| If you have to preface most of your speech and repeatedly say "we are not racists" then you know what the issue is. Blaming the other instead of looking at your own issues. I've lived in Japan a long time; working in IT, I pay all my taxes, speak fluent Japanese and follow the rules like everyone else. From what I can gather this is the issues she lays out: 1. The rice shortage is due to shipping Japanese rice overseas plus the foreigners eating too much of it... This in fact is due to government protectionism and they should be fighting against the LDP not some tourists in the country for a week. 2. Foreigners are buying up lots of apartment buildings and raising the rent. There have been some high-profile cases of Chinese nationals buying apartment buildings and doing this. I agree with taking some action on this - I think it's an easy fix to have a non-resident tax similar to what Singapore does (I believe theirs is %60) 3. Socioeconomic forces have made it impossible for women to stay at home with a child. Not sure kicking out all the foreigners would help this at all, seems like an issue with the stagnant wages and high taxes in Japan more than anything. 4. Foreign students are going to university in Japan and getting large scholarships / room and board paid by the government. Don't have much of an opinion on this one. The main issue I have with their party is rolling all residents, tourists and the like into a single group and othering them. I agree the government needs to take action on a lot of these issues but just blaming all non-Japanese doesn't help either party. |