The West wants newcomers on its own terms. So does Japan.

Having lived in the United States and Japan for many years and now in Hungary, I have felt the societal rules most sharply in Japan, where origin, schooling and manners are read and weighed, even among Japanese.But that is only part of the story. Japan is widening the door for temporary foreign workers while narrowing the path to permanent residency. For all the talk of anti-immigrant sentiment, there were a record 2.57 million foreign workers…