TL;DR Japan’s government-backed aid agency will scrap its “hometown” program after receiving backlash from residents who feared it would encourage immigration from Africa. The program, which aimed to strengthen exchanges between Japanese cities and African countries, faced confusion and misunderstandings.
by SkyInJapan
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Xenophobia and racism strike again.
It really highlights need for more modern and more efficient public information methods and train media literacy.
In the age of hybrid warfare, this is also a question of national security
Sadly. This will be heavily exploited by neoimperialists and ultraconservative Japanese political parties to obtain a greater share of power in government. Japan is going to go the same way of the US politically with half their populations irrationallg hating anything different from their political identity.
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