One of the main problems Japan has is the fact that they do not allow non Japanese to become citizens. They have a very low to zero immigration rate and if the younger crowd isn’t making babies, that’s a dangerous mix.
RE: One of the main problems Japan has is the fact that they do not allow non Japanese to become citizens.
They actually do for ex-colony residents... mainly KOREA and TAIWAN.
And they do give special cases to athletes like Hawaiian Sumo wrestlers.
If memory serves me right, a western missionary who lived there for many years and is practically “Japanized” was actually elected mayor of a town.