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by deogeo 2449 days ago
> They are literally going extinct

Has immigration raised the birth-rate of the native population in other countries? I can find no examples of that anywhere in the modern-day West.

Besides, there are significantly more Japanese people now than at any other time in history, the last decade being the sole exception [1,2]. They have a long way to go before having to worry of extinction, and the environment will be very grateful in the mean-time.

As for reducing sexism, diversity is no guarantee, and can easily go the other way: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20161219-france-battle-aga...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Japan_b...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Japan#Historic...