Japan’s youth are now the most hostile to immigration, survey finds

Dec 8, 2025 | INVESTING

Younger Japanese are proving to be the most resistant to immigration, defying assumptions that generational change would produce greater cosmopolitanism.
A new survey found that 70 per cent of those aged 18 to 39 expressed safety concerns about foreign workers – higher than any other demographic.
This unexpected reversal reveals a generation grappling with anxieties that cut across conventional narratives of openness and globalisation.
The study by the Yomiuri newspaper and Waseda University’s…

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