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World Economic Forum releases report on sexism. Japan is in place 117, behind Liberia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Brazil, Angola, etc.
https://x.com/kyodo_official/status/2100134713893781584?s=46&t=IzAIE8zz8O3iUXFc2Hpuew
I would love a report on how safe it is to be a foreigner. I‘m predicting that Japan would score similarly.
In 2025, they were 118th, so…progress??
The real tell is that both South Korea AND the PRC are *ahead* of Japan. Ouch!
No doubt this is being done to alleviate a severe pilot shortage…oh, wait:
So, more of the same — NJ workers = infrastructure, not participants in society; if the J-Gov is ‘lucky’, JAL’s ground handling operation robots will save the day and make the gaijin version redundant.
Japan plans to add aviation sector to new foreign worker program
Little tangent, but I’m an aviation enthusiast with some pilot friends. JAL and ANA used to hire plenty of foreign pilots from the US and Australia (if anyone freqquently flew with them, you maybe noticed a native English speaker making an announcement from the cockpit from time to time), but then they were all fired in 2008 due to the economic crisis. Then they hired them again between 2012-2020 but they were mostly fired again during covid. Even worse is that during the initial 6 month covid ban on all foreigners in 2020, foreign pilots who flew into a foreign country before April1st couldn’t return to Japan after the ban went into effect. These people worked for and flew hundreds of people as representatives of two Japanese flag carriers, but the government denied them to return HOME on these same flights, whether on duty or as passengers.
So yeah, even if you get hired, you’ll alwqys be the “gaijin” who will be let go immediately if there’s any trouble.
This is a sign of the times: the J-Gov is in such dire straits that it is considering having NJ workers guard a society that has not fully agreed to include them!:
Japan police panel starts talks to allow more foreign security workers
Oh, the irony!
The question of whether an NJ dying of kidney failure has a right to survival assistance was deemed not worth answering by the Supreme Court:
Top court rejects Ghanaian man’s appeal claiming discrimination
BTW, the ‘Ghanaian man’ in this case is Siaw Johnson Kwaku — too bad the media couldn’t be bothered to mention his actual name!
That said, the dissenting opinion of judge Miura (a former prosecutor!) is interesting: his argument is essentially that a) treating Mr. Kwaku *worse* than a Japanese citizen in identical circumstances doesn’t serve any coherent J-Gov purpose (other than performative cruelty for performative cruelty’s sake, I suppose), and b) at some point, a person’s right to survive has to matter more than what passport they carry.
This entire dust-up unfolded in 48 hours — the proposal was submitted on September 2nd and summarily rejected on September 4th!:
Foundation suggests hiring foreigners for shrinking SDF
Japan not considering letting foreign nationals serve in Self-Defense Forces: minister
The ‘expert’ comment at the end of the Japanese article is enlightening; first the article:
自衛隊への外国人登用「考えていない」 小泉防衛相、会見で否定
Now for the comment:
I’m going to let Claude Sonnet 4.6 do the translation while I shoulder surf for accuracy:
“Australia allows foreign nationals from such countries as New Zealand, the United States and Britain to enter its military.” So, according to Satō Masaru, these individuals are mercenaries in the Australian armed forces, right?! Well, the SDF certainly can’t have mercenaries in its ranks — after all, “the Self-Defense Forces are not merely a collection of labor!”
The US already offers service as a path to citizenship, as do many other nations.
I think the idea of armed NJ is just aneurism inducing for many Japanese. Which is a shame, because such NJ would be a part of the economy, and learning skills within the SDF that could benefit Japanese civilian society when they end their military service.
But Japan won’t do it.
So as the population shrinks and the pool of potential Japanese manpower evaporates, Japanese tax payers will be obliged to increasingly pay higher amounts to the US military-industrial complex to ensure their safety (or not- allies ain’t what they used to be).
2040 is fast-approaching and the population of geiatric wajin keeps breaking records:
Japan elderly population hits fresh high at 29.4%: 2025 census
So, the J-Gov addressing the issue by importing foreign medical professionals en masse and providing them with a pathway to naturalization so that they stay for the long haul, right?
LOL, of course not! The ‘solution’ was (and still is) robots, but now AI has joined the conversation!:
70% in Japan positive about AI use in medical, health care sectors
If this ‘solution’ sounds familiar, it’s because it is: Kōrō-shō and Bōei-shō are using the same J-Gov playbook of ‘it is extremely important to harness AI / advanced technology to improve productivity / efficiency’ — take a look at my comment here and you’ll see that Koizumi’s remark about no NJs in the SDF is almost a word-for-word copy-paste!
Can you imagine: gaijin with guns?!
Anyone in the J-Gov, if you’re reading this comment, and want to float a policy trial balloon, suggest a new work visa category for bear culling, OK? LOL!
When Japanese do it it’s not a problem, but when the NJ do it, it’s the pretext for a whole new law?
People are buying new condos in Tokyo to flip them for profit.
12.1% of new condos flipped in a year, driving up prices. Like concert ticket scalpers.
5.9% of total condo purchases (flipped or not) were made by people (including J-nationals) with addresses out side of Japan.
So sure, let’s frame this whole debate as ‘Tokyo condo prices are too high because of all the NJ speculative purchases’.🙄
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/01/japan/politics/ldp-condo-speculative-trading/
They don’t want you living here and buying things, they don’t want you living elsewhere and buying things here.
Decades of electorate endorsed LDP mismanagement has driven quality of life in Japan for so many, so low, that they will do themselves economic harm for the mere feeling of sticking it to the NJ.
What we have here IMO is something arguably worse than the nationality clause / kokuseki jōkō / 国籍条項 — it’s what I’m calling the ‘regardless of nationality clause’ / kokuseki jōkō ni kakawarazu / 国籍条項にかかわらず: the proposal applies to everyone, you see, so it can’t possibly be discriminatory!
Never mind the fact that it was drafted by a ‘project team’ under the Headquarters for Foreign Nationals Policy!
Never mind the fact that unverified public perception is laundered into an official document thereby conveying legitimacy!
Never mind the fact that the proposal references Singapore (i.e., a country which restricts not just speculative buyers, but all foreign buyers from purchasing most residential properties outright with additional stamp duties on top; references here, here, here)!
Never mind that the proposal is delivered to PM Baka Ichi (i.e., PM of electoral coalition with significant anti-NJ energy)!
Kyoto city to charge visitors more for taking public buses.
Under the proposal, the current 230-yen ($1.50) flat fare for buses in the city center would be raised to between 350 yen and 400 yen for non-residents, while residents would pay a reduced rate of 200 yen.
“Priority pricing will also be introduced in the city’s “adjusted-fare zones,” where prices vary by distance, although specific fares are still under consideration.
A key hurdle for the bus pricing policy was the Road Transport Law, which prohibits “unjust discriminatory treatment” of passengers.
The city has been consulting with the transport ministry on the matter since Matsui’s election in February 2024 and believes the proposal clears this legal requirement.
City authorities concede, however, that the new fares are unlikely to alleviate congestion.
The primary goal, they said, is to appease frustrated residents by having tourists bear a greater share of the financial burden.”
So they just admit that it’s performative cruelty and serves no other purpose lol.
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16378614
Well at least these Kyoto city racists are honest.
Japanese informational posters aimed at raising awareness of ’good manners’ are so pervasively discriminatory towards NJ that when a train company asked AI to make a ‘manners poster’, it depicted the offender as a (three armed!) blonde NJ.
AI is only as good as the data set you give it.
https://japantoday.com/category/features/opinions/when-ai-reinforces-stereotypes-about-foreigners-in-japan
…and Baka Ichi says the J-Gov will compile an action plan to spread the use of AI — how is *this* going to negatively impact NJ lives?? First the the article, then I look into my crystal ball:
Looking into the future…
• “Economic security” special account + “Autonomy of socioeconomic structure” = NJ will be restricted / excluded based on economic / national security grounds.
• “Competitive advantage over other countries” = Any NJs actually working in AI (and more broadly, tech sectors) will be framed as security risks.
‘By the end of the year’🙄
Never going to happen.
She’s been PM for a year and she’s been promising to reduce consumption tax for a year.
Another entry in nijonron mythology. Japanese business professors argue that US managment of companies would not work in Japan because America is an artificial nation formed by immigrants , while Japan is a naturally formed ethnostate.
https://president.jp/articles/-/119901?page=1
Let’s ignore the part where they ignore the existence of NJ and mixed race Japanese people like “hafu” etc., it’s unfortunately “normal” in Japan and I don’t really care to comment. BUT it’s amazing to me how they claim that Japan is a “natural” nation state. I don’t even understand what this means since all nation states are only a human invention, it’s not like they occur naturally. Do these people really think that the Kojiki is a historic account and that Japan was created by Gods? These people are supposed to be academics?
It’s the kind of stupid racism that has no place in the 21st century (and had outstayed its welcome in the 20th).
You know…natural…as in「自然発生的に形成された」 / “shizen hatsseiteki ni keisei sareta”.
Natural…like, formed without violence or coercive processes…oh, wait: the Meiji Restoration was a top-down political revolution that manufactured a national identity, including standardizing the language, abolishing domain loyalties, and installing Emperor Meiji as a unifying symbol!
Umm…natural…like, organic…oh, shoot: the Ryukyu Kingdom and Korea were annexed and force-assimilated!
Er…umm…natural…like homogeneous, frictionless…ah, rats: Ainu culture and land rights were systematically suppressed until 2019 when the J-Gov formally recognized the Ainu as an indigenous people!
What I find hilarious is that Iwao had to say「単一民族国家に近い」 / “tan’itsu minzoku kokka ni chikai” — “close to a single-ethnic nation-state” — apparently even he can’t quite bring himself to write “a single-ethnic nation-state” with a straight face in 2026, LOL!
OK, so the nihonjinron framing has been stripped away; what remains??
Essentially, a discussion about how integral product architecture requires dense, trust-based, long-term coordination among workers and suppliers, while modular product architecture tolerates higher turnover and more transactional relationships.
That’s it.
Nothing about this requires an ethnic explanation!
The real irony here is that Japan’s postwar labor-management coordination was itself artificial (e.g., the seniority-wage system (nenko joretsu), lifetime employment (shushin koyo))!
Takaichi just went on a sexist rant in the Diet about how she needs an extra 3-4 hours per day due to cooking, cleaning, etc. so she doesn’t have as much time to be in the Diet.
https://x.com/mrjeffu/status/2110335819307434296?s=46&t=IzAIE8zz8O3iUXFc2Hpuew
Yeah, my heart breaks for her. This goes back to the discussion we had here when she was elected, ie. that she’s overcompensating because she’s a woman. She’s cruel towards NJ and escalating things with China because she has to prove that she’s just as right wing as her mentor Abe.
3-4 hours a day housework?
With zero kids in the house?
And a grown-ass husband who could get off his butt and help her while she’s trying to, uh, I dunno, RUN THE COUNTRY!?!?
Yeah, she’s making herself look like an incompetent with poor time-management skills when she should be attacking Japan’s gender inequality.
But she can’t because she’s a Japanese conservative. It’s like watching Stockholm syndrome or something.
From reading comments around the internet, it appears that her husband is confined to a wheelchair having suffered a stroke.
If true, I have unfairly maligned him for not helping out enough at home.
If true, she has not only squandered and opportunity to raise issues of gender inequality in Japan, but also issues regarding those living with disabilities.
Double fail.
But hey! A woman can’t become Emperor and something about the flag that no one was doing anyway, so we’re ALL GOOD! Right?
The whole “work, work, work” J-trad wife performance + NJ-directed hostility + consistent opposition to selective surname legislation (sentaku-teki fuufu bessei) have worn thin with me — invoking “Stockholm syndrome” instead of “Nippon Kaigi” is letting her off the proverbial hook too easily IMO.
I went with Stockholm Syndrome since the details of her complaint are the direct result of the beliefs of the group that wear the little blue Nippon Kaigi lapel pin. She also wears this, but seems oblivious that this is the ideology that is making her ‘too busy’ to do her job AND sleep enough.
This week, despite recent cabinet reshuffle, Takaichi’s popularity dropped to new low;
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/15/japan/politics/japan-pm-takaichi-public-support-rate-new-low/
Also this week, Takaichi announces she will ‘finalize foreigner policy by (next) March’ (finalize foreigner policy or Final Solution of the Foreigner Problem?);
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/13/japan/politics/takaichi-foreign-national-policy/
Coincidence?
Japan to fall to 6th in world GDP rankings behind India, Britain: IMF
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261017/p2g/00m/0bu/019000c
“The International Monetary Fund projects that Japan’s nominal gross domestic product, measured in U.S. dollars, will be overtaken by India and Britain in 2027, falling from fourth to sixth place globally.”
Japan, GDP slightly less than post-Brexit debacle UK with twice the population?
= half the GDP per capita.
Keep blaming the NJ for everything wrong with Japan whilst NJ motherlands are booming? (Hint, it ain’t the fault of NJ).
I remember when Japan was a ‘rich’ country.
Looking at the numbers, it won’t be long until internationally sanctioned Russia that has lost over a million men in the Ukraine war overtakes Japan too.
Do none of these LDP clowns not hear ANY alarms yet?
I’m going to use the recent recent false M9.9 earthquake as a metaphor: The LDP has received all of the alarms about the economic ‘rupture’.
And like the the JMA, the LDP has wildly misidentified NJ as the focal point when in fact the actual epicenter is demographic collapse, wage stagnation, and the self-defeating exclusion of NJ residents from full economic participation.
But here’s the thing: it took the JMA 8 minutes to figure out that it got things wrong and issue a cancellation.
The LDP, on the other hand, has felt the ground trembling under its feet for over 30 years, received all the alerts, and responded by tightening the screws on current and future long-term NJ residents!!!
How much damage is THIS going to cause the economy compared to all the earthquake-related disasters over the past 30-odd years???
Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara said the government was taking the false earthquake alert seriously:
“We caused a great deal of worry and placed a burden upon those who took shelter or took action to ensure their safety, as well as on others such as transport systems and businesses that were affected.”
By comparison, where’s the LDP’s press conference + public apology???
Japan agency cancels mistakenly issued M9.9 quake alert, transit disrupted
Well this one seems interesting.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261019/p2a/00m/0na/018000c
Pair with foreign roots launch political group in Japan, seeking ‘co-creation’
“Raised by a single mother in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, Babakhodjaeva spent her student years in difficult financial circumstances. Fascinated by the Japanese hiragana script, she enrolled in the Japanese language department of a national university. At 21, she married a Japanese man who worked for a Japanese company and moved to Japan.
After arriving in Japan, however, she faced a harsh reality. During her job search, she was rejected by more than 50 companies, partly because she had not graduated from a Japanese university. When she later tried to start a business, she was unable to rent office space on the grounds that she was “a foreigner” and “a woman.” These experiences led her to pursue a career in politics. “I wanted to create a society where people in disadvantaged positions, including women and foreigners, can shine on an equal footing,” she said.”
“Their decision to launch a political group stemmed from concerns about the growing exclusionary atmosphere that had spread since around last summer’s House of Councillors election.”
“What Japan needs now is cooperation, not division. People with foreign roots should also be able to play an active role in supporting their communities. My feeling that ‘something must be done’ has grown stronger,” Babakhodjaeva said.
“Launching a political group led by people with foreign roots at a time when exclusionary rhetoric is spreading is likely to provoke a backlash. Even so, Tei, who has resolved to pursue a political career, spoke with determination. “I am prepared for criticism and attacks. Society will not change unless someone speaks out,” he said.
I hope they’ll see some success and maybe become a full fledged party one day. Japan needs politicians who actually want to protect minorities and view them as people instead of cheap labor.
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Full article, worth the read:
Pair with foreign roots launch political group in Japan, seeking ‘co-creation’
October 19, 2026 (Mainichi Japan)
Orzugul Babakhodjaeva is shown in this photo taken in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2026. (Mainichi/Koji Furuse)
TOKYO — Two people with foreign roots launched a new political group in Japan this summer, aiming to field candidates in next year’s nationwide unified local elections. What do they hope to achieve in this country?
Understanding both foreign and Japanese perspectives
Orzugul Babakhodjaeva, 40, a Setagaya Ward Assembly member originally from Uzbekistan, and Akira Tei, 61, who is originally from South Korea and plans to run in the next Shinjuku Ward Assembly election, established the political group Shinseito (Shinseito Party) in August. Babakhodjaeva serves as the group’s representative, while Tei is its co-representative. The group’s name combines the first kanji characters of Tokyo’s Shinjuku and Setagaya wards.
Raised by a single mother in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, Babakhodjaeva spent her student years in difficult financial circumstances. Fascinated by the Japanese hiragana script, she enrolled in the Japanese language department of a national university. At 21, she married a Japanese man who worked for a Japanese company and moved to Japan.
After arriving in Japan, however, she faced a harsh reality. During her job search, she was rejected by more than 50 companies, partly because she had not graduated from a Japanese university. When she later tried to start a business, she was unable to rent office space on the grounds that she was “a foreigner” and “a woman.” These experiences led her to pursue a career in politics. “I wanted to create a society where people in disadvantaged positions, including women and foreigners, can shine on an equal footing,” she said.
She ran in the 2023 Setagaya Ward Assembly election and won a seat, receiving the ninth-highest number of votes among the 75 candidates.
Tei grew up watching Japanese television programs and felt a close connection to Japan, as his hometown of Busan, South Korea, is close to Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture. He first came to Japan in 1985 and returned to South Korea after studying at a vocational school. In 1997, he moved back to Japan with his family and went on to run restaurants and other businesses. About a decade ago, he became involved in community activities in the Shin-Okubo area of Shinjuku Ward and helped establish the Shinjuku Korean Merchant Association, which comprises Korean shop owners and others.
During the 2010s, Shin-Okubo saw frequent hate demonstrations, and many businesses closed in succession. Tei worked to improve relations among residents through neighborhood cleanups and other volunteer activities.
However, through these activities, he also encountered problems such as those related to garbage and noise that could not be resolved through private initiatives alone. He came to believe that “the community will not change unless people move from making requests to shaping policy” and decided to enter politics.
Akira Tei is shown in this photo taken in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2026. (Mainichi/Koji Furuse)
The two met through a mutual acquaintance and quickly found common ground. They have both acquired Japanese citizenship and can understand the perspectives of both foreigners and Japanese citizens. Their decision to launch a political group stemmed from concerns about the growing exclusionary atmosphere that had spread since around last summer’s House of Councillors election.
‘Life has become harder’
According to the Immigration Services Agency of Japan, the number of foreign residents reached a record high of about 4,125,400 at the end of 2025. Against a backdrop of labor shortages, foreign workers are active in a wide range of sectors, including nursing care, construction, food service and logistics.
Amid the increase in foreign residents, some political parties and candidates campaigned in last summer’s upper house election on slogans such as “Japanese first” and “Zero illegal foreigners,” generating a significant political groundswell.
Since the election, Babakhodjaeva and Tei say they have increasingly heard from foreign residents and people with foreign roots that “life has become harder.” They have received consultations about bullying of children with mixed backgrounds, as well as expressions of anxiety from people who have lived in Japan for many years and hold Japanese citizenship. Some have also spoken about their fear of being subjected to hurtful remarks, while others have said they feel reluctant to leave their homes.
“What Japan needs now is cooperation, not division. People with foreign roots should also be able to play an active role in supporting their communities. My feeling that ‘something must be done’ has grown stronger,” Babakhodjaeva said.
From coexistence to co-creation
Although the two share concerns about rising exclusionary sentiment, they emphasize that Shinseito is “not a group for foreigners.” What they envision is a shift from “coexistence” between Japanese and foreign residents to “co-creation.”
Guided by the principles of increasing the number of people who work together to support their communities and strengthening community foundations, Shinseito advocates “local safety and peace of mind,” “support for aspiring individuals and entrepreneurs” and “cultural preservation and community-building.”
Specifically, the group is pushing for the creation of communities where everyone can live with peace of mind by providing disaster-prevention information in multiple languages and informing foreign residents about local rules. It also seeks to revitalize local economies by supporting entrepreneurship and business succession regardless of nationality, while addressing the increasingly serious shortage of people to sustain local festivals, neighborhood associations and other community activities. Against the backdrop of Japan’s population decline, Shinseito believes that involving foreign residents as community contributors will help maintain local vitality and, ultimately, eliminate divisions.
Shinseito plans to field candidates in next spring’s nationwide unified local elections but has not set targets for the number of candidates or seats it hopes to win. “Rather than chasing numbers, we want to bring together more people who share our principles. We want to aim for a society where people from diverse backgrounds can participate in their communities regardless of age, nationality, gender, appearance or disability,” Babakhodjaeva said.
Launching a political group led by people with foreign roots at a time when exclusionary rhetoric is spreading is likely to provoke a backlash. Even so, Tei, who has resolved to pursue a political career, spoke with determination. “I am prepared for criticism and attacks. Society will not change unless someone speaks out,” he said. ENDS
“Coexistence” (共生, kyōsei) has become official code for wajin ‘graciously’ tolerating NJs, so “co-creation” is an interesting vocabulary shift: NJs are not merely the beneficiaries of wajin generosity, but rather active members of the community.
So, what do Shinseito’s stated policy positions actually amount to?
As described in the article, the platform rests on three broad pillars: multilingual disaster-prevention information and guidance on local rules, support for entrepreneurship and business succession regardless of nationality, and community-building around festivals, neighborhood associations, and local vitality.
This is all fine and well, but the issue I have is that taken together, these policy positions are operating on an underlying assumption of demonstrating utility / benefit to the wajin majority.
In other words, co-creation upgrades NJs membership in the community from guests to collaborators, but in so doing frames membership as contingent upon creating something / doing something valued by the community — an NJ resident who is elderly, ill, economically marginal, or simply not inclined to engage in civic activities is no better off under co-creation than under coexistence.
Here’s my take: co-creation is essentially a political appeal to wajin voters anxious about demographic decline and community sustainability. It’s basically saying, “diversity is good!” and “you need us, so you should include us!”.
Well JapanTimes has completely lost it.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/10/21/japan/japan-impossible-to-ignore/
I can’t believe this isn’s a parody by the Onion or Rising Wasabi.
Yeah! I saw that too and laughed at how desperately wrong it was about everything.
I strongly suspect timing of article is linked to her personal lowest approval rating coming out this week.
Japanese nuisance Youtuber goes around the streets and asks foreigners to show their zairyu card, admits that he’s surprised they actually show it to him.
This is what happens when the government advertises that every baito worker and hotel lobby employee has the right to ask for it and see it. Most foreigners don’t know their rights that they only have to show it to police and immigration officials (which is already pretty racist and everyone can buy a fake badge nowadays, but it’s still important to know about even your very limited rights).
https://x.com/hezuruy/status/2113891048477053415?s=46&t=IzAIE8zz8O3iUXFc2Hpuew
Now imagine someone in Germany the US or UK going around and asking Asian looking people for their ID. How long until they get several lawsuits from human rights groups and maybe other legal trouble for impersonating an officer? And yes, I know this guy is not impersonating anyone (at least according to his own account), but that’s the sad part. In most developed countries almost nobody would show you their ID unless you’re a cop with probable cause, no matter if foreigner or not. In Japan the government has actively convinced foreigners that every Wajin has the right to see their ID 24/7. Not only does this constitute a racist problem like demonstrated by this racist Youtuber, but it’s also a major privacy concern. What stops this guy or someone even more racist and unhinged to note down the personal information and send an angry mob in front of your door? After all in my experience these people also think they somehow have the right to deport every foreigner.
This guy belongs in jail.
— That link seems to be dead now. If Debito.org Readers want to see what this genuinely hateful and nasty person is up to, his Twitter site is https://x.com/hezuruy/
So to post a small correction, he’s not only a nuisance Youtuber, but also a city assembly politician, so this is even worse than I thought.
But in other news, Bloomberg does a video on Takaichi’s economic policies and the comments are hilarious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HffLUwKl8TY
Seems like Japan glazing from English speaking foreigners is nearing its end. Most people realize that the country is economically and demographically done for.
Having checked out some of his videos, what worried me is that he is intentionally seeking aggressive confrontations with NJ.
The way he speaks to people is spectacularly rude in Japanese. No Japanese person would tolerate that.
And he’s hardly speaking, he’s getting right up in old people and women’s faces and shouting.
He maybe doesn’t appreciate that in many countries that level of physically aggressive behavior would be an excuse for ‘kinetic’ self-defense. But of course in Japan the concept of individual self-defense doesn’t exist, so maybe he’s hoping someone pop him in his fat face coz the J-police would never side with the NJ (and the clicks! Think of the clicks!).
The wider danger is that those lacking critical thinking skills (TIJ!) will copycat his approach making Japan a supremely unpleasant place.
Refusing to unlock your smartphone to the police upon demand, without a warrant, so that that can embark on a ‘fishing trip’ in your phone, is now a crime in Japan.
Of course, the first person to be charged is NJ🙄
https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASVBV2526VBVUTIL01JM.html
Pro-tip for NJ residents; leave your smartphone at home and carry a galapa-kei aimed at elementary school kids and old people outside in case anyone need to contact you.