Now if I were a capitalist pig looking to preserve the reproduction of my workforce, given the conditions of Japan as I understand them, I would perhaps look at all of those kikokushijo nowadays, and from them get a delightfully devilish idea to try to establish some sort of system whereby Japanese-born kids get sent to be raised in poor countries, and then once they grow up, they’ll simply claim Japanese citizenship and return to the rettō.
How much you have to pay people to have children while working 12+ hours a day?
Enough for them to retire in their 30s.
Now if I were a capitalist pig looking to preserve the reproduction of my workforce, given the conditions of Japan as I understand them, I would perhaps look at all of those kikokushijo nowadays, and from them get a delightfully devilish idea to try to establish some sort of system whereby Japanese-born kids get sent to be raised in poor countries, and then once they grow up, they’ll simply claim Japanese citizenship and return to the rettō.