Society
Inbound Boom, Visa-Free Proposals, and Japan's Foreigner Debate
Three foreigner-related flashpoints spread at once: a Korean tourism body's 'visa-free Japan-Korea travel' proposal, GACKT's remark that 'over half of Ginza is foreigners,' and a resident Korean author's claim to a right to political speech because she pays taxes. Reactions mixed rejection of looser borders, economic resignation about a 'cheap Japan,' and a polarized debate over foreign residents' political rights.
