While being looser on immigration won't help with their birthrate, it will help ease the effects of the birthrate. Japan really has two problems, with one spurr

While being looser on immigration won't help with their birthrate, it will help ease the effects of the birthrate. Japan really has two problems, with one spurring from the other. Problem 1 is low birthrates and an aging population, that can only be solved by Japan. The second problem that emerges from the first is all the effects of an aging population, like not having enough people to hire, work certain jobs, etc. For the second issue, bringing in foreigners will help. I think that Japan's low birthrate can only be fixed by a shift in their culture. I'm not going to pretend I know what that looks like or how successful it will be, I only know that it will be an uphill battle for the Japanese, and I wish them the best of luck.