Yes sometimes legitimate concerns about the effects of immigration can sometimes be miscast as xenophobia. However, there can be no denying that Japan taken in

Yes sometimes legitimate concerns about the effects of immigration can sometimes be miscast as xenophobia. However, there can be no denying that Japan taken in aggregate, is xenophobic. They have made it difficult to emmigrate for even skilled workers, and even native born descendants of Asian immigrants from Korea, China, Taiwan, etc sometimes experience discrimination in Japan. There is a defensiveness and sometimes hostility about cultural differences with foreigners and descendants of immigrants in Japan. It's not as bad with the younger generations but it's still there and has been the basis from which their immigration policy has arisen.