Foreign Population in Japan Could Reach 10% by 2040s
From Kyodo:
A 2023 estimate from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research projected that Japan's foreign population would exceed 10% in the 2070s.
Speaking at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Suzuki said that the number of foreign residents would top 10 million and exceed 10% in 2045 if the number of foreigners continues to increase by over 350,000 per year, the pace recorded last year. Taking into account Japan's population decline, the 10% mark could be reached in 2040, he added.
Putting all the 'Japanese First' rhetoric from recent weeks to one side, my question is why the Justice Minister was making this statement rather than the Health Minister, the one in charge of the research institution that made this estimate. Later in the article it quotes him as saying "[Japan] needs to start preparing now" which is doubly ominous.