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> the majority of the Japanese voting public don't want immigration The vast majority of the American public don't want it either, but businesses do, so it hap

> the majority of the Japanese voting public don't want immigration The vast majority of the American public don't want it either, but businesses do, so it happens anyway.

TulliusCicero 12y ago
Nah, almost all Americans are fine with at least a moderate amount of immigration. The contention about immigration is mostly about whether we want to let in huge numbers of skilled workers in, and what to do about undocumented immigrants.
mc32 12y ago
It's more than not wanting immigration in Japan --they're allergic to it. It's very, very hard to be in Japan illegally. Police do immigration raids routinely --the only way to be in Japan illegally is to work for the local mob --where they take a cut of your measly income. And legal immigration is less than one tenth of that of the US, for example. the situation is not comparable.
pm90 12y ago
American society is much more accepting of outsiders than any other, as far as I know. Its not like others are deliberately racist, but just that America's history has been one of accepting immigrants from all over the place, so I guess having people who don't look like you or have the same beliefs/culture/language is more accepted than in other countries. At least that's my theory. I've lived in America for just 3 years, yet have never felt unwelcome. In fact, most Americans I meet are very curious to know about my origins and the country I grew up in. But maybe that's because I live in a very liberal city (Austin) and can communicate well in English. I've lived in Korea for some time and unfortunately never learned much Korean to be considered fluent. So I did have a hard time. Its also a very homogenous country so I guess it makes sense why they're so exclusive; I think its the same case in Japan too. Historically, Koreans and Japanese ( and to an extent, the Chinese) have placed an almost absurd weight on purity of their race. I don't know the situation for other places.
- IndianAstronaut 12y ago
  It is not just race but cultural as well. Brazillian Japanese who immigrated to Japan also face discrimination, even though they are ethnically Japanese.

> the majority of the Japanese voting public don't want immigration The vast majority of the American public don't want it either, but businesses do, so it happens anyway.

TulliusCicero 12y ago

Nah, almost all Americans are fine with at least a moderate amount of immigration. The contention about immigration is mostly about whether we want to let in huge numbers of skilled workers in, and what to do about undocumented immigrants.

mc32 12y ago

It's more than not wanting immigration in Japan --they're allergic to it. It's very, very hard to be in Japan illegally. Police do immigration raids routinely --the only way to be in Japan illegally is to work for the local mob --where they take a cut of your measly income. And legal immigration is less than one tenth of that of the US, for example. the situation is not comparable.

pm90 12y ago

American society is much more accepting of outsiders than any other, as far as I know. Its not like others are deliberately racist, but just that America's history has been one of accepting immigrants from all over the place, so I guess having people who don't look like you or have the same beliefs/culture/language is more accepted than in other countries. At least that's my theory. I've lived in America for just 3 years, yet have never felt unwelcome. In fact, most Americans I meet are very curious to know about my origins and the country I grew up in. But maybe that's because I live in a very liberal city (Austin) and can communicate well in English. I've lived in Korea for some time and unfortunately never learned much Korean to be considered fluent. So I did have a hard time. Its also a very homogenous country so I guess it makes sense why they're so exclusive; I think its the same case in Japan too. Historically, Koreans and Japanese ( and to an extent, the Chinese) have placed an almost absurd weight on purity of their race. I don't know the situation for other places.

IndianAstronaut 12y ago
It is not just race but cultural as well. Brazillian Japanese who immigrated to Japan also face discrimination, even though they are ethnically Japanese.