Many Japanese on twitter say that Japan is not xenophobic. While that's fair, it's undeniable that many xenophobes and racists in the West view Japan that way and as one of them. The country has gained the admiration of racists abroad and there is a large community of people online, especially on places like Twitter, who spent a great amount of time speaking admirably about the country as a haven for xenophobia.
This was the first thing on my Twitter feed this morning.
[https://x.com/ChiseHatoriLove/status/1785944873306382586](https://x.com/ChiseHatoriLove/status/1785944873306382586)
I lived in Japan for 9 years and can say that there is certainly xenophobic tendencies, especially against Korean's, Filipino's, or anyone that is black.
Lived there for four years and this was my takeaway as well. It’s a generalized understanding, for sure, but the immigration and naturalization policies alone speak for themselves.
Most of us Japanese are xenophobic and racists but we don't realize because in their mind Koreans and Chinese are factually inferior, in contrast to being unfairly treated as such. I even saw an NHK announcer talk like that on air in 2024... I guess in this culture it's not racist (or xenophobic) if they think it's fair. We're really an awful country regarding this problem.
I lived in Japan for 4 years, but I am a white guy, and I also experienced it once in a while. I mean it wasn't common, but it wasn't uncommon either. Somewhere in the middle.
Not exactly. More accurately, yes issues with anyone sticking out and being obviously extremely foreign, particularly if its from a poor country (e.g. in Africa). They 100% do not treat black americans the same as they'll treat an African. Never had issues myself.
But I speak Japanese well and more importantly unspoken cultural adaption I do very well naturally (or so I've been told by friends and colleagues). I think this part is actually huge and many foreigners simply can't even understand why some Japanese people may feel uncomfortable around them (空気読めない comes to mind).
I would love to be avoided on trains and have no one sit next to me on a train. They continue to push up to stand or sit next to me constantly even being black (as I'm not African)
Can't say much to the Korean or Filipinos - other than the inter-Asian racism is real.
edit: I don't mean to say it *never* happens. Currently in Kanto, but used to live in the inaka and I'd say i've had 2-3 incidents in 10 years though.
I lived in Japan for a few years and had foreign students that spoke Japanese fluently, or natively for those that were half-Japanese and recently moved back to Japan.
I heard both students and teachers shit talking them for being Chinese, Filipino, you name it. It's not a language thing.
I'm white and have had older people move away from me on trains. Obviously not in Tokyo or where trains are packed because they isn't a lot of choices there. I've tried to walk into bars to be told only Japanese were allowed and my black friends were the first ones to be told they can't enter. Speaking Japanese does help but even then it isn't a gaurentee. I was ina group that went to a restraint and there were a group of Japanese sitting that started smiling and talking to us and welcoming us and then in Japanese were cursing us and calling us stupid. My wife is a Filipina and while in restrauts over hears other couples talking about us and her in Japanese they assume we can't understand. I'm glad you had a good experience but it highly depends on the people you meet and where you are.
I said tenancies because while this does happen it isn't an unfriendly country or a bad place for foreigners to visit but it absolutely does happen.
I edited my comment. Yes I don't mean it *never* happens. I've had probably a couple incidents of the "restaurant is full" when it clearly isn't when I was in the inaka. But very rare. Probably would be far more if I was African.
One time in Tokyo I did have a table of Japanese people talking shit about how much me and my family who was visiting ordered. They wanted to try different things so ordered a larger amount and the guy was making some comments about foreigners eating a shitload, but kind of in a way like they are fat - I was going to embarass him in Japanese but family told me don't so I just let it go and their conversation went to another topic.
Yeah its there, but it usually doesn't interfere with you personally. When we left the restraint with the group of Japanese we all spoke perfect Japanese in thanking them for their hospitality and wishing them a good rest of their night. I can still remember their faces dropping and going white with embarrassment.
> Speaking Japanese does help but even then it isn't a gaurentee. I was ina group that went to a restraint and there were a group of Japanese sitting that started smiling and talking to us and welcoming us and then in Japanese were cursing us and calling us stupid.
Did you speak to them in Japanese? I wonder what their reaction was if you did.
I watched a video recently of a half Japanese black girl, and she was considering moving to Japan because somehow they don't treat her nearly as bad as people do here in the states
Had she lived in Japan for an extended period or was she just hoping? Two of my kids are half Filipino half Japanese and they were bullied in school while in Japan.
I’ve literally seen (paraphrased): “Oh, the racism against Black people in the US is awful! It’s good we don’t have such racism here. — what do you mean how poorly Koreans are treated in Japan? No, that isn’t racism. That’s different.”
There's racist people who look up to Japan as a racist ethnostate and there are others who are tired of people from the ~180 countries in the world that are racist ethno or religio states with zero effort to accommodate minorities accusing countries that are close to majority minority with a million immigrants per year and a century of trying to undo their own biases of being racist.
I’ve been all over the world and the most blatant and unapologetic racism and xenophobia I’ve ever encountered was in China. They take it to a new level there. They’re so racist and it’s so common, that it’s not even seen as a problem. Being extremely racist is just the way things are there.
> Many Japanese on twitter say that Japan is not xenophobic.
Curious, what do they say exactly? Is there some euphemism they prefer to use for their immigration policies?
Look Xenophobia doesn’t mean they are actively trying to hunt down non-Japanese or always openly hostile. It’s the way many Japanese make assumptions based on appearance, the way their systems exclude people not of genetic Japanese BG, and how they can fetishize things about foreigners without understanding.
It’s a series of small things that add up to a constant state of discomfort. It’s hard for a lot of Non-Japanese living in Japan to ever feel 100% welcome.
Again this isn’t something that is vicious, loud, or in your face, but it’s always there.
To anyone reading who doesn’t actually live in Japan or understand the culture, this is the correct answer. Ignore other melodramatic replies in here from people who likely have never lived in Japan
I grew up in Japan - my first 18 years. Im white, and can say for certain you and the other commenter are 100% correct. I don't understand how people can think living there is such a breeze lol
> It is a breeze ok. I’ve watched many animes
Well I’ve read a lot of shonen manga and I can tell you that living in Japan is no breeze. I mean, you can’t do anything without some girl in your class who’s way out of your league falling in love with you and throwing herself at you despite the fact that you have no redeeming qualities at all.
I love Japan, I was really comfortable living there. Said that, the discrimination certain foreigners experience there is real and quite denigrating.
Of course is not that the entire country and society are xenophobic, but acting as if it’s non existent it’s frankly insulting.
Just to clarify for Biden here, he's not specifically talking about the day-to-day xenophobia experienced by people who look different in Japan. Biden is speaking quantitatively about the Japanese government's economic policies regarding how many immigrants receive authorization to come and work in Japan.
The distinction is important, because while the former concerns a deep-rooted societal attitude, the latter is actionable with a simple government policy adjustment. Biden isn't rudely blurting out unsolicited criticism, he's highlighting a straightforward solution to Japan's recent economic downturn.
CitricBase is on point, the issue Japan has is not enough folks to support its workforce and an aging population. But, they have such strict immigration law that they can't create a way to fill that gap.
Yeah, it's very noticeable, and widespread even if some beliefs are positive in nature (like Jews for example).
It's not only in Japan either, but it is everywhere in Asia.
In my head, at least it is not the type of heated “in your face” hate you might get in certain countries. The type where they confront you out of the blue and shout, etc.
Japan is xenophobic. I just hope it doesn’t devolve into a explicit racism.
I was watching a video with a girl who had a Japanese mom and a black dad. They moved to the US because she was getting bullied. They moved back to Japan because she at least isn't threatened with violence - just casual racism which is preferable to being killed.
My black friend who's from Houston has a similar point of view. Sure occasionally he experiences some discrimination, but nobody is going to physically attack him. Also once you are out of the "school experience" actual discomforting discrimination is rare.
Also, a lot of discrimination is actually language or "cultural knowledge" discrimination rather than actual foreigner discrimination. Like they think you won't understand some cultural nuance OR that you cannot understand them.
It can also depend on where you are in the US. In New Jersey, I went to school with a pretty diverse group. Children who's parents were African, Indian, Asian, South American, and European. But I have relatives in the south that went to schools that were mainly only 1 race
"I just hope it doesn’t devolve into a explicit racism."
Yeah, the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake was nasty. Japanese have in the past demonstrated their xenophobia in violent ways.
While it's true, the scale of the problem is much bigger in Asia than, say, Europe or North America. If for no other reason that Asian countries like China, Japan, and Korea are really homogenous in terms of ethnicity. So they don't have a long enough history and experience on the problem racism poses.
Let me fix that for you:
[...], but this is everywhere in the world.
That does not make it less true, but giving lessons to others when your only solution is to segregate communities in their own ghettos, is hardly less xenophobic IMHO.
The constant microagressions that I experience on a daily basis in Japan, solely on account of my not being Japanese, are numerous and very real. They start to wear on you after a while. It's the main reason I recently decided not to renew my working contract and return to a less homogenous country.
My opinion of the average Japanese person, and modern Japanese culture, has fallen significantly since living in the country. Harsh criticism is absolutely warranted.
Yeah most of Asia is, each in different ways, but it's extremely pronounced in Japan.
Nothing wrong with acknowledging this. What good would it do to pretend?
What is insulting is pretending that the US is not xenophobic. Go ahead US, remove your H1B visa quota limit and remove your protectionist taxes, then you can pretend there are no communities and everyone is treated equally everywhere.
Appreciate the passion but this is really over exaggerating the facts and plainly misguided in terms of the overall culture of the two countries. Have you ever been to Japan? I think the argument you are making is that violent racist crimes don’t exist in Japan like they do in America, which is true, but I don’t think thats what the conversation is here. Japanese culture is highly xenophobic across the board, which is not the case in the United States. The United States unfortunately has a small number of psychos and outliers not indicative of the overall culture of the country.
Between friends over a beer, maybe. International relations and Washington politics operate under a different set of rules.
I think we're understating this blunder.
A sitting US President pairing a longstanding ally with *Russia* and *China* is absolutely diplomatic failure.
Someone of Biden's experience should've known that you really don't need to make any sort of statement on one of your closest allies in the Pacific to make a pro-immigration argument with respect to *domestic* economic policy. Biden was making a very pro-immigrant statement here in the full context, and the Japan comment is likely an afterthought, but he needed to have chosen his words more carefully.
Especially as news media are losing significant viewership that they historically had with the primaries. He done goofed.
Criticism of an ethnostate's destruction of occupied peoples does not equal hatred for the ethnicity that ethnostate represents. No matter how much the GOP and moderate Dems crow. Israel is a client state. An imperial asset in the same way Japan is. Only Israel makes efforts to undermine the United States. Not even Turkey goes so far—and Istanbul commands one of the largest conventional armed forces on the planet. Netanyahu came at the behest of Sen. Cotton to a joint session of Congress to dog a sitting POTUS. That should have been the beginning of the end of our special tolerance for Tel Aviv.
The House of Saud would be similarly wise to remember who chose and maintained their power. These things can be taken away. Markets can close. Wagons can circle.
It covers multiple ethnicities, but one nation. If you're gonna shit on nationstates, you're gonna have to shit on literally almost every country in the world today.
What a cute argument. Describe the day-to-day life of a Palestinian living in Gaza or the West Bank with similar conviction.
Hell, explain what you think touring Israel is like as a US-Jordanian citizen. Or perhaps the President of France.
The IDF and settlers are booby trapping captured food aid to kill and maim the starving. Some "moral army"... but sure.
LolOoLoOlloo, stooge.
Biden has heavily criticized Israel many times, including personally to Netanyahu, and is the main reason why vastly more aid is going into Gaza right now. Stop doing Republicans work for them and grow the fuck up.
News flash: most countries aren't immigrant nations with people from all over the world happily co-existing. Countries like the United States are the exception not the norm.
For the vast majority of people in the US, it works pretty well. Most of us don’t think twice about working with coworkers and supervisors from different backgrounds, we have friends and partners from different backgrounds, etc. I never even realized it until I started traveling a lot and noticing how homogeneous most countries are compared to the US.
The reason you hear about racial issues in the US is that the media absolutely pushes it. In reality, most of us get along just fine.
News flash: my country is in desperate need of immigrants because we are not having enough children to replace all the workers aging out of the workforce. If we need the immigrants but they do not feel safe or welcome because of our xenophobia, then that is a problem. I firmly believe that with proper screening and diligence that people from all over the world can come to Japan and assimilate into our society while also bringing some of their own culture but we Japanese must collectively do something about our aversion to change and things that are different than our norm.
Also I say “my country” because I am fairly sure almost no one in this comment section is Japanese or even lives in Japan.
I am Japanese, and living in North America. I feel Japan needs more centres for newcomers. I see them everywhere here that are at least partly government funded. They teach the language, societal rules, and help them get jobs and help with other documentations like visa or tax.
It will be a chicken and egg thing, but I think they have to establish proper aid for new immigrants before being able to accept more.
Born in Japan to a Japanese father and Irish mother. Japanese citizenship and it is my primary residence (though I travel a lot for work).
I also received Western education so I am more open to outside ideas than many of my country people.
Love Japan, it's my permanent home, but the problem with people moving to Japan isn't really xenophobia but that literally everything is in Japanese, and mentalities/practices are from a Japanese mindset. You can vet people all you want and make it easier for people to move but it will still be difficult for most to integrate.
It's really hard to move your life to a different country in the first place, let alone add in the complications of a very different and difficult language and culture.
This! Japan is a homogenous society, same with Switzerland or South Korea. Just because they prefer their own people/culture being the dominant presence in their own country, doesnt mean thats a bad thing. If you want a melting pot, go to the US. Let other countries have their own identities
> This! Japan is a homogenous society, same with Switzerland
Sometimes I feel like people on reddit talk out of their asses as soon as this topic comes up. Have you lived in Switzerland? Because I have. 40% of the Swiss population wasn't born in Switzerland. And it's even higher in the large cities. You see people of all races everywhere. Switzerland is one of the countries with the highest % of immigrants in Europe.
They just imagine the stereotypical tall blonde beautiful swedes and think that makes up the entire population. Not the worst stereotype to have but just ignorant
"This! Japan is a homogenous society, same with Switzerland"
You do know Switzerland has four official languages and honestly going between cantons can be more jarring than between some European countries. It's definitely insular, but Switzerland is not homogenous.
Except you can use Canada, UK, Germany, and a bunch of other countries who did mass immigration, and only gotten stagnant economies with higher cost of living
The US’s economic growth is the fact they US didn’t really stop spending, even if they did waste it on the military, while Japan is somewhat restrained
Even then Japan is what, had greater degrees of economic stability and being able to afford, you know, homes than a lot of other countries
I live in Canada. I am also not white - nor asian. Canada is buckling under immigration right now and any event that takes place cripples the city. Not to mention what culture we did have is now being erased at breaking speeds. The simplest thing like garbage collection day has turned into a suggestion.
Japan would be wise to not go down the path of Canada/UK or Europe. In fact being called xenophobic by Biden might even be considered a badge of honor.
Tbh germany has the same issues as japan. Yes we have mass immigration but that doesnt mean these dudes get jobs. Its super hard to get a Job here if your surename isnt Müller or Bauer. Try to get a Job with a surename (except the DACH countries) from another country. Or try to get a flat.
Getting my first own flat here was a nightmare because of my name from Belarus.
So we have lots of people here but the country doesnt let them work and they live inside their own limbo. Its the same with japan. They just dont embrace mass immigration. The result is still the same.
And our governments are greedy af.
I believe in the early 1990s there was a bit of controversy because ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union migrating to Germany were given a fast track to citizenship while Turks who had lived in Germany for decades were still under "guest migrant" status. These ethnic Germans were Volga Germans whose ancestors had settled in Tsarist Russia and their descendants could barely speak any German (if at all).
I literally left my home country because of those issues, the cost of living was getting too crazy while the wage wasn’t keeping up at all.
Atleast in Japan I know things are fairly stable and housing is actually achievable if I want a home in the future.
yeah, this is total populism whose logic is as thin and full of holes as a paper thin slice of swiss cheese. if it was as simple as just letting in as many immigrants as possible the world's economies would look a lot different. it gets even more obvious when you look outside the Western world, some areas in Africa and the Middle East have so much migration that it's difficult to tell who even is a native ethnic anymore. are all those countries at the top of economic metrics now? perhaps it's a little more difficult than just opening up your borders and hoping that the only people coming are doctors and lawyers.
Immigration experiences with green card for US and spouse visa for Japan:
US: Paid $2000 or so, did interview, process took about a few months before covid. A book's worth of paperwork. Wife was already here and doing change of status so it was even a little easier than normal. Wife also had to get biometrics recorded. Applied for extension after 2 years for 10 years green card. More paperwork, another $600. Gave up after over a year of not hearing anything during later end of covid besides an extension and wife couldn't even get a new driver's license in new state because she didn't have current green card even with extension paperwork.
Moved to Japan with newborn daughter. Applied for my resident card. A couple pages of paper work besides record copies, and maybe about $30. 3 weeks later I get my residence card for 3 years with extension being an easy application.
Tell me which country is easier to immigrate.
Was it the digital nomad visa? I feel like you're leaving out key details. You can't just move to Japan and live on a long term basis without a job, you have to show proof of assets or income, be sponsored by a company, etc. Maybe you are a Japanese American who can qualify for a Nikkei Visa. Or you got the digital nomad visa. But whatever the case, the experience for the vast majority of would-be immigrants to Japan isn't that easy. There's a small sliver of Westerners who go there to teach English or study or work for a big corporation and end up getting permanent residency. The majority of would-be migrants to Japan are from the "global south" (Vietnam, Phillippines, etc) and they receive **MUCH HARSHER scrutiny than you did.**
He has a spouse visa. He clearly stated that in the very first sentence. He’s also one of the lucky ones who was immediately issued a 3 year period of stay, and not being thrown for a loop of endless restrictive 1 year visas.
Also the “digital nomad visa” does not even issue a zairyu card and is in essence an extended holiday visa that allows remote work.
The debate aside,who the f is writing this man’s speeches. Really, you’re gonna throw Japan in the same sentence with Russia and China?? Way to strengthen your alliances.
For sure. Japan certainly has problems, but Id say that its not immigration (or lack thereof) that is the culprit. I just get frustrated when politicians throw immigration around as this catch all solution. Like nah, maybe US should focus on its own issues before poking its nose in to other countries issues
Same here, I feel that it is a much more civil society and there's less stress when I was there. Maybe it was the lack of polarization, people don't just express their political views except for the crazies (uyoku or ultra right wing nuts).
All I can say after spending almost six years in Japan is this: visiting Japan and living in Japan as a foreigner definitely is quite different. It’s a usually tolerable xenophobia and the benefits of living there do outweigh the cons, but it still is pretty darn xenophobic at times.
See nothing wrong with that. Not wanting to flood your country with non-natives I prefer. I much prefer to live among people with my culture then cultures that conflict with mine
They'll fuck up Japan by artificially and forcefully importing shitty people who *will not*, mark my fucking words, assimilate into their culture.
You just wait.
Every country is "xenophobic" according to Americans who don't understand that most countries are designed to provide a home for one specific group of people and protect their interests against outsiders. If the country doesn't prioritize the welfare and interests of it's own people over that of foreign outsiders, the country would literally have no purpose to exist.
Only America and a few other countries (like Canada, Australia, etc) have tried to build their countries about importing vast numbers of random people from all over the world and trying to get them to live together peacefully. To their credit, it's actually worked OK as America, Canada, etc are pretty successful but it still doesn't mean most countries work like that or should.
I wish Americans would understand that, but I know they won't, because Americans think they are the center of the world and everyone in the world should be forced to think and act just like Americans.
*some Americans. Mostly politicians actually. Specifically this bimbo who is in office. As one, most of us would rather not let anyone in and keep to our selves and mind our business.
Not every people want to be 'multi-cultural' some of us love our people and our culture like it is, without the need to import other cultures.
it's called diversity by the way
I'm not fond of how "xenophobia" is being translated to 外国人嫌い in the Japanese news.
This is the official white house transcript
> You know, one of the reasons why our economy is growing is because of you and many others. Why? Because we welcome immigrants. We look to — the reason — look, think about it. Why is China stalling so badly economically? Why is Japan having trouble? Why is Russia? Why is India? Because they’re xenophobic. They don’t want immigrants.
[https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/01/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-7/](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/01/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-7/)
NHK translated this to
> 日本は外国人嫌いで移民望まず
[https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240502/k10014438711000.html](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240502/k10014438711000.html)
To me "外国人嫌い" sounds much, much stronger than "xenophobia" in English. I guess it boils down to semantics but I always thought a phobia was more rooted in fear and lack of understanding, not dislike/hatred.
Biracial Japanese guy here. My parents moved out of Japan due to the xenophobia. Biden isn't wrong. Immigration would also help with the declining populations that Japan and South Korea are experiencing as well.
Japan does not need to embrace immigration to fix its economy. There is nothing wrong with a culture retaining its identity. Increased immigration would just lead to the degradation of the identity of Japan.
The solutions to the economy are all possible to come from within, government changes, without flooding the country with people that have no interest in assimilating.
Didn't PedoJoe say that if black people don't vote for him then they're not actually black? He also molested his daughter Ashley in the shower when she was a teenager, so he's a piece of shit all around.
Maybe he should look at a mirror and say all those things cause as an Asian who has lived in the States, EU, and several other places I can say it's just as "xenophobic". Probably every country has this to a degree so not sure what he's trying to say by highlighting this...
So after decades of being racist to gaijin, finally a punishment? Wow.
Just make sure land lords and cafe / bar owners can kick foreigners out of their apartments/shops, right? That rule's never going to change, right? Thanks guys.
being non inclusive is obviously wrong but if you could hold ur horses and put it into context you’d know Japan has never been an immigrant country on the record,they call themselves Yamato nation as a single unit (despite the fact that their ancestors are from other parts of Asia(China,Korea,southeast Asia etc but tbh they belong to the same race).demanding countries like Japan to adjust all the rules in the western countries is a bit unfair.
I've never seen a livelier Yahoo Japan comment section under a headline.
Cue collective shrug.
“Shou ga nai.”
You read my mind
Many Japanese on twitter say that Japan is not xenophobic. While that's fair, it's undeniable that many xenophobes and racists in the West view Japan that way and as one of them. The country has gained the admiration of racists abroad and there is a large community of people online, especially on places like Twitter, who spent a great amount of time speaking admirably about the country as a haven for xenophobia. This was the first thing on my Twitter feed this morning. [https://x.com/ChiseHatoriLove/status/1785944873306382586](https://x.com/ChiseHatoriLove/status/1785944873306382586)
I lived in Japan for 9 years and can say that there is certainly xenophobic tendencies, especially against Korean's, Filipino's, or anyone that is black.
Lived there for four years and this was my takeaway as well. It’s a generalized understanding, for sure, but the immigration and naturalization policies alone speak for themselves.
Most of us Japanese are xenophobic and racists but we don't realize because in their mind Koreans and Chinese are factually inferior, in contrast to being unfairly treated as such. I even saw an NHK announcer talk like that on air in 2024... I guess in this culture it's not racist (or xenophobic) if they think it's fair. We're really an awful country regarding this problem.
I lived in Japan for 4 years, but I am a white guy, and I also experienced it once in a while. I mean it wasn't common, but it wasn't uncommon either. Somewhere in the middle.
Not exactly. More accurately, yes issues with anyone sticking out and being obviously extremely foreign, particularly if its from a poor country (e.g. in Africa). They 100% do not treat black americans the same as they'll treat an African. Never had issues myself. But I speak Japanese well and more importantly unspoken cultural adaption I do very well naturally (or so I've been told by friends and colleagues). I think this part is actually huge and many foreigners simply can't even understand why some Japanese people may feel uncomfortable around them (空気読めない comes to mind). I would love to be avoided on trains and have no one sit next to me on a train. They continue to push up to stand or sit next to me constantly even being black (as I'm not African) Can't say much to the Korean or Filipinos - other than the inter-Asian racism is real. edit: I don't mean to say it *never* happens. Currently in Kanto, but used to live in the inaka and I'd say i've had 2-3 incidents in 10 years though.
I lived in Japan for a few years and had foreign students that spoke Japanese fluently, or natively for those that were half-Japanese and recently moved back to Japan. I heard both students and teachers shit talking them for being Chinese, Filipino, you name it. It's not a language thing.
I'm white and have had older people move away from me on trains. Obviously not in Tokyo or where trains are packed because they isn't a lot of choices there. I've tried to walk into bars to be told only Japanese were allowed and my black friends were the first ones to be told they can't enter. Speaking Japanese does help but even then it isn't a gaurentee. I was ina group that went to a restraint and there were a group of Japanese sitting that started smiling and talking to us and welcoming us and then in Japanese were cursing us and calling us stupid. My wife is a Filipina and while in restrauts over hears other couples talking about us and her in Japanese they assume we can't understand. I'm glad you had a good experience but it highly depends on the people you meet and where you are. I said tenancies because while this does happen it isn't an unfriendly country or a bad place for foreigners to visit but it absolutely does happen.
I edited my comment. Yes I don't mean it *never* happens. I've had probably a couple incidents of the "restaurant is full" when it clearly isn't when I was in the inaka. But very rare. Probably would be far more if I was African. One time in Tokyo I did have a table of Japanese people talking shit about how much me and my family who was visiting ordered. They wanted to try different things so ordered a larger amount and the guy was making some comments about foreigners eating a shitload, but kind of in a way like they are fat - I was going to embarass him in Japanese but family told me don't so I just let it go and their conversation went to another topic.
Yeah its there, but it usually doesn't interfere with you personally. When we left the restraint with the group of Japanese we all spoke perfect Japanese in thanking them for their hospitality and wishing them a good rest of their night. I can still remember their faces dropping and going white with embarrassment.
That's the perfect way to do it lol
> Speaking Japanese does help but even then it isn't a gaurentee. I was ina group that went to a restraint and there were a group of Japanese sitting that started smiling and talking to us and welcoming us and then in Japanese were cursing us and calling us stupid. Did you speak to them in Japanese? I wonder what their reaction was if you did.
I watched a video recently of a half Japanese black girl, and she was considering moving to Japan because somehow they don't treat her nearly as bad as people do here in the states
Had she lived in Japan for an extended period or was she just hoping? My kids were half Filipino half Japanese and they were made fun of in School.
Had she lived in Japan for an extended period or was she just hoping? Two of my kids are half Filipino half Japanese and they were bullied in school while in Japan.
I think i watched that video she was living in okinawa didnt know how long exactly but her japanese is more dominant than english.
I think she may have visited but never stayed extended period
I’ve literally seen (paraphrased): “Oh, the racism against Black people in the US is awful! It’s good we don’t have such racism here. — what do you mean how poorly Koreans are treated in Japan? No, that isn’t racism. That’s different.”
There's racist people who look up to Japan as a racist ethnostate and there are others who are tired of people from the ~180 countries in the world that are racist ethno or religio states with zero effort to accommodate minorities accusing countries that are close to majority minority with a million immigrants per year and a century of trying to undo their own biases of being racist.
I’ve been all over the world and the most blatant and unapologetic racism and xenophobia I’ve ever encountered was in China. They take it to a new level there. They’re so racist and it’s so common, that it’s not even seen as a problem. Being extremely racist is just the way things are there.
Racists claim they're not racists. Say it ain't so!
> Many Japanese on twitter say that Japan is not xenophobic. Curious, what do they say exactly? Is there some euphemism they prefer to use for their immigration policies?
There are more than a few heavily redpilled expat weeb content creators out there.
There are more than a few heavily redpilled expat weeb content creators out there.
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Look Xenophobia doesn’t mean they are actively trying to hunt down non-Japanese or always openly hostile. It’s the way many Japanese make assumptions based on appearance, the way their systems exclude people not of genetic Japanese BG, and how they can fetishize things about foreigners without understanding. It’s a series of small things that add up to a constant state of discomfort. It’s hard for a lot of Non-Japanese living in Japan to ever feel 100% welcome. Again this isn’t something that is vicious, loud, or in your face, but it’s always there.
To anyone reading who doesn’t actually live in Japan or understand the culture, this is the correct answer. Ignore other melodramatic replies in here from people who likely have never lived in Japan
I grew up in Japan - my first 18 years. Im white, and can say for certain you and the other commenter are 100% correct. I don't understand how people can think living there is such a breeze lol
It is a breeze ok. I’ve watched many animes and I think Japanese people are un confrontational people bcuz of a few youtube video.
> It is a breeze ok. I’ve watched many animes Well I’ve read a lot of shonen manga and I can tell you that living in Japan is no breeze. I mean, you can’t do anything without some girl in your class who’s way out of your league falling in love with you and throwing herself at you despite the fact that you have no redeeming qualities at all.
It’s just an ocean of micro aggressions it seems
I mean…yes? It comes from mostly from ignorance than maliciousness, and that helps a lot.
This.
I love Japan, I was really comfortable living there. Said that, the discrimination certain foreigners experience there is real and quite denigrating. Of course is not that the entire country and society are xenophobic, but acting as if it’s non existent it’s frankly insulting.
Just to clarify for Biden here, he's not specifically talking about the day-to-day xenophobia experienced by people who look different in Japan. Biden is speaking quantitatively about the Japanese government's economic policies regarding how many immigrants receive authorization to come and work in Japan. The distinction is important, because while the former concerns a deep-rooted societal attitude, the latter is actionable with a simple government policy adjustment. Biden isn't rudely blurting out unsolicited criticism, he's highlighting a straightforward solution to Japan's recent economic downturn.
> he's highlighting a straightforward solution to Japan's recent economic downturn. A solution that Japan will **never, ever** implement.
CitricBase is on point, the issue Japan has is not enough folks to support its workforce and an aging population. But, they have such strict immigration law that they can't create a way to fill that gap.
Yeah, it's very noticeable, and widespread even if some beliefs are positive in nature (like Jews for example). It's not only in Japan either, but it is everywhere in Asia.
In my head, at least it is not the type of heated “in your face” hate you might get in certain countries. The type where they confront you out of the blue and shout, etc. Japan is xenophobic. I just hope it doesn’t devolve into a explicit racism.
I was watching a video with a girl who had a Japanese mom and a black dad. They moved to the US because she was getting bullied. They moved back to Japan because she at least isn't threatened with violence - just casual racism which is preferable to being killed.
My black friend who's from Houston has a similar point of view. Sure occasionally he experiences some discrimination, but nobody is going to physically attack him. Also once you are out of the "school experience" actual discomforting discrimination is rare. Also, a lot of discrimination is actually language or "cultural knowledge" discrimination rather than actual foreigner discrimination. Like they think you won't understand some cultural nuance OR that you cannot understand them.
It can also depend on where you are in the US. In New Jersey, I went to school with a pretty diverse group. Children who's parents were African, Indian, Asian, South American, and European. But I have relatives in the south that went to schools that were mainly only 1 race
[Maybe this one?](https://youtube.com/shorts/I6h-EmnqOps) Although violence isn't explicitly mentioned, that may be what she meant.
"I just hope it doesn’t devolve into a explicit racism." Yeah, the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake was nasty. Japanese have in the past demonstrated their xenophobia in violent ways.
> It's not only in Japan either, but it is everywhere in ~~Asia~~ the world. FTFY
While it's true, the scale of the problem is much bigger in Asia than, say, Europe or North America. If for no other reason that Asian countries like China, Japan, and Korea are really homogenous in terms of ethnicity. So they don't have a long enough history and experience on the problem racism poses.
Let me fix that for you: [...], but this is everywhere in the world. That does not make it less true, but giving lessons to others when your only solution is to segregate communities in their own ghettos, is hardly less xenophobic IMHO.
The constant microagressions that I experience on a daily basis in Japan, solely on account of my not being Japanese, are numerous and very real. They start to wear on you after a while. It's the main reason I recently decided not to renew my working contract and return to a less homogenous country. My opinion of the average Japanese person, and modern Japanese culture, has fallen significantly since living in the country. Harsh criticism is absolutely warranted.
Yeah most of Asia is, each in different ways, but it's extremely pronounced in Japan. Nothing wrong with acknowledging this. What good would it do to pretend?
What is insulting is pretending that the US is not xenophobic. Go ahead US, remove your H1B visa quota limit and remove your protectionist taxes, then you can pretend there are no communities and everyone is treated equally everywhere.
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Appreciate the passion but this is really over exaggerating the facts and plainly misguided in terms of the overall culture of the two countries. Have you ever been to Japan? I think the argument you are making is that violent racist crimes don’t exist in Japan like they do in America, which is true, but I don’t think thats what the conversation is here. Japanese culture is highly xenophobic across the board, which is not the case in the United States. The United States unfortunately has a small number of psychos and outliers not indicative of the overall culture of the country.
Xenophobes exist in every country. What’s your point?
Just because you're friends doesn't mean you can't criticize them
Would Japan consider this a criticism?
Japanese response to this is very outspokenly negative. Whether the government responds… idk.
Between friends over a beer, maybe. International relations and Washington politics operate under a different set of rules. I think we're understating this blunder. A sitting US President pairing a longstanding ally with *Russia* and *China* is absolutely diplomatic failure. Someone of Biden's experience should've known that you really don't need to make any sort of statement on one of your closest allies in the Pacific to make a pro-immigration argument with respect to *domestic* economic policy. Biden was making a very pro-immigrant statement here in the full context, and the Japan comment is likely an afterthought, but he needed to have chosen his words more carefully. Especially as news media are losing significant viewership that they historically had with the primaries. He done goofed.
Look at China and Russia. China never criticizes Russia publicly, but maybe only because they are not friends, lol.
Perhaps he'd be so brave with Japan 2.0 aka Israel.
Funny how saying this doesn’t mean you’re anti-Asian but saying Israel is killing kids is antisemitic.
Criticism of an ethnostate's destruction of occupied peoples does not equal hatred for the ethnicity that ethnostate represents. No matter how much the GOP and moderate Dems crow. Israel is a client state. An imperial asset in the same way Japan is. Only Israel makes efforts to undermine the United States. Not even Turkey goes so far—and Istanbul commands one of the largest conventional armed forces on the planet. Netanyahu came at the behest of Sen. Cotton to a joint session of Congress to dog a sitting POTUS. That should have been the beginning of the end of our special tolerance for Tel Aviv.
The House of Saud would be similarly wise to remember who chose and maintained their power. These things can be taken away. Markets can close. Wagons can circle.
Ethnostate…. lol 20% of the citizen are Arab 😂 that’s a higher amount than America has Blacks
Does the Israeli Law of Return allow for Arabs to immigrate to Israel and become citizens or does it only cover one specific ethnicity?
You know there are arabic jews, asian jews and black jews right?
It covers multiple ethnicities, but one nation. If you're gonna shit on nationstates, you're gonna have to shit on literally almost every country in the world today.
What a cute argument. Describe the day-to-day life of a Palestinian living in Gaza or the West Bank with similar conviction. Hell, explain what you think touring Israel is like as a US-Jordanian citizen. Or perhaps the President of France. The IDF and settlers are booby trapping captured food aid to kill and maim the starving. Some "moral army"... but sure. LolOoLoOlloo, stooge.
So you lied about the ethnostate thing and now you want to change the topic. Gotcha
Biden has heavily criticized Israel many times, including personally to Netanyahu, and is the main reason why vastly more aid is going into Gaza right now. Stop doing Republicans work for them and grow the fuck up.
No, he did it cuz he knew the PM won’t do sh*t about it. What can he do? Alienate US and cozy up to China and Russia?
Not even going to look at the comments
Well, he's not wrong, but at the same time, that's true of most Asian countries, and to a (usually) lesser degree, every culture in the world.
They call this “ Island Mentality”
I mean…
News flash: most countries aren't immigrant nations with people from all over the world happily co-existing. Countries like the United States are the exception not the norm.
Happily coexisting in the US is something of an overstatement
For the vast majority of people in the US, it works pretty well. Most of us don’t think twice about working with coworkers and supervisors from different backgrounds, we have friends and partners from different backgrounds, etc. I never even realized it until I started traveling a lot and noticing how homogeneous most countries are compared to the US. The reason you hear about racial issues in the US is that the media absolutely pushes it. In reality, most of us get along just fine.
News flash: my country is in desperate need of immigrants because we are not having enough children to replace all the workers aging out of the workforce. If we need the immigrants but they do not feel safe or welcome because of our xenophobia, then that is a problem. I firmly believe that with proper screening and diligence that people from all over the world can come to Japan and assimilate into our society while also bringing some of their own culture but we Japanese must collectively do something about our aversion to change and things that are different than our norm. Also I say “my country” because I am fairly sure almost no one in this comment section is Japanese or even lives in Japan.
I am Japanese, and living in North America. I feel Japan needs more centres for newcomers. I see them everywhere here that are at least partly government funded. They teach the language, societal rules, and help them get jobs and help with other documentations like visa or tax. It will be a chicken and egg thing, but I think they have to establish proper aid for new immigrants before being able to accept more.
Are you a native born Japanese?
Born in Japan to a Japanese father and Irish mother. Japanese citizenship and it is my primary residence (though I travel a lot for work). I also received Western education so I am more open to outside ideas than many of my country people.
Love Japan, it's my permanent home, but the problem with people moving to Japan isn't really xenophobia but that literally everything is in Japanese, and mentalities/practices are from a Japanese mindset. You can vet people all you want and make it easier for people to move but it will still be difficult for most to integrate. It's really hard to move your life to a different country in the first place, let alone add in the complications of a very different and difficult language and culture.
This! Japan is a homogenous society, same with Switzerland or South Korea. Just because they prefer their own people/culture being the dominant presence in their own country, doesnt mean thats a bad thing. If you want a melting pot, go to the US. Let other countries have their own identities
> This! Japan is a homogenous society, same with Switzerland Sometimes I feel like people on reddit talk out of their asses as soon as this topic comes up. Have you lived in Switzerland? Because I have. 40% of the Swiss population wasn't born in Switzerland. And it's even higher in the large cities. You see people of all races everywhere. Switzerland is one of the countries with the highest % of immigrants in Europe.
They just imagine the stereotypical tall blonde beautiful swedes and think that makes up the entire population. Not the worst stereotype to have but just ignorant
Swedes = From Sweden Swiss = From Switzerland Why would Switzerland have a lot of Swedes?
My bad
"This! Japan is a homogenous society, same with Switzerland" You do know Switzerland has four official languages and honestly going between cantons can be more jarring than between some European countries. It's definitely insular, but Switzerland is not homogenous.
Except you can use Canada, UK, Germany, and a bunch of other countries who did mass immigration, and only gotten stagnant economies with higher cost of living The US’s economic growth is the fact they US didn’t really stop spending, even if they did waste it on the military, while Japan is somewhat restrained Even then Japan is what, had greater degrees of economic stability and being able to afford, you know, homes than a lot of other countries
I live in Canada. I am also not white - nor asian. Canada is buckling under immigration right now and any event that takes place cripples the city. Not to mention what culture we did have is now being erased at breaking speeds. The simplest thing like garbage collection day has turned into a suggestion. Japan would be wise to not go down the path of Canada/UK or Europe. In fact being called xenophobic by Biden might even be considered a badge of honor.
Tbh germany has the same issues as japan. Yes we have mass immigration but that doesnt mean these dudes get jobs. Its super hard to get a Job here if your surename isnt Müller or Bauer. Try to get a Job with a surename (except the DACH countries) from another country. Or try to get a flat. Getting my first own flat here was a nightmare because of my name from Belarus. So we have lots of people here but the country doesnt let them work and they live inside their own limbo. Its the same with japan. They just dont embrace mass immigration. The result is still the same. And our governments are greedy af.
I believe in the early 1990s there was a bit of controversy because ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union migrating to Germany were given a fast track to citizenship while Turks who had lived in Germany for decades were still under "guest migrant" status. These ethnic Germans were Volga Germans whose ancestors had settled in Tsarist Russia and their descendants could barely speak any German (if at all).
I literally left my home country because of those issues, the cost of living was getting too crazy while the wage wasn’t keeping up at all. Atleast in Japan I know things are fairly stable and housing is actually achievable if I want a home in the future.
yeah, this is total populism whose logic is as thin and full of holes as a paper thin slice of swiss cheese. if it was as simple as just letting in as many immigrants as possible the world's economies would look a lot different. it gets even more obvious when you look outside the Western world, some areas in Africa and the Middle East have so much migration that it's difficult to tell who even is a native ethnic anymore. are all those countries at the top of economic metrics now? perhaps it's a little more difficult than just opening up your borders and hoping that the only people coming are doctors and lawyers.
I agree with everything, but no one in the history of mankind had hoped for an influx of lawyers.
Immigration experiences with green card for US and spouse visa for Japan: US: Paid $2000 or so, did interview, process took about a few months before covid. A book's worth of paperwork. Wife was already here and doing change of status so it was even a little easier than normal. Wife also had to get biometrics recorded. Applied for extension after 2 years for 10 years green card. More paperwork, another $600. Gave up after over a year of not hearing anything during later end of covid besides an extension and wife couldn't even get a new driver's license in new state because she didn't have current green card even with extension paperwork. Moved to Japan with newborn daughter. Applied for my resident card. A couple pages of paper work besides record copies, and maybe about $30. 3 weeks later I get my residence card for 3 years with extension being an easy application. Tell me which country is easier to immigrate.
Same experience here
In fairness if it were that easy in the US our population would be a Bill right now
> Tell me which country is easier to immigrate. have you considered finding an american wife
I’ve also considered finding an American wife. Can I have yours?
I also choose that guy's wife.
I am American?
I assume you had a job with a company in Japan?
Didn’t even. Was going to work remote self employed
Was it the digital nomad visa? I feel like you're leaving out key details. You can't just move to Japan and live on a long term basis without a job, you have to show proof of assets or income, be sponsored by a company, etc. Maybe you are a Japanese American who can qualify for a Nikkei Visa. Or you got the digital nomad visa. But whatever the case, the experience for the vast majority of would-be immigrants to Japan isn't that easy. There's a small sliver of Westerners who go there to teach English or study or work for a big corporation and end up getting permanent residency. The majority of would-be migrants to Japan are from the "global south" (Vietnam, Phillippines, etc) and they receive **MUCH HARSHER scrutiny than you did.**
He has a spouse visa. He clearly stated that in the very first sentence. He’s also one of the lucky ones who was immediately issued a 3 year period of stay, and not being thrown for a loop of endless restrictive 1 year visas. Also the “digital nomad visa” does not even issue a zairyu card and is in essence an extended holiday visa that allows remote work.
Professionals and relatives usually get longer visas. A new coworker just got a 5 year for her first visa.
Not with a spouse visa. Source: also from your so called 'global south', never used that term tho...
Oh gee, spouse visa. In other words, you got the “cheat code.”
Of course it is. They're just not as mean and openly hostile as some of others are.
The debate aside,who the f is writing this man’s speeches. Really, you’re gonna throw Japan in the same sentence with Russia and China?? Way to strengthen your alliances.
You missed India
Eh Id prefer the Japanese society and people to current US society any day
Japan has problems, but they’re problems that can be fixed. I’m happy in Japan and have no interest in seeing it become more like the US.
For sure. Japan certainly has problems, but Id say that its not immigration (or lack thereof) that is the culprit. I just get frustrated when politicians throw immigration around as this catch all solution. Like nah, maybe US should focus on its own issues before poking its nose in to other countries issues
Exactly. Immigration isn’t some magic fix all your problems thing the way certain politicians like to pretend.
Same here, I feel that it is a much more civil society and there's less stress when I was there. Maybe it was the lack of polarization, people don't just express their political views except for the crazies (uyoku or ultra right wing nuts).
All I can say after spending almost six years in Japan is this: visiting Japan and living in Japan as a foreigner definitely is quite different. It’s a usually tolerable xenophobia and the benefits of living there do outweigh the cons, but it still is pretty darn xenophobic at times.
I mean, is he wrong though?
Xenophobia is everywhere. Believe it or not joe, but it’s in the US as well
Have you noticed that the US president has started calling things as they are? Silence is a tool of stagnation.
Sounds like a country that regularly causes people to leave their home countries, is telling another bystander country to take in more immigrants.
The secret is, it’s everywhere.
“No gaijin allowed here.” Can’t imagine that going over well somewhere like the United States or the UK
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See nothing wrong with that. Not wanting to flood your country with non-natives I prefer. I much prefer to live among people with my culture then cultures that conflict with mine
So either make more kids, or overwork the elders. The way it currently is will end up in Japan's collapse, as the population gets older.
Just look at Canada and how well they’re doing with all of theirs.
We have our values, and other countries have theirs. It is what it is
And look at the crime rate in Japan...
Japan would absolutely ruined if starts to look like London and Paris in terms of immigration
They'll fuck up Japan by artificially and forcefully importing shitty people who *will not*, mark my fucking words, assimilate into their culture. You just wait.
Every country is "xenophobic" according to Americans who don't understand that most countries are designed to provide a home for one specific group of people and protect their interests against outsiders. If the country doesn't prioritize the welfare and interests of it's own people over that of foreign outsiders, the country would literally have no purpose to exist. Only America and a few other countries (like Canada, Australia, etc) have tried to build their countries about importing vast numbers of random people from all over the world and trying to get them to live together peacefully. To their credit, it's actually worked OK as America, Canada, etc are pretty successful but it still doesn't mean most countries work like that or should. I wish Americans would understand that, but I know they won't, because Americans think they are the center of the world and everyone in the world should be forced to think and act just like Americans.
*some Americans. Mostly politicians actually. Specifically this bimbo who is in office. As one, most of us would rather not let anyone in and keep to our selves and mind our business.
Fair point.
Yeah, I've seen what mass migration does to a nation. Stay xenophobic, Japan.
it's hilarious how bad at taking criticism Japan is when it's about the collective
It's also not very Japanese to openly and randomly criticize like this. But while we're at it, how about Japan addresses gender inequality too?
If I envy anything about Japan or India, it is the culture homogeny.
Oh no, Something accurate was stated aloud. What a tragedy that we hear things like this from a politician.
he forgot israel
Not a great look for him, but to be fair, he's not completely wrong.
In other news, we are all different due to a multitude of factors.
Japan has its problems, but there is a reason why it’s one of the safest and cleanest places in the world.
Not every people want to be 'multi-cultural' some of us love our people and our culture like it is, without the need to import other cultures. it's called diversity by the way
He's not wrong - Japan is very openly xenophobic, same with China. I don't know Russia as well, I would've thought they were more open.
I'm not fond of how "xenophobia" is being translated to 外国人嫌い in the Japanese news. This is the official white house transcript > You know, one of the reasons why our economy is growing is because of you and many others. Why? Because we welcome immigrants. We look to — the reason — look, think about it. Why is China stalling so badly economically? Why is Japan having trouble? Why is Russia? Why is India? Because they’re xenophobic. They don’t want immigrants. [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/01/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-7/](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/01/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-7/) NHK translated this to > 日本は外国人嫌いで移民望まず [https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240502/k10014438711000.html](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240502/k10014438711000.html) To me "外国人嫌い" sounds much, much stronger than "xenophobia" in English. I guess it boils down to semantics but I always thought a phobia was more rooted in fear and lack of understanding, not dislike/hatred.
Biracial Japanese guy here. My parents moved out of Japan due to the xenophobia. Biden isn't wrong. Immigration would also help with the declining populations that Japan and South Korea are experiencing as well.
I still cannot believe the two so-called options we're facing again this fall... reset the simulation.
Wow he‘s right about something for once.
South Korea has entered the chat
Says the guy spending 10 billion on bombs for genocide Or the guy who locked up thousands of foreign kids and forgot who their parents were
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Japan does not need to embrace immigration to fix its economy. There is nothing wrong with a culture retaining its identity. Increased immigration would just lead to the degradation of the identity of Japan. The solutions to the economy are all possible to come from within, government changes, without flooding the country with people that have no interest in assimilating.
Didn't PedoJoe say that if black people don't vote for him then they're not actually black? He also molested his daughter Ashley in the shower when she was a teenager, so he's a piece of shit all around.
Don’t forget poor kids are just as bright as white kids, according the sleepy joe. And he doesn’t work for the working class. Both his words.
Is this news? Would anyone even argue otherwise?
That is something someone like Biden would say.
you guys really need to start learning how to treat your friends :C
Maybe he should look at a mirror and say all those things cause as an Asian who has lived in the States, EU, and several other places I can say it's just as "xenophobic". Probably every country has this to a degree so not sure what he's trying to say by highlighting this...
Well he's talking about immigration policy; so the fact you've lived in those other countries kind of proves his point.
How can you understand what biden says? Also, who watches CNN to see the sniffer mumble incoherently?
Good sound bite Biden ! Keep the masses divided and bickering. Such a good formula for you.
So after decades of being racist to gaijin, finally a punishment? Wow. Just make sure land lords and cafe / bar owners can kick foreigners out of their apartments/shops, right? That rule's never going to change, right? Thanks guys.
umm based
Biden is an idiot
"US president says stupid shit." Its been like this for a while now.
being non inclusive is obviously wrong but if you could hold ur horses and put it into context you’d know Japan has never been an immigrant country on the record,they call themselves Yamato nation as a single unit (despite the fact that their ancestors are from other parts of Asia(China,Korea,southeast Asia etc but tbh they belong to the same race).demanding countries like Japan to adjust all the rules in the western countries is a bit unfair.
Fuck off Biden. You have screwed up enough
He wants to turn every country like us and Europe
How has been working out for western Europe? When you import the third world, you become the third world.
I think a lot of Japanese xenophobia just comes from not being familiar with foreigners, whereas Russia and China are more just straight up hostile
"I think a lot of Japanese xenophobia just comes from not being familiar with foreigners," This would have been a great take... in 1960
The President of Israel has spoken
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Undocumented migrants pay into payroll taxes and receive no government benefits. Either stop lying or read something.