Japan hasn't quite embraced foreign immigration the way many of its European counterparts have. It's an interesting demographic and economics experiments whose

Japan hasn't quite embraced foreign immigration the way many of its European counterparts have. It's an interesting demographic and economics experiments whose results we shall find out in coming 30-50 years. I'm willing to bet a lot of money that the low-birth rate trend will reverse at some point. A country with 1.2 birth rate will cease to exist in 200 years, and I just don't see that happening. More interesting questions to ask is: 1. What will trigger the trend reversal, and make young people reproduce more? (My guess is, vast reduction in standard of living and GDP) 2. And how long will it take for Japan to recover from the damage sustained? In a long run, I think Japan can pull it off. It will be in better shape than Europe 50 years from now.