Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is preparing to introduce legislation to allow migrants to start filling vacancies next year in sectors worst hit by the country’s shrinking, aging population. While the government hasn’t released a target, local media have reported numbers that would represent a 40% increase over the 1.3 million foreign workers now living in the country. If passed, the legislation would be Japan’s most dramatic immigration overhaul since the 1990s, when it let “trainees” from Asian nations in the country. Foreigners make up only about 1.7% of the country’s population, compared with 3.4% in South Korea and about 12% in Germany. A small group of protesters, calling themselves "Japan First" gathered this past weekend in an upscale Tokyo shopping district. They were met by counter-protesters calling them "racists," but it was a stark reminder to Abe that anti-migrant feeling in Japan could grow.
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