The blessings of diversity in Japan
For what we are about to receive, Oh America and its media handmaiden, make us truly thankful.
There are those who praise Japan as having a common sense approach to maintaining ethno-cultural stability: firstly and foremost, no shoveling of ethno-cultural aliens on to Japanese magic dirt. This line of thinking has everyone, from diversity mongers and globalists to President Biden, tearing their hair out, so Japan must be doing something right.
The reality, however, is far from a Japan that can say “no”. The ruling political party, allegedly a right-wing party, has caved in to lobbyists and allowed big business to import more ethno-cultural aliens to perform skilled labor such as picking vegetables. Indeed, so-called Japanese conservatives are not interested in “conserving” Japan. Unskilled immigrants to do the jobs that Japanese will not do—does this sound familiar, America? As a mouthpiece of the ruling party, the Japanese media both scolds hesitant Japanese and lulls them to sleep, cooing that everything will be absolutely fantastic. The media seems to be doing a good job.
The three largest foreign resident groups in Japan are Chinese (presumably from Red China), Korean (either North or South) and Vietnamese. Listed below are some of their recent activities, which have absolutely increased Japan’s vibrancy factor.
This year, Xin Yannan, an executive of a shoe sales company, and Shao Mingzhi were arrested for alleged theft of about USD 115,000 in—what else—shoes and sending them to China for resale. Both have denied the charge. Also this year, A “34 year old” “Chinese national” from “Sumida Ward, Tokyo” was arrested for allegedly defrauding a 70-year old (Japanese?) woman of about USD 70,000. Two unnamed Chinese women were arrested for fraud but later released. Both were presumed to have been running an overseas “Chinese police station”. Last year, a team of four Chinese nationals, including Zhang Xiyu, and a Japanese man, Yoshisuke Hayashida, scammed Japan Railway Co. of about USD 2 million by fraudulently purchasing shinkansen tickets. Not content with picking Japanese pockets, the Chinese believed it was necessary to poison the Japanese. Last year, four Chinese nationals were arrested for attempting to smuggle into Japan about 700 kg of illegal stimulants, worth about USD 311 million. The largest single haul was about a ton in 2021—seven Chinese nationals were arrested.
A mix of Chinese and Vietnamese nationals have been arrested for forging and selling My Number Japanese national identity cards. Not to be outdone by fellow Chinese, Vietnamese nationals have done their fair share in making Japan much more vibrant. Last year, an unnamed Vietnamese man was arrested for forging driver’s licenses—police said that “his apartment was used as a “factory” for mass-producing fake IDs for criminal organizations.” This year, a pair of Vietnamese, Hoang Huu Hao and Mai Van Sy, were arrested for a “string of home invasion robberies in which the victims were bound.” Not to be outdone by a gang of male Chinese smugglers, in 2022, Nguyen Thi Chuyen was arrested at Narita International Airport for allegedly smuggling USD “1.24 million” of illegal drugs. Ms. Nguyen denied the illegal drugs were hers.
In March this year, Nguyen Do Nhat was arrested for allegedly stabbing a fellow Vietnamese man in Kawaguchi City. In April, an unnamed Vietnamese man was arrested in Kawaguchi City for allegedly overstaying his visa and questioned concerning his role in a murder of a fellow Vietnamese man. There is something about Kawaguchi City, that drives people to violence, perhaps it’s the water.
There are not too many reports of Korean exuberance in Japan this year, but perhaps the most well-known thus far is the May arrest of Korean national, Kang Gwang-gi, for participation in a convoluted murder-for-hire scheme. After a review of the Web for this year I was not able to find other “Korean nationals” who have tried to shower Japan with enrichment. Perhaps they have fully integrated into Japanese society, as many have in the past, or else I am pretty bad at doing Web searches. (Given very woke responses to politically incorrect questions in the past, I’m not about to use AI.)
Other ethnic groups are doing their part in bringing vibrancy to Japan. Philippine nationals Hazel Ann Baguisa Morales and Bryon Jefferson Lising Dela Cruz were charged with murdering a Japanese couple in March this year. In May, police arrested Iranian national Seyedmohsen Rezaeikelidbari for murdering another Iranian national nine years ago. Police said “the incident was the result of a drug trafficking dispute”.
While occasional glimmers of non-establishment thinking on social issues and news that the American media conglomerates studiously ignore can be had on Japanese language media, Japanese social media is more or less a juvenile playground. Japanese media is at least candid about the ethnicity of perpetrators and sometimes names them, unlike the US which does its best to shield the identities of arrestees from people who notice such things. The Japanese media also points out that many of the foreign perpetrators of violent crime are low-skilled laborers or those who have overstayed their visa. Perhaps the Japanese media will be more circumspect with such information in the future, just like their American colleagues.
The numerous blessings of Japan’s foreign guests are indeed out there in print for all to see. What concerned, patriotic Japanese should do about it is another matter.
