Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently implemented a goal to introduce 500,000 foreign workers to Japan — which is experiencing an aging and declining population — by the year 2020. Currently about 2% of residents in Japan are foreigners. Asian Boss hit the streets of Tokyo to get reactions to the program. Opinions range from positive to dead set against it. One of the most cited reasons for not allowing a large influx of foreigners is because they do not understand Japanese culture and will have a hard time fitting in. One woman said Japanese in general like Americans but dislike non-Japanese Asians. Another woman said she was “scared of foreign drugs coming to Japan.”
