Since last year, immigration has been dominating the news in North America and Europe. Recently, it¡¯s become a hot topic in Japan as well.
Business weekly Shukan Diamond (July 7) ran a 34-page, three-part special titled ¡°Nippon no Chugokujin: Zen kaimei¡± (The Chinese of Japan: A full clarification¡°). Its subhead reads, ¡°The unknown world of Chinese in Japan.¡±
As of June 2017, reported Diamond, the number of resident Chinese nationals, including those on short-stay or posted here by the government, reached 878,000. ¡°Add to this the more than 100,000 kajin (ethnic Chinese) who have naturalized as Japanese and illegal sojourners, and they¡¯re on the verge of passing 1 million,¡± the magazine remarks. ¡°In less than 20 years, from 320,000 Chinese in the year 2000, they¡¯ve increased approximately threefold.¡±
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