‘Invasive species’? Japan’s growing pains on immigration

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called for a crackdown on rule-breaking foreigners, and criticised overseas students on free scholarships while locals paid for their education.

 

a fear that local habits and Japaneseness itself might be lost if current trends continued, like the native crayfish endangered by an “invasive species” of crustacean threatening its natural habitat

the thing many love about Japanese society – the “it just works” nature of public life, from mass transit to healthcare to the low crime rate – is deeply dependent on everyone following the rules.

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