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Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, criticizes Japan’s rapidly growing foreign population.

As opponents, separated by uniformed police and bodyguards, accuse him of racism, Kamiya shouts back, saying he is only talking common sense.

Sanseito, while still a minor party, made big gains in July’s parliamentary election, and Kamiya's “Japanese First” platform of anti-globalism, anti-immigration and anti-liberalism is gaining broader traction ahead of a ruling party vote Saturday that will choose the likely next prime minister.

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[-] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 19 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Is anyone making a list of those anti-foreigner countries, so we know where not to shop, where not to visit, and where not to invest in?

[-] BCBoy911@lemmy.ca 12 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

A better question is if you can name a country that isn't "anti-foreigner" or don't have a significant % of the population that's anti-foreigner. This is a widespread problem everywhere you go, even supposedly "woke" European countries (especially those countries, really).

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago

Vietnam seems very accepting, even towards Americans and French.

[-] possumparty 5 points 12 hours ago

Sweden is becoming pretty bad in that regard too, they recently cracked down on immigration because old white people don't like people of color.

[-] discount_door_garlic@lemmy.world 1 points 52 minutes ago

In defence of Sweden, they did mismanage a lot of the post-2016 migration by ignoring migrants and refugees once settled, and taking a pretty relaxed approach to integration.

[-] Tilgare@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

What in the fuck is happening. I'm disgusted that we have this plague of racism in 2025.

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