Nippon Ishin urges cap on foreign residents in Japan

Nippon Ishin no Kai, a major opposition party, is proposing the government set a cap on the percentage of foreign residents in the country, saying such a measure is crucial to avoid a clash and a chasm with the local community.

Although the policy proposal on foreign residents did not include a specific figure for such a cap, it said a foreign national proportion that exceeds 10% of the total population will risk Japanese society being fundamentally altered.

Nippon Ishin’s proposal joins growing calls by lawmakers to impose stricter regulations on foreign residents and visitors in Japan that have emerged in the past few months.