Respon Masyarakat Jepang terhadap Usulan Reformasi Kebijakan Imigrasi untuk Menanggulangi Krisis Populasi di Jepang

Sriwiyata Ismail Zainuddin, Usmar Salam

2015 | Skripsi | Ilmu Hubungan Internasional

ABSTRACT Japan’s population is experiencing a crisis caused by declining fertility rates, and a dramatic increase of the aged population. Japan requires an effective strategy to overcome this crisis, or it will lose roughly 39.9% of its population, leaving just 87 million people in 2060. The Japanese government’s targeted population for this year is 100 million or more. The Population Division, Department of Social and Economic of The United Nations in 2001 proposed an immigration policy reform. Hidenori Sakanaka, a former director of The Tokyo Immigration Bureau, also an expert in demography, is supportive of the United Nation’s proposal to maintain Japan’s Population by 2060. Unfortunately, this proposal was refused by the Japanese society. This paper will analyze the factors behind the Japanese societies refusal of the proposed immigration policy reform. Survey from the Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development, and the Japan General Social Survey about Japanese societal response, shown an overwhelmingly negative response to increase the number of immigrants in Japan. There are two underpinning factors behind the Japanese societies refusal towards the proposed remedies to the Japanese population crisis: maintaining Japanese cultural identity, and preserving human security in Japan Keywords : Japan, Nihonjinron, Population Crisis, Low Fertility Rate, Human Security, Ageing Population

Kata Kunci : Kependudukan - Jepang