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Britain's 'Multiculturalism' Debate and Japan's Hardening Views on Foreigners
Society

Britain's 'Multiculturalism' Debate and Japan's Hardening Views on Foreigners

A photo of a Black soldier in Britain's Royal Guard spread with claims that 'multiculturalism is finishing Britain,' while a report that half of Japanese now feel discrimination against foreigners is unavoidable drew a parallel debate at home. Reactions split between wariness of multiculturalism and insistence that cracking down on crime is not the same as discrimination.

Dazai in Britain, and a Compliment About Japanese Women
Culture

Dazai in Britain, and a Compliment About Japanese Women

The Guardian reported that Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human has sold more than 75,000 copies in Britain, with young readers arriving through TikTok and the anime Bungo Stray Dogs. On the same day, a foreign man's Spanish-language post praising a Japanese swimsuit shoot for having no tattoos, no overweight women and no cosmetic surgery spread through the threads. The Dazai story drew biography and reading lists; the compliment drew corrections.