Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing futures into doubt

Re:Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing fut... by swat535 on Saturday September 26, 2026 @07:15PM (#49861523)

Clearly Japanese feel like they don't want immigrants or want very few of them, which is fine.

With these laws, they are pushing 99% of people out while saving face from being called racists.

I think every country should have a right over their borders. Japan wasn't built on multiculturalism like United States or Canada, so I'm not surprised.

That being said, I would probably think twice about traveling to Japan as a tourist.

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Re:Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing fut... by usernomdeguerre on Saturday September 26, 2026 @07:30PM (#49861631)

I disagree, it's not fine.

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Re:Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing fut... by matheusmoreira on Saturday September 26, 2026 @08:57PM (#49862219)

United States wasn't exactly built on multiculturalism either.

Laws dating back to 1790 restricted naturalization to white people, which arguably makes the US a sort of white ethnostate from the very beginning. This stuff only really went away after the 1965 Hart-Celler Act, and repealing that act appears to be an objective of the american right wing as of 2026.

It really made me question whether it was possible for a third worlder like me to ever become an american.

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