The ECONOMIST Is Startled by Japanese Ethnocentricity
02/10/2019
Here’s a story from the Economist:
In Japan people are typically considered Japanese only if they have two Japanese parents, speak fluent Japanese, look the part and “act Japanese” https://t.co/owyvIBsax7
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) February 9, 2019
Of course, on Planet Economist, the existence of a half-black, half Japanese tennis star means Japan should rethink thousands of years of successful ethnocentrism. They're not alone in the that belief, The New York Times thinks so too.
Steve Sailer put it this way:
The Japanese are a physically small race and have few famous athletes on the world stage. Japan has also been one of the few successful countries to staunchly resist the zeitgeist’s pressures to open the borders, especially to the world’s fastest growing racial group, blacks. But big corporations are working to undermine Japan’s resolve, using, for example, a giant half-black American girl tennis player as a wedge.
At 5' 11", Ms. Osaka is bigger than almost all Japanese females (and most Japanese men) as well as more self-disciplined than Serena Williams.
For more on Naomi Osaka, see:
- Naomi Osaka Isn’t Japanese, by Federale on 11/13/2018
- "Japan Needs ‘Foreigner Blood’ Like Naomi Osaka’s", by Steve Sailer on 09/18/2018
- Culture Cracking Japan: "Naomi Osaka’s Breakthrough Game", by Steve Sailer on 08/24/2018
The thing is, our "Japan Doesn’t Want Immigrants" tag features pages and pages of items going back to 2002, when we posted Peter Brimelow’s 1993 (!) article "Closed Door", written for Forbes, in which Peter said:
The recent political turmoil in Japan may lead to some fundamental changes. But immigration is not likely to be affected much, judging by Forbes' recent conversation with a Japanese consular official who wished to remain anonymous.
FORBES: I'd like to know the procedures to follow to immigrate to Japan and obtain Japanese citizenship.
ANONYMOUS JAPANESE OFFICIAL: [Complete surprise and astonishment] Why do you want to immigrate to Japan? … There is no immigration to Japan.
FORBES: No political refugees or asylum seekers?
ANONYMOUS JAPANESE OFFICIAL: There might be three people a year who become Japanese [chuckles]. And even they don’t stay long, they try to go elsewhere, like the U.S.
He’s not joking. Japanese entry statistics don’t seem to recognize the concept of an immigrant, as opposed to a visitor.
How do the Japanese manage without diversity? Pretty well!
- Without Immigration, Tokyo More Than Doubles Housing Space Per Person, by Steve Sailer on 06/26/2017
- WSJ: Japan’s Lawyers Need More Crime and Bankruptcies, by Steve Sailer on 05/28/2017
- Due To A Lack Of Mass Immigration, Japan Is Plagued, By A Rising Standard Of Living, by Steve Sailer on 08/24/2015
- Japan’s Exclusionary Nationalism: A Striking Essay, by John Derbyshire on 08/22/2017
- The New York Times Says Japan Needs Immigrants. The Japanese Politely Disagree, by Jared Taylor on 10/29/2003