cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/44390561
Birthed on YouTube during the Covid-19 pandemic spreading conspiracy theories about vaccinations and a cabal of global elites, the party broke into mainstream politics with its “Japanese First” campaign.
Yes, there are. Japanophiles are a thing too, but mostly you’re looking at East, South and Southeast Asians looking for economic opportunity in the same way Arabs and Turks move to Europe. Most common are Chinese and Vietnamese apparently. Also while Japan can get pretty exclusionary in its own way, most people are fine and there are plenty of good points.