Japanese government sets up new office to deal with unruly

On Tuesday, the Japanese government held an inauguration ceremony for a new office that was set up to deal with crimes involving foreigners and travel such as crime and travel. The office, led by Assistant Cabinet Secretary Wataru Sakata, will serve as the inter-agency “control tower” with 78 employees, including officials from the Cabinet Office, the Supreme Court, and the Justice. department and other corpses.

The Japanese government is concerned about “the behavior of some foreigners”

“The crimes and misconduct of some foreigners, as well as the improper use of various administrative systems, have caused public discomfort and fraud.” explain Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was at the kickoff ceremony on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Cabinet Chief Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi claimed that the establishment of the new office was not an electoral strategy of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

How to deal with the increasing number of foreigners in Japan has become a key issue ahead of this Sunday’s general election. People who do not value the people promise To “accelerate efforts to ‘zero illegal foreigners’.” As for the Japanese Innovation Party, it has promised “to accept foreigners for work purposes only if they can contribute to Japan’s economic growth.”

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The rise of the far right

Immigration has become a hot topic, mainly due to the rise of far-right parties. Sanseito, in particular, has always been attractive with its “Japanese No. 1” slogan. In recent survey this asahi shimbunin which respondents are asked to name their preferred party according to certain policies, there are everything else that leads to all other policy leaders besides the “Foreign Resident Policy”. Sancito received the most support in this section.

Speaking at the FCCJ, Sancito leader Sohei Kamiya said Japan’s first approach is not “based on xenophobia.” “We are not going to exclude foreign workers here legally. We just believe that cheap foreign workers are not right.” The right-wing party is expected to win seven seats in the electoral district, with about eight proportional representative seats.

During the campaign, other political parties made more controversial statements to foreigners. In a tree stump speech on July 5, Naoki HyakutaLeaders of the small right-wing opposition Conservative Party said foreigners “disrespect Japanese culture, ignore rules, attack Japanese and steal their own property.” A day ago, NHK leader Takashi Tachibana described black and Islamic people as “terror.”“

Yuriko Koike warns of ‘hate speech’

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike spoke at a regular press conference on July 11, warning of “hate speech and exclusion tendencies” when she was asked about issues related to Japanese foreigners before the House elections by lawmakers. Currently, foreign nationals make up about 3% of the country’s total population. However, last year’s figure did hit a record 3.8 million.

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