2025 Upper House Elections: Eight NGOs issue joint-statement against Japanese political parties targeting foreigners on campaign platforms
By Emmanuel Akyereko (Managing Editor) Eight Human Rights non-governmental organisations have issued a joint-statement to condemn the alarming uptick in anti-immigrant rhetoric by political parties ahead of the July 20 Upper House election. The organisation says it the situation is causing major concerns among foreign nationals living in the East Asian country. In the statement which has been by Jafriq Radio, sound bites such as “Japanese First” and “revision of preferential treatment for foreigners" have been described as examples of […]