https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/10/28/japans-elections-reveal-a-nation-in-crisis/
In many ways, the political instability reflects a nation in flux. Crime is now on the rise – so much so that one of Japan’s giant rail companies, JR West, is introducing stab-proof umbrellas on its trains, to help passengers and crew deal with a rising number of knife attacks. Japanese firms, from iconic convenience-store chain 7-Eleven to property giant Tokyo Tatemono, are now vulnerable to takeover bids and pressure from overseas investors. Immigration, long subject to strict limits despite Japan’s labour shortage, is now rising quickly. In October 2023, foreign workers numbered more than two million out of a total population of nearly 125million – a rise of 12 per cent from the previous year’s figures.
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