How Japan Needs to Change to Welcome Immigrants The country has to do more to assimilate foreigners and offset population decline. September 3, 2017 at 11:00 PM GMT+2 By Noah Smith Noah Smith is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University, and he blogs at Noahpinion. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-09-03/how-japan-needs-to-change-to-welcome-immigrants Noah Smith @Noahpinion My Jewish ancestors were forced into a cultural box in old Europe. Christians weren't allowed to appropriate their culture, and vice versa. 6:53 PM · May 12, 2017 https://x.com/Noahpinion/status/863074545795649536 Every. Single. Time.