Originally Posted by
groovbusta
Unless Japan opens up their immigration laws to allow more foreign workers, the aging and shrinking population will only have more of an impact on these types of businesses in the future.
I am so sick of that meme. Demographics are not set in stone. As the population falls then wages rise and people can suddenly afford to buy housing and have children again. Markets and societies can and do adjust.
The whole idea that Japan *must* open up immigration as the sole possible "cure" (if ever there was a solution in search of a problem....) to maintain the status quo - it's ridiculous. People seldom explore other options or scenarios, let alone the idea that the economy and the country may simply change over time.