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Huh? 👀 I thought the majority of Japanese at the very least welcomed her warmly? Maybe I'm m wrong 😅

Nooo, many people in Japan don’t support her, and we want her to take back what she said. What’s destroying Japan is Takaichi and her supporters — the right-wing netizens. And the media as well.😮‍💨

Is the right wing very strong in Japan?

Tbh I don't think exist any hard left-leaning parties on Japan. At the very least maybe a little centre left, but compared to the USA, all parties in Japan look conservative

Even though most people in Japan are centrist or have no party affiliation, right-leaning ideas still hold a significant amount of influence in Japanese politics. This is exactly the moment

Yes, that’s right. The previous prime minister was center-left and things were going fairly well, but he was pushed out. 😅

Japan does not even have that many foreigners right?

Yes. But Japan’s an island country with a pretty inward-looking culture. So even though Japan doesn’t actually have that many foreigners compared to other countries, the anxiety grows really easily. And the right-wing crowd is using that and hyping it up

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