Japan is taking in more foreigners than you think


Population boost: As of Jan 1, the number of foreigners rose 11% from a year earlier to comprise 2.4% of the total population. — Reuters

NEW statistics regularly pop up to illustrate the accelerating decline of Japan’s population. Last week, the first-ever drop of locals in all 47 prefectures made headlines. Numbers even began to decline in Okinawa, which has the country’s highest birth rate.

At this stage, it is common knowledge that Japan is not an outlier when it comes to low fertility rates, merely a front

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