ALSO!

Fees for changing your visa status or getting permanent residency were hiked up massively

>Currently, the fee for changing residency status or renewing the period of stay at a counter is 6,000 yen (about $38), and the fee for applying for permanent residence is 10,000 yen (around $63), as the immigration control law sets the maximum fee at 10,000 yen. The amendment raises the fee cap for the former to 100,000 yen (approx. $630), and for the latter to 300,000 yen (roughly $1,900). The actual fees to be collected will be considered within these limits.

Source: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260310/p2g/00m/0na/024000c

>>530386412
good
more robots
less jeets

ALSO ALSO!

Apart from changing your visa status, let's look at naturalizations
The latest available numbers are from 2024, where in Japan, where 12,248 people applied for Japanese citizenship, with 8,863 approved (approximately 70%).

Let's compare it to...

Germany
>In 2024, Germany recorded a record-breaking 291,955 naturalizations, the highest number since records began in 2000 and a 46% increase over 2023

France
>In 2024, a total of 66,745 people were granted French citizenship, marking an 8.3% increase from 2023.

UK
>In 2024, there were 269,621 grants of British citizenship, a 30% increase over 2023 and the highest level since the data series began in 2005.

Spain
>In 2024, a record 252,476 foreign residents acquired Spanish nationality, a 5.1% increase from 2023.

United States
>In Fiscal Year 2024, approximately 818,500 immigrants became U.S. citizens through naturalization. USCIS received 993,120 applications, with over 89% of processed cases being approved, reflecting a strong, continued trend in citizenship acquisitions following backlogs in previous years.

Canada
>Canada granted citizenship to approximately 356,000 to 375,000+ people in 2024. While official final figures may vary slightly between sources, this high volume reflects continued strong naturalization trends, slightly lower than the 379,998 recorded in 2023.

Australia
>In the 2024–25 financial year, 165,193 people became Australian citizens by conferral, representing over 190 different nationalities.

South Korea
>11,008 individuals were successfully naturalized in 2024, rebounding from 10,346 in 2023.

All in all, it doesn't look too bad for Japan, there is no mass migration (yet) and certainly no mass naturalization to be observed here.
In fact, naturalizations in Japan in 2005 were around 15,000 and have gone down by a lot and then stagnated somewhat.

Good, data-driven thread

>>530387309
The West is fucked, isn't it
Also crazy that the pace of naturalizations is lower in Korea than in Japan, Korea only has around 2/3rds their population

>>530386412
All those people are now Japanese citizens.

>>530387854
???

The government even plans to raise the minimum residency for citizenship from the current 5 to 10 years to make it harder to naturalize

Source: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251205/p2a/00m/0na/039000c

>>530387309
Westcucks are cucked and fucked. Should have learned slavic way when you genocide your neighbours from time to time to keep enemy/slave numbers low for next generations. Absorbing lots of shitskins isnt that big deal unless you are not willing to cull their numbers but for that you need to have sometimes dictator than you switch to democracy again. Anglosaxons wont be problem for Slavs in next century since they kill themself by being complete retards and shabbos goys.

>>530387309
>All in all, it doesn't look too bad for Japan, there is no mass migration (yet) and certainly no mass naturalization to be observed here.

That may be the case as of now but their demographic prospects are grim, and if immigration increases and birth rates decrease, the share of foreigners will climb from 3 to 5 to 10+% steadily

I don't know if the harmony-loving Japanese are ready or willing to accept that development
Currently most foreigners come from East and Southeast Asia, so from similar cultures but those regions experience demographic declines of their own so I fear Japan will turn towards India and Africa at some point

>>530387309
>>530388248

8.800 in Japan versus 818.000 in the U.S. is insane

If Japan naturalized people at the same rate as the U.S. did, if you account for Japan having around 35% of the U.S. population, then Japan would have to perform around 292.000 naturalizations per year

Fucking insane

>>530388666
Pretty much yeah
The only Western country with somewhat lower numbers seems to be France, but even their numbers of 66,745 people is only around 13% of Japan's 8,863 people

>>530388666
nice devlish trips btw

>>530387128
Sadly I don't think Japan can replace every job with robots

>>530388984
Thanks hehe

Here are some more naturalization stats to compare Japan to

Norway
>In 2024, 27,276 foreigners were granted Norwegian citizenship.

Sweden
>Between January 1 and December 2, 2024, the Swedish Migration Agency granted citizenship to 59,781 people. The Migration Agency processed 76,010 citizenship applications during this period.

Finland
>In 2024, a total of 11,512 foreign citizens permanently residing in Finland were granted Finnish citizenship.

Italy
>In 2024, the number of people who acquired Italian citizenship reached a record high of 340,297.

Portugal
>Almost 50,000 foreigners acquired Portuguese nationality in 2024, according to preliminary reports. While the number of people who actually live in Portugal and received citizenship was about 15,000, the total includes a significant number of individuals living abroad.

Greece (could only find 2023 numbers here)
>In 2023, 13,875 foreign nationals acquired Greek citizenship, marking an increase from 13,259 in 2022, with over half (50.84%) of these naturalizations being second-generation applicants.

>>530390089
GRIM

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I found a Korean and a Japanese article that divides up those 8,863 naturalizations in Japan and provides more context

First, as how naturalizations in Japan evolved over time:
>The highest annual figure since records began in 1967 was 17,633 in 2003, and in recent years the annual number has generally remained between 7,000 and 9,000

Then, a breakdown of the numbers:
Of the 8,863 people who got Japanese citizenship...
>3,122 were Chinese
>2,283 were South or North Korean
(context: there are some North Korean diaspora in Japan) --> this seems to be the first time that more Chinese people than Korean were naturalized since records began
>585 were from Nepal
>the other 2873 are from Brazil, Vietnam, and some other nations, see the pie chart here
Sources: https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2025072012113999346
https://www.sankei.com/article/20250719-6QTY3CH4WRCJVF6WLFGTF3L7H4/

>>530391200
Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh concern me since those are jeets and jeet variants
But as you said if they raise the limit up to 10 years of required residency, that will make the numbers go down, and the massive fee hike for visa changes will probably deter a lot of Thirdies too

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>>530386412
Jeets welcome =)

>>530391707
I feel like that is either mistranslated or cut up to make it look worse than it is
This seems like some slop that Japanese-centered ragebait Twitter accounts would post, idk
If you look at the numbers ITT then you'll see it's not as bad for Japan as /pol/ makes it out to be

>>530391707
Somebody should kill this fucker.

>>530391941
Look at what your own country is doing first

--> >>530387309
United States
>In Fiscal Year 2024, approximately 818,500 immigrants became U.S. citizens through naturalization. USCIS received 993,120 applications, with over 89% of processed cases being approved, reflecting a strong, continued trend in citizenship acquisitions following backlogs in previous years.

>>530387128
bro, the numbers were up.

= more jeets

>>530386412
>180k in six months
>360k a year
Honestly did not know Japan's population was that high, that's crazy. But still, the share of foreigners is growing, hopefully that can be addressed.

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>>530392078
Most of them are not Indian
Literally 1,4% of 3,36% foreign population share, that's around 55.000 Indians

And judging by the naturalization numbers posted earlier ITT, pretty much all Indians will go back at some point

>>530392258
>Honestly did not know Japan's population was that high, that's crazy.
Recently the rise has been quite high, I think Japan's foreign population is rising faster than Germany's, but whereas in Germany most of them are Asylum seekers, in Japan it's technical intern (=pretty much temp workers) or international students

>But still, the share of foreigners is growing, hopefully that can be addressed.
It is being adressed, see >>530386572
Increasing the visa cost will most likely deter many people who would have liked to become permanent residents.

But if you mean hard quotas on immigration, the only thing I have seen is this:
>TOKYO – Japanese government bodies, including the Immigration Services Agency, on Tuesday proposed capping the combined number of foreign workers with specified skilled worker status and under a planned new skill development and employment program at 1,231,900 through the end of fiscal 2028.

Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1265766

1,23 million does not mean 1,23 million MORE people by the way, it refers to the cap for the immigration schemes that are currently already implemented in Japan

Japan is finished like any western country. No babies, native men are sexless degenerate freaks who prefer hentai over even talking to women, Nigerian hustlers own Tokyo at night, Jeets make up half of laborers

>>530393197
>No babies, native men are sexless degenerate freaks who prefer hentai over even talking to women, Nigerian hustlers own Tokyo at night, Jeets make up half of laborers
3 out of those 4 are heavily exaggerated or straight up lies, especially the fourth one

From 1840-1980 there were about 500-600k immigrants to New zealand mostly from north western Europe.
From the 2013-2023 census the Indian population in nz increased by 150k
That's just indians

Air travel was a mistake

>>530393318
I see the possibility that it can get out of hand quickly like this anon here said >>530388293
But for now, things are not too grim (yet)

>>530393197
>Japan is finished like any western country
Nah not yet, they're the last bastion

>>530394603
pretty much yeah

>>530393318
>Air travel was a mistake
Island nations like yours at least only have air travel to worry about, and not makeshift boats or people just walking in

Japan should just be itself ;)