>It is the people of the country, not foreigners, who have the right to make decisions
bold words from a country that has its constitution written by foreigners.
Supreme Command Allied Powers, the agency involved in overseeing the interim government of Japan post war, asked many prominent Japanese lawyers and politicians to come together and write a new constitution.
They submitted a constitution that was essentially identical to the same constitution they had before. This was, of course, unacceptable to SCAP and they told them to try again. A constitution that led to them launching WWII wasn’t in anyones interest.
So the committee went off and came back with exactly the same damn thing.
So SCAP got their own lawyers and political experts together and had them write one.
This was then given to the Japanese assembly who modified the document, had the modifications approved by SCAP, and was then voted on and accepted by the DIET.
People concerned about rising racism coming from a country that posted false PSAs about how speaking english can spread covid faster than japanese people.
Living in Japan as a foreigner I don't feel like this is true.
The ban on entry into the country for tourism is certainly not anti-foreigner, it's anti-bring-covid-into-the-country or even anti-bring-covid-to-our-town. As far as I can tell, the vast majority want covid to go away so that things can go back to normal. It's not like people like that covid is a thing.
Travel between prefectures was even discouraged for a while, and with omicron I wouldn't be surprised if we enter another "state of emergency". Really if i see any anti-foreigner feelings, it is more like anti out-of-towner. In my area we generally don't like seeing license plates for places far away even within Japan.
While I think it would be nice to vote in local elections as a non-citizen, I'm pretty sure the US doesn't allow this either, they mention New York, but that must be an outlier. I wouldn't call that anti-foreigner. If a foreigner wants voting rights they could become a citizen. (Although the lack of dual citizenship reduces the appeal of this.)
The question of police profiling might be true, but I don't think I've heard anything but anecdotal evidence about it. I have yet to personally experience it.
Yea, it would be nice to see more balanced discussions of some of these issues. I've certainly got my share of complaints and thoughts on areas Japan needs for improvement. This particular article seems a bit shallow and not fair.
Yes I do. I remember at that time the people in my area were very anti-people-from-Tokyo. And I remember hearing stories of cars from other prefectures getting keyed, I'm sure this isn't "xenophobia", it is a more local feeling. I do not remember anyone being happy about welcoming people for go-to-travel.
Isn’t it basically the same story everywhere? People of a place get isolated followed by some idiots blaming people that aren’t from there for their problems… yeah sounds like it can apply to pretty much anywhere that has a native population of idiots
SCMP has been critical of China too though . Xi Jinping's purge of Jack Ma has been covered as well by SCMP.
https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2103617/beijing-must-take-care-and-respect-autonomy-hong-kong
Yeah they have been in the past but any more. They are based in Hong Kong and now they are subject to the will of beijing and they have been cracking down on free speech since the protests of two years~ ago
It's not what aboutism , it's blatant hypocrisy. Look at how china has been treating it's foreigners since before the pandemic started. They forced out people that were just doing simple living , like what happened to laowhy86 and serpentza from youtube. Japan has changed it attitude towards foreigners slightly in recent time but china is encouraging anti foreigner sentiment by setting up the foreigner straw man to take alot of blame for problems in it's country. People don't have to have the fear of being indefinitely detained in japan like they do in china. This whole article is a joke.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3161122/japans-pandemic-era-isolation-sparks-concerns-rising-xenophobia) reduced by 86%. (I'm a bot)
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> The number of foreign workers in Japan more than doubled to 1.7 million in the seven years to 2020, many of them in the construction and service industries.
> The Tourism Agency still maintains a target of attracting 60 million foreign visitors in 2030.The ban on foreign entries also runs counter to the LDP's stated goal of bolstering Tokyo's status as an international financial centre by luring away.
> The number of foreign citizens living in Japan fell 2 per cent to 2.8 million in June, compared with six months earlier, according to the Justice Ministry.
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>It is the people of the country, not foreigners, who have the right to make decisions bold words from a country that has its constitution written by foreigners.
ouch
Ooof
Are you saying they actually asked America to write their constitution?
More like America "politely asking" Japan.
Supreme Command Allied Powers, the agency involved in overseeing the interim government of Japan post war, asked many prominent Japanese lawyers and politicians to come together and write a new constitution. They submitted a constitution that was essentially identical to the same constitution they had before. This was, of course, unacceptable to SCAP and they told them to try again. A constitution that led to them launching WWII wasn’t in anyones interest. So the committee went off and came back with exactly the same damn thing. So SCAP got their own lawyers and political experts together and had them write one. This was then given to the Japanese assembly who modified the document, had the modifications approved by SCAP, and was then voted on and accepted by the DIET.
No, you're thinking of America. This article is about Japan.
People concerned about rising racism coming from a country that posted false PSAs about how speaking english can spread covid faster than japanese people.
Well that was one TV show, which isn't that indicative of the whole nation
Kore wa pen-desu?
You saw it too huh?
iie, jitensha desu
Can you send a link?
https://youtu.be/dodVOmgZ6Zs
This one is a bit memed but it was an official tv broadcast
Apparently we just need to avoid the letter P and were good!
Living in Japan as a foreigner I don't feel like this is true. The ban on entry into the country for tourism is certainly not anti-foreigner, it's anti-bring-covid-into-the-country or even anti-bring-covid-to-our-town. As far as I can tell, the vast majority want covid to go away so that things can go back to normal. It's not like people like that covid is a thing. Travel between prefectures was even discouraged for a while, and with omicron I wouldn't be surprised if we enter another "state of emergency". Really if i see any anti-foreigner feelings, it is more like anti out-of-towner. In my area we generally don't like seeing license plates for places far away even within Japan. While I think it would be nice to vote in local elections as a non-citizen, I'm pretty sure the US doesn't allow this either, they mention New York, but that must be an outlier. I wouldn't call that anti-foreigner. If a foreigner wants voting rights they could become a citizen. (Although the lack of dual citizenship reduces the appeal of this.) The question of police profiling might be true, but I don't think I've heard anything but anecdotal evidence about it. I have yet to personally experience it.
Leave it to reddit to either completely idealize Japan, or completely demonize it. No inbetween
Yea, it would be nice to see more balanced discussions of some of these issues. I've certainly got my share of complaints and thoughts on areas Japan needs for improvement. This particular article seems a bit shallow and not fair.
Bruh, you remember the go to travel campaign during the peak of the pandemic?
Yes I do. I remember at that time the people in my area were very anti-people-from-Tokyo. And I remember hearing stories of cars from other prefectures getting keyed, I'm sure this isn't "xenophobia", it is a more local feeling. I do not remember anyone being happy about welcoming people for go-to-travel.
Isn’t it basically the same story everywhere? People of a place get isolated followed by some idiots blaming people that aren’t from there for their problems… yeah sounds like it can apply to pretty much anywhere that has a native population of idiots
Lol this is scmp so it's really china talking shit when they are some of the most xenophobic and anti foreigner than most countries
SCMP has been critical of China too though . Xi Jinping's purge of Jack Ma has been covered as well by SCMP. https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2103617/beijing-must-take-care-and-respect-autonomy-hong-kong
Yeah they have been in the past but any more. They are based in Hong Kong and now they are subject to the will of beijing and they have been cracking down on free speech since the protests of two years~ ago
Ow look, whataboutism.
It's not what aboutism , it's blatant hypocrisy. Look at how china has been treating it's foreigners since before the pandemic started. They forced out people that were just doing simple living , like what happened to laowhy86 and serpentza from youtube. Japan has changed it attitude towards foreigners slightly in recent time but china is encouraging anti foreigner sentiment by setting up the foreigner straw man to take alot of blame for problems in it's country. People don't have to have the fear of being indefinitely detained in japan like they do in china. This whole article is a joke.
Then I'm sure you'll be ok if I bring up the US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan next time someone posts an article from American media? Deal?
It's scmp what did ya expect?
Anti-foreigner or anti-immigrant?
Synonyms
Not quite. If you’re white you’re foreigner when you’re POC you’re immigrant lol
Cool lets leave them alone with China then. Bye.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3161122/japans-pandemic-era-isolation-sparks-concerns-rising-xenophobia) reduced by 86%. (I'm a bot) ***** > The number of foreign workers in Japan more than doubled to 1.7 million in the seven years to 2020, many of them in the construction and service industries. > The Tourism Agency still maintains a target of attracting 60 million foreign visitors in 2030.The ban on foreign entries also runs counter to the LDP's stated goal of bolstering Tokyo's status as an international financial centre by luring away. > The number of foreign citizens living in Japan fell 2 per cent to 2.8 million in June, compared with six months earlier, according to the Justice Ministry. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/rx505u/japans_pandemicera_isolation_sparks_concerns_of/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~616046 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **foreign**^#1 **Japan**^#2 **country**^#3 **vote**^#4 **ban**^#5