[throwyawayyyy]

I mean, if Japan is the world's future, isn't that kind of... good? It's not the first place I think of when I think of a failing country.

[guyzero]

Japan is not without problems related to a shrinking population i.e. https://eastasiaforum.org/2026/05/21/japans-immigration-poli...

but it's a problem easily solved by just letting in more immigrants.

[Hendrikto]

> but it's a problem easily solved by just letting in more immigrants

This has been tried extensively e.g. in Germany, France, Sweden, Canada, …. It did not work out great.

[guyzero]

Canada has always accepted immigrants. Rapidly increasing the number of foreign students to goose the slumping post-secondary education sector did not work out great. Even with the reductions, there are always immigrants coming into Canada.

[mystreamlincar]

Except the fertility rate is declining worldwide

[bamboozled]

It's causing massive issues in Japan, unless you read those Instagram posts that tell you everything is perfect.