Asian students in Japan react with concern watching U.S. election results

At university event, Gen Zers show mixed feelings over a Trump White House return

Students at Temple University, Tokyo Campus. From left: Robert Chung, Marina Sato, Selem Lin Bostan and Seita Hakoda. (Andrew Sharp)

ANDREW SHARP, Nikkei staff writer

November 6, 2024 20:05 JST

TOKYO -- An auditorium at the Tokyo campus of Temple University was filled on Wednesday with the excited babble of students at a viewing event for the U.S. presidential election.

More than 100 Gen Zers -- many American, but also from Japan and various other Asian nations -- watched a CBS broadcast on the election for six hours from early results through to Fox News calling the key swing state of Pennsylvania for Republican Party candidate Donald Trump.