How migration and overtourism resentment overshadowed Japan's election

It's high time for the government to take concrete steps to manage migration

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Supporters of Japan's Sanseito party leader react during the party’s rally in Tokyo, Japan, July 21, 2025, a day after the upper house election. © Reuters

Naoko Hashimoto is an associate professor at International Christian University and a former program manager of the International Organization of Migration. Paul J. Scalise is a financial analyst at Codrington Japan and a former senior research fellow at the IN-East Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

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