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Immigration has been steadily increasing in Japan.[1] That homogeneity presupposes trust is a right-wing stereotype used to devalue immigrants in a society and

• nwienert 7y ago
  Go to Japan. Immigration is absolutely nothing like European or American countries.
  • omegaworks 7y ago
    I have. I've been to Tokyo. When I said you can find people of every ethnicity, I meant I encountered people of every ethnicity. 1 in 10 residents of Tokyo are foreign nationals[1]. https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO32872510R10C18A7EA2000/ https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO32872510R10C18A7EA2000/
    • yorwba 7y ago
      > 東京都では20歳代の10人に1人が外国人だった。 1 in 10 people in their twenties. (Still more than I expected.)
    • m4rtink 7y ago
      The situation is very very different outside of a few big cities. We spent a few days in Izumo and in the area around it and we hardly saw any non Japanese at the turrist spots, let alone any locals.
• swebs 7y ago
  >Ethnic groups: Japanese 98.1%, Chinese 0.5%, Korean 0.4%, other 1% (includes Filipino, Vietnamese, and Brazilian) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...
  • SpicyLemonZest 7y ago
    It's true that Japan has a lot more ethnic homogenity than most countries, but this is is a misleading statistic. The Japanese census considers all people with Japanese citizenship to be simply "Japanese" regardless of their race.
    • yorwba 7y ago
      There have been 559,789 naturalizations total from 1952 to 2018: http://www.moj.go.jp/content/001180510.pdf http://www.moj.go.jp/content/001180510.pdf Many of those have probably died by now, but likely not without leaving a few descendants. So there may be a million or so Japanese citizens with a family background involving migration within the last few generations. Ainu, Ryukyuans and Burakumin should probably also be counted as "non-homogeneous", even though they're not "foreign".
      • NalNezumi 7y ago
        besides from naturalizations, there's also quite few half-japanese people that acquire citizenship by birth-right. Although I'm pretty sure the wide consensus in Japan is that half-japanese is considered non-japanese, so the number would go down a little bit more.
        • acidtoyman 7y ago
          Do you have a source for that? It's certainly not the legal case.
• matheusmoreira 7y ago
  > That homogeneity presupposes trust is a right-wing stereotype used to devalue immigrants in a society and justify harsh enforcement. The fact it's a right wing idea doesn't mean it's wrong. A nation's laws is written by its people. The fact is different peoples have different cultures and follow different sets of rules. The ideal immigrant is the one who naturalizes and fully integrates into the existing society. What usually happens is they stick together in foreigner groups for mutual support. They maintain their culture and continue living by the same rules they are used to. It is extremely demoralizing to see people not only break the rules we follow but come out ahead for doing so while escaping any retribution. It's even worse when foreigners do it because it simply isn't part of their culture. If a group of people doesn't litter the streets and foreigners who think nothing of it suddenly arrive, they will be looked down upon. > You can find people of every ethnicity in Tokyo, including many half and full Brazilian people that you could mistake for latinos here in the US A relative minority. Many more japanese live in Brazil than the other way around.
  • omegaworks 7y ago
    >What usually happens is they stick together in foreigner groups for mutual support. Which is why proactive government outreach and support is so important. Why trust-building is important. People need to understand the VASTLY different role police play in Japan, and they need that information communicated in accessible ways. Harsh enforcement degrades that trust and creates insularity. Immigrants provide benefits to the host countries' economies, but rather than use some of that wealth to create and foster social programs, host country politicians instead use these communities as a scapegoat for the anger generated by austerity's impacts on the working poor. Countries want the economic benefits of immigrants without the necessary investment in immigrant communities. >They maintain their culture and continue living by the same rules they are used to. Every person understands theft and the effects it has. This notion that the immigrant or their community is somehow inherently lesser or more tolerant or capable of anti-social behavior is textbook xenophobia.
    • matheusmoreira 7y ago
      > Harsh enforcement degrades that trust and creates insularity. Indeed. It increases the risk associated with being part of that society. I don't know what the correct answer is. > Countries want the economic benefits of immigrants without the necessary investment in immigrant communities. Many immigrants also want the benefits of living in a developed country with a high quality of life without fully integrating into the society that made it possible in the first place. > Every person understands theft and the effects it has. Yes, but the rules and consequences for violating them are not universal. Depending on where they come from, violence may be an acceptable way to resolve conflicts. In some circles, people are immediately held accountable for their actions. In other circles, they might be quietly excluded from a group. > This notion that the immigrant or their community is somehow inherently lesser or more tolerant or capable of anti-social behavior is textbook xenophobia. Not all immigrants will be like this but it is a mistake to simply ignore their background. Every immigrant has the potential to naturalize but it is also important to think about what could happen should they fail to integrate.
• fiblye 7y ago
  I live in the Japanese city with the highest number of Brazilian immigrants. My wife works for a law firm. Most of their cases are insurance settlements and divorce disputes. They have a few criminal cases, but the overwhelming majority are foreigners. Americans get occasional shoplifting busts, and virtually all drug and violent crime issues are Brazilians and some Filipinos. “Virtually” as in in the year she’s been there, they’ve all been foreigners except for maybe 2 domestic violence cases. Drug distribution cases involving immigrants come in at a rate of at least once a week. There’s no slum or anything resembling a ghetto here, and virtually all of them have decent employment with auto manufacturers. Side note, I’m a foreigner as well.