It’s the next stage of evolution in Japan’s variant of racial discrimination: a naturalized Japanese citizen was last year denied membership at a golf course—explicitly for being a former foreigner.
Since 2008, I have always devoted my end-year columns to counting down the Top Ten human rights issues as they pertain to Non-Japanese residents of Japan. This year I’m moving this feature to the Shingetsu News Agency.
Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori represents the worst of Japan’s politics, melding misogyny with racism.
SNA (Tokyo) — The following stories were reported in the first half of March 2020 by the Shingetsu News Agency. Rolling Coverage: Covid-19 —The Sakhalin authorities have requested that the Russian central government restrict all air and sea transport connections with Hokkaido from March 5
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on September 30, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on April 30, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on April 25, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on April 13, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on April 8, 2018.
