Immigration as a force for goodBy Eason Chen 陳裕翔The situation in Japan unfolding over immigration in the past few years, and its social implications, are well worth Taiwan’s attention. The objectives of Taiwan’s immigration and long-term resident policy system remain hazy at best. They are important choices to be made in the process of ensuring that the immigration system is able to foster social integration and not exacerbate division. Japan’s tightening of its immigration policy is a forced and direct response to mounting social pressures. Rather than becoming a policy quandary kicked down the road, immigration can, in this way, function as a genuinely positive force for society.

Source: Taipei Times January 20, 2026 16:39 UTC