This recent development in Japanese Foreign Policy only adds more to my personal feelings that Japan is very anti-non Japanese. I always wanted to come to Japan and experience all I've seen and heard about, but I also saw that foreigners weren't the most welcome bunch in Japan. Foreigners wishing to come into Japan already have to jump through hoops and those wishing to stay for an extended period of time have a much more difficult procedure.
All signs in the Japanese government point in the direction that foreigners are not wanted. At first long ago, I believed that it was because Japan is a small country, heavily populated country and the government didn't want the extra stress of more people living in Japan. This could be true on some level but this move shows me that the case is that Japan doesn't want you.
When this goes into affect, once you enter Japan you will be fingerprinted and photographed, this reminds me very much of oh.. being arrested. As soon as you enter the country you are treated like a criminal.
Relatively Japan did not come out of isolation too long ago and it is my opinion that if given the opportunity the Japanese government would return to isolation. I feel that that period of isolation and a general mindset that someone who isn't born Japanese can never be Japanese or at least a normal citizen has hurt Japan in its diversity and view towards foreigners.
In America for example if you were born in America you are American. If someone has been in Japan for an extended period of time and even holds property in Japan or a foreign family has many generations in and born in Japan, they are still and forever will be foreigners. These feelings of unwantedness and negative feeling/images of foreigners arise once again when I read of this new policy. I feel sad now..
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Seems like your essay is more of a reaction to the original post rather than a comment or critique of it. I can generally understand your feelings, but much of what you are saying are broad generalizations, don't you think?
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