For the fourteenth year running, Japan's population has slumped to a record low. The non-foreign population dropped by nearly 900,000 — an unprecedented fall.
It’s a metaphor, not “literal” army. And it is in the millions. Many are unseen as they come out when the streets are empty doing the garbage picking and cleaning, etc.
“Shadow army”, you mean people, immigrants for low wage jobs in convenience stores and cleaners.
Hardly an organized “army” lol.
It’s a metaphor, not “literal” army. And it is in the millions. Many are unseen as they come out when the streets are empty doing the garbage picking and cleaning, etc.
Ah yes, the shadow army of cleaners. Nefarious and unseen.