Opinion: Xenophobia is baked into Japan’s postwar Constitution

U.S. President Joe Biden labeling Japan "xenophobic" in a recent speech because "they don't want immigrants" was not merely a slip of the tongue during a campaign event. He said something similar in a radio interview back in March. While the Japanese government called Biden's comment "regrettable," Washington neither retracted it nor apologized. ( read ...

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