More students at junior high schools in Japan appear unconvinced about the benefits that a rise in foreign residents would bring to society, a survey showed Saturday, with over 40 percent taking a negative view about it in 2025, doubling from three years earlier.The outcome of the survey, conducted a few months after a parliamentary election, was apparently affected by the online spread at the time of negative narratives toward foreign nationals. More than 90 percent of students, however, indicated liberal tendencies, saying they could accept people with different views.Norihiro Nihei, a so…READ FULL ARTICLE