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Category Archives: Japan
Japan Doesn’t Want Refugees
It’s a shame that Western nations are not as homogenous as Japan. Eamon Fingleton writes: As Third World migration increasingly dominates the headlines in the European Union and the United States, the rich nations of East Asia have been keeping … Continue reading
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Japan Struggles With A Lack Of Diversity
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Japan is also plagued by a lack of Islamic terrorism. * A few years ago the United Nations Development Programme sponsored a study looking at which nations were expected to have the best improvement in … Continue reading
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Without Immigration, Japanese Living Standards Rise
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Paul Krugman has often noted Japan’s economic performance is not too bad when you adjust for its declining and aging population. His position, which I agree with, is that Japan’s gigantic, very-low-interest-debt-financed infrastructure building spree … Continue reading
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But Japan Has The Japanese
LINK: Places like Brazil and the Congo have enormous economic potential just based on geography, climate, and natural resources. A place like Japan is mountainous (only 3% of the land area is arable), few natural resources, not located near major … Continue reading
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Jews Find East Asians More Of A Challenge Than The Goyim
Abraham Foxman writes: When the Anti-Defamation League conducted its unprecedented public opinion poll in the spring of 2014, in which we surveyed 100 countries and 53,100 individuals on their attitudes toward Jews, the most surprising finding was the one that … Continue reading
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Miss Universe Japan 2015 Is Half-Black
If I were Japanese, I would not necessarily be pleased by my country being represented by a woman who’s half-black. If I were Nigerian, I would not necessarily want my country represented by someone who’s half-Japanese. People have a right … Continue reading
From 1991 San Francisco Examiner, The View From Japan: America’s Ethnic Achilles’ Heel
TOKYO – Americans are proud of their melting-pot heritage. But as blacks, Hispanics and Asians gradually come to outnumber whites, that ideal will fade. Like the Soviet Union today the United States will have to deal with contentious ethnic groups … Continue reading
How Do Jews & The NYT Regard Japan?
Comment to Steve Sailer: * A single article that’s heavy on dubious statements and light on any evidence seems a bit flimsy to hang that assertion on. Japanese are pretty skeptical of immigration in general but the idea that they … Continue reading
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Jews admire the way Japan keeps out Muslims
Dr. Mordecai Kedar writes: Japan manages to remain a country almost without a Muslim presence because Japan’s negative attitude toward Islam and Muslims pervades every level of the population, from the man in the street to organizations and companies to … Continue reading
Japanese Losing Free Speech Right To Insult Korean Immigrants
REPORT: OSAKA–The Osaka High Court on July 8 upheld a lower court ruling that banned public rallies blaring racist insults and awarded compensation to a Korean school targeted by the taunts. The court rejected the appeal filed by Zainichi Tokken … Continue reading
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