On Japan's immigrant population and their crime rates
Japan's big drops in crime since 2002 are largely attributable to its aging population. Excess crime by specific foreign residents are largely attributable to their much younger ages. Much has been said about Japan's plummeting birth rate and aging population, to the point readers of current events in Japan seem to have become numb to it. People have been made well aware of how the country's demographics will affect its debt and and social security payments in the future, but those issues still seem far away and abstract for most people. What many people don't realize is how much Japan's aging population affects the country right now , and in ways you might not expect. One such way is Japan's crime rate, which, despite a slight uptick post-pandemic (more on that in a future post), has fallen dramatically since its peak in 2002: ( Source ) Even less explored is the way attempts to fight these demographics through immigration could turn the clock back in Japan not...