Contribution of Japan's international migrants in times of population decline

在人口开始减少的日本，外国人的贡献类型和程度因国籍和居留身份的不同而不同，地区差异也不小。由于外国人从事各种各样的职业，这样的贡献在当代日本并不一定引人注目。外国妇女和国际婚姻中的妇女的生育率与日本妇女的生育率几乎相等，甚至更低。一些地方政府对外国人采取的可靠的支持措施值得我们注意，而国家政府的社会融合政策不足，需要改进。

The type and degree of contributions made by foreigners in Japan, a country that has started to show population decline, vary with their nationality and status-of-residence, and regional differences in this regard are not small. Since foreignersare engaged in a variety of occupations, such contributions in contemporary Japan are not necessarily conspicuous. The fertility of foreign women and women within international marriages is nearly equal to, or even lower than, that of Japanese women. The adoption of reliable support measures for foreigners by some of the local municipalities deserves our attention, while the social integration policies of the national government are insufficient and should be improved.