Japan quietly registered a record 4.28 million foreign residents as of June 2026 - while political sentiment runs loudly anti-immigration. An expert says the country simply has no choice: the population is shrinking by 900,000 people a year, and robots, AI, and retired grandmas can't fill the gap.
PNL considered voting to install a Cabinet giving PSD 11 of 19 ministries - including Interior, Justice and Deputy PM - while technically staying out of government and calling itself the opposition. Its own deputies revolted before the vote.
Satire & commentary · 2026-10-17
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