Society
Foreigner Friction Fuels a Backlash Against 'Multicultural Coexistence' in Japan
Several unrelated stories — tourists eating cup noodles on the ground at Tokyo Disneyland, a Muslim university lecturer filming Islamic prayers at Shinto shrines, an illegally built mosque opening in Kawagoe, and free IVF for welfare recipients including foreign nationals — were bundled by 2ch users into a single narrative of foreigner-driven disorder. The reaction centered on a sense that 'those who follow the rules end up losing.'