Amendments to Japan’s Immigration Control Act could increase the burden on foreign residents tenfold: in addition to drastic increases in fees, The greater the number of family members living together, the more frequent the renewals of residency periods, the heavier the burden becomes.

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Japan: we will make the lives of foreigners in Japan so hard, they will leave by themselves.

I don’t understand this policy. I don’t live in Japan. But I am curious. With falling birth rates, isn’t a better controlled immigration policy a better option long term? Make it strict like language requirement, community involvement etc. but it is doable. I have no idea why Japan is shooting itself on the foot here

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
When US Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, it did not ban all Chinese immigration. It banned Chinese laborers.
Merchants, diplomats, students and teachers could still enter, which created a narrow legal gate through which an entire community would eventually find a way to move.
The merchant exemption required an applicant to prove they owned and actively managed a legitimate business, had done so for at least a year and had abstained from any menial work during that period.
The Immigration Bureau assumed Chinese applicants were likely to lie and required two white character witnesses to corroborate every claim.
In practice, the bureau recognized only one merchant per restaurant.
After a 1915 court ruling formally confirmed that restaurant ownership qualified for merchant status, Chinese communities across America responded with a precision that impressed even their legal opponents.
Groups of investors pooled capital, typically the equivalent of $90,000 to $150,000 today, and opened what were called chopsuey palaces, large elaborately-furnished establishments designed specifically to meet the bureau’s definition of a high-grade restaurant.
Major investors then rotated the managing role among themselves annually, creating an unbroken succession of individuals who could each claim the required one year of active management and qualify for merchant status.
White vendors who supplied the restaurants were cultivated as witnesses willing to testify to the bureau on the owners’ behalf.