There is an upside to that: since pay is so low, kombinis began to hire foreign workers. That in turn made has made Japanese society more accepting than in deca

There is an upside to that: since pay is so low, kombinis began to hire foreign workers. That in turn made has made Japanese society more accepting than in decades past of the idea of foreigners speaking Japanese (prior to this, the superstition was strong that Japanese was unique and mysterious, and foreigners could never really grok it). Now any foreigner in Japan benefits.