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5. Takaichi is a far RW POS and you misunderstand society of orderly and harmonious coexistence with foreign nationals
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:19 AM
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which is RW and anti immigrant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanae_Takaichi

Takaichi has been described as holding staunch conservative and Japanese nationalist views, citing former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher as a role model and deeply influential on her personal political beliefs. Like Thatcher, she is called the "Iron Lady". Takaichi is a member of Nippon Kaigi, an organisation that argues for a reinterpretation of Japanese history amongst ultranationalist lines. Taro Kono, another LDP minister and member of the House of Representatives, has said that Takaichi is on the far right of the political spectrum within the LDP. Takaichi has been described as far-right by Deutsche Welle and the South China Morning Post, while Time magazine described her as an ultraconservative.


https://archive.ph/iJr6t

The formation of the administration body comes after a group of lawmakers in Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party in June proposed measures to realise a "society of orderly and harmonious coexistence with foreign nationals".

Those measures included adopting stricter requirements for foreigners switching to a Japanese driver's license and for buying real estate properties.

"Crimes and disorderly conduct by some foreigners, as well as the inappropriate use of various administrative systems, have created a situation in which the public feels uneasy and cheated," Ishiba said at the kick-off ceremony.

Concerns over the influx of foreigners, both temporary and permanent, have resonated with voters, with opinion polls showing a rapid surge in the popularity of tiny populist party Sanseito, which advocates a "Japanese First" agenda.

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