unless it opens up, the country will soon face a population crisis and the prospects of steady and perhaps irreversible decline.

The article has obvious implications for the U.S. debate on immigration reform. Here was one of the more interesting paragraphs from the story:

‘The shrinking population is the biggest problem. The country is fighting for its survival,’ said Hidenori Sakanaka, director of the Japan Immigration Policy Institute, an independent research organization. “Despite everything, America manages to stay vibrant because it attracts people from all over the world,” he said. ‘On the other hand, Japan is content to all but shut out people from overseas.’”

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Comments (Closed):12

Alex
January 3, 2011 at 9:36 am
This makes no case for the illegal immigration we are experiencing !
Rob Schofield
January 3, 2011 at 10:06 am
Obviously, it makes the case for reforms that will bring about much larger anounts of legal immigration.
Pedro
January 3, 2011 at 10:51 am
It’s always make sense to have an immigration that works for the Country and NOT what we have now. Anything can be done to make it better and for sure it MUST include the illegal hard worker immigrants.
GRA
January 3, 2011 at 10:53 am
We except all migrate when they apply legally it is the ones that come illegal and use the tax payer money for free
Vickie
January 3, 2011 at 10:57 am
It is not good for this country to have millions of the world’s poorest to come here for caretaking.
Alex
January 3, 2011 at 11:28 am
Why does anyone think that America is still a vibrant country ? We are completely broke financially, many of our cities are crumbling and look like third world communities, our schools are among the worst in the world, and entitlements are draining more resources each and every year. And we want to add more immigration to this mess ?
Jeff Shaw
January 3, 2011 at 12:48 pm
Having lived both here and in Japan, I can say firsthand that Rob is absolutely right. Immigration helps economies grow, and fixing our broken system would help every American.
Tesla
January 3, 2011 at 1:01 pm
More Brains, More Grains ………………..
US should first try to Solve the”legal immigration” system
/wait timings before addressing illegal immigration. In this Global age people have less time and more options to choose from (countries).

Take once step at a time before its too late.
To survive in Global economy, once should be active and productive in all domains, and every second counts.

Lawmakers had this point but problem is they wanted to solve all the problem from one solution which rarely happens.
Francis
January 3, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Now it’s up to the American people to speak out, get involved and demand from the new Congress a halt to any further Amnesties, which includes the Dream Act Stand with States, the rising, unbounded TEA PARTY that are adjoined to mandate E-Verify nationally, to condemn any irrational Immigration Reform as this recession is very slowly lifting. America has been overwhelmed by foreign nationals and their children, who keep demanding special privileges over our own low income people. Every day the numbers of illegal aliens are climbing and you as an American or green card holder pay the penalty in your taxes. Don’t be mislead that there are only 12 million illegal immigrant criminals in this country? State wide there are propagating grass roots organization, that are against this invasion crossing oceans or borders to further overpopulate http://www.numbersusa.com partially instrumental in any amnesty downfall. Now is the time to significantly make a difference in the new Congress, by adding your demands to millions of other individuals to enforce our Immigration laws, as cited in the 1986 bill. Call your Senator or Congressman through the Washington Switchboard at 202-224-3121 Every American should make it a national interest to stop this immigration travesty and realize that there are thousands of ominous organizations against you. Most politicians are mentally crippled by this issue and rather stay out of the spotlight. Find out for yourself the intentions of your elected lawmakers, local, state and federal and tell them to positively address this issue or you will vote against them in the next election.
Joe
January 3, 2011 at 9:12 pm
The US birth rate is twice that of Japan, and we have a much more robust immigration policy. The Japanese economy is also being strangled because their business culture resists any attempts at non-Japanese investment of capital or startup of companies.

Why do you feel the US owes citizenship to the 12 million people who are here illegally?
Jim Matthews
January 4, 2011 at 1:15 pm
A broader perspective might allow for the hope that every good deed can spread to the point that everyone ultimately benefits. As the habitable space that we call Earth becomes more universal we all become more dependant on each other. “Pay it Forward”.
ratatech
January 5, 2011 at 2:44 am
the recession is not ‘lifting’ AT ALL.

all the government has done is take money from the tax payers to give it back to the tax payers.

this is through bailing out banks and GM and such.

this cannot create grow. it does not work like that. and to those who claim by taking from people who might not spend their money, to give to those who will, The economy NEEDS MORE SAVING.

learn austrian economics. read ‘economics in one lesson’ by henry Hazlitt.

The absolute best introduction into economics.

of it you like comics, Google: ‘economy grows pdf how’ and click the first link.

do people really not see what is occuring