Demographic shifts in Japan as a factor in the transformation of migration policy
Research Article
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Pismennaya E.E., Ryazantsev N.S., Molchanova N.P. Demographic shifts in Japan as a factor in the transformation of migration policy. Population. 2023. Vol. 26. No. 1. P. 97-109. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/population.2023.26.1.8 (in Russ.).
Abstract
The article is devoted to study of the demographic shifts in Japan in the context of their impact on the transformation of migration and foreign educational policy. Some of them were permanent, others arose periodically and were caused by rapid socio-demographic and economic shifts in the Japanese society. The article analyzes the development of the demographic crisis in Japan at the beginning of the 21st century. This period is characterized by ongoing depopulation of the Japanese population, its active aging and unfavorable changes in the labor market caused by the spread of IT technologies and robotization of production. The article analyzes the worsening unfavorable demographic trends, which resulted in a shortage of labor, a decrease in the economic potential of the country, and an increase in the demographic burden on the working population. There have been studied the impact on the demographic processes in Japan of the factor of educational immigration, which is considered as one of the most appropriate resources for compensating for possible demographic losses in the population in the future. Legislative innovations and legal support of external immigration, as well as their practical implementation, have been studied. The results of the activities of the higher school of Japan in teaching foreign citizens and smoothing out the negative dynamics of the demographic situation in the country are presented. Of interest for further research is an in-depth study of the causes and identification of the consequences of the demographic crisis, as well as a substantive analysis of the economic and social effectiveness of changes in Japan's migration policy.
Keywords:
Japan, demographic situation, migration policy, migration legislation, labour migrants, educational immigration, internationalisation of higher education, international cooperation
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Article
Received: 13.09.2022
Accepted: 17.03.2023
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Pismennaya, E. E., Ryazantsev, N. S., & Molchanova, N. P. (2023). Demographic shifts in Japan as a factor in the transformation of migration policy. Population, 26(1), 97-109. https://doi.org/10.19181/population.2023.26.1.8
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