• brucethemoose
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    7 hours ago

    They desperately need more immigration though, don’t they?

    Maybe they could say “you can come to the festival, but only if you don’t leave.”

    • tatterdemalion@programming.dev
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      6 hours ago

      They do but I don’t know if there is a significant conversion from tourism to immigration. I think most tourists are taking advantage of the weak yen, not trying to live there long term.

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        4 hours ago

        I was kidding, heh.

        …They do need to get on that, though. My completely layman’s impression is that Japan has some cultural issues with immigration, but that’s becoming an existential issue.

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      6 hours ago

      Every South-West European country needs immigration, and practically they are facilitating it, but it doesn’t seem that the political speech is any different…