>But these fears are frequently based on oversimplified or misapplied interpretations of economic models, and appear to be driven more by political agendas rather than evidence

A razor for people who think like this:

Do you think Japan and Japanese people would have a higher or lower quality of life if they had accepted unlimited sub-Saharan Africa immigration?

This should separate serious people from the not so serious people pretty rapidly.

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Pooge 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's not directly related to your post, but Japan has a very significant Brazilian population that live in very specific parts of Japan. Toyota[1], and its prefecture Aichi, are known for having a Portuguese-speaking population and they are, of course, working as cheap labor in automobile industries. In fact, some signs on the road are written in Portuguese, too.

[1] Name of a city

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wombatriot 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

There's a significant number of Japanese in Brazil, and a large portion of the Brazilian population is of Japanese descent. They're called the Nikkei Japanese, and they're predominantly ethnically Japanese.

	▲	Pooge 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I wonder if there's the stat somewhere but I'm sure a sizeable portion is at least half Brazilian so it makes them a "half"—as Japanese like to say—which they don't tend to regard very highly. It is indeed a marginalized group in Japan and probably why there is such a big community in that area.

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carlosjobim 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Since Brazil has a very significant Japanese population, that makes me wonder: Are these Brazilians in Japan ethnically Japanese or of other ethnicities?

	▲	wombatriot 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		They're mostly ethnically Japanese Brazilians.

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os2warpman 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>Do you think Japan and Japanese people would have a higher or lower quality of life if they had accepted unlimited sub-Saharan Africa immigration?

Higher. After a while.

Signed, someone whose ancestors thought the Irish and Italians were subhuman degenerate invaders.

Now that I think of it, I still have living relatives who think the pope is the antichrist and people who follow him are degenerate subhumans.

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catigula 2 days ago | parent [-]

So your answer is "higher" with a moral vignette of dubious veracity and applicability.

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os2warpman a day ago | parent [-]

You've never been around Fundamentalist Southern Baptists?

Lucky.

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catigula a day ago | parent [-]

You've done it, you've found a group you have permission to hate. Hating groups must be great fun.

	▲	os2warpman a day ago \| parent [-]
		Now you're just being silly. No person has ever required permission to hate a group. Like how the entirety of Japan hates you for dragging them into your online bullshit!

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slaw 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Every country that accepts immigration from Africa gets lower quality of life. See Germany as an example.

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rokkamokka 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Unlimited? Do you think Sub-Saharan Africa would have a higher or lower quality of life if they had accepted unlimited Japanese immigration?

Of course literally unlimited amounts of people is a bad thing. Did you mean unregulated?

	▲	wakawaka28 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I think you know very well what he means and you're latching onto semantics for no good reason.
	▲	catigula 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		No need to be pedantic, we know that there are physical limits to people that exist. Obviously, we're talking about uncapped immigration. Regarding your question, it's for you to answer bi-directionally, the result being interrogating hidden information.