Japan's foreign population keeps growing. Should it be worried?ーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS

[YoshidaYui]

[marble falls]

1. Is there a Japanese MAGA, anti-foreigner party or is this a reaction TACO?

[wolfie001]

2. The lady who won the election was a far-right candidate

She's against gay marriage, visits Japan's ww2 wartime shrines, is against immigration, wants Japan to build a bigger military. She's a female tRUMP, though I'm sure she's 50 points smarter than tRUMP on an IQ test.

[RazorbackExpat]

3. She's hardly a female Trump

She's got a coalition government that can turn on her at any time. She can't just issue executive orders and send the Self-defense Forces into Japanese cities. She's not talking about invading other countries, and she's not pissing off allies. And she's not fuckin with the national welfare system.

[wolfie001]

4. That's good to hear but a righty winning a country like Japan right now is disheartening nt

[RazorbackExpat]

7. I wouldn't worry about it

I heard the same thing about Abe. While he wasn't my favorite prime minister, he was hardly the right-wing wacko that some people were portraying him to be. And when he was assassinated, it was a big shock to me. I actually cried. He was a huge supporter of Taiwan, and I know a few people who think that is the real reason why he was offed by a "lone gunman".

[wolfie001]

8. Yes

The Japanese population read books. The vast majority of MAGA are ignorant, illiterate racists. Sorry about Abe. He seemed like a decent person. tRUMP and the rePUKE party of course are backsliding on Taiwan in hopes of bigger bribes from China.

[RazorbackExpat]

9. What was really strange about the Abe assassination

was that his security detail was really incompetent. They had him making a campaign stump speech for some local (Nara) candidate in the middle of a traffic circle that was enclosed by guardrails, making him essentially a sitting duck. And then some crazy guy comes moseying up to him from behind and shoots him with a homemade gun, and nobody noticed the assassin until it was too late. And this came just two months after people in Taiwan had established the 安倍晋三友の会, or "Shinzo Abe Friendship Society"

[Lucky Luciano]

5. Japan has never been very immigrant friendly.

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In the US, we are fundamentally built on immigration whereas Japan, an island nation, has always been lukewarm on their best days as far as immigration goes. The country has been getting less friendly with the weak yen lately causing so many badly behaving foreign tourists to come. Their biggest complaints are against the visiting Chinese that flagrantly break a lot of their etiquette norms. The US tourists can be pretty bad too with the most egregious examples being harassment and total invasions of personal space to get a selfie with a Geisha walking in Kyoutou. They are also having issues with Kurds overstaying their visas and living illegally and then making demands that align with their culture rather than adapting - bearing in mind that Japan is not an American style melting pot. Things like that. They do need some immigration though…an aging population that is not having a lot of kids says so.

My wife is from Japan and absolutely hates and despises trump and will celebrate the days he’s six feet under. She’s ok with the new PM.

[wolfie001]

6. Oh yes. I'm aware of that

I've seen some of the YouTube vids of Americans behaving badly. No reason to do that. Always be respectful in general especially when visiting a foreign country. Glad your wife hates the fat orange imbecile.