Japan is experiencing historically high numbers of foreigners. Its population is shrinking, and its workforce is aging, ...

Outside a Tokyo train station, hundreds gathered to hear Sohei Kamiya, leader of the burgeoning nationalist party Sanseito, launch into a critique of Japan’s expanding foreign population. Amidst ...

Right-wing populists, viral social media posts, and deep-seated economic anxieties have amplified the belief that foreigners enjoy special treatment in Japan. Japan’s famed hospitality is under strain ...

When politicians continue to stoke public alarm toward foreigners, they risk spreading xenophobic sentiment throughout society. For the July 20 House of Councillors race in Japan, multiple political ...

TOKYO – Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, criticizes Japan’s rapidly growing foreign population. As ...