#12443 | posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 7 months ago on Do Japanese feel their country is being overrun by immigran…

I am not the person to give an objective answer, I don't live in japan and I don't even speak Japanese. But from what I can see (from afar) is that there is a certain amount of nationalistic movements as there has always been. So no change there - there will always be people who are not happy with foreigners.

But in real life there are more foreigners who come to live to Japan, especially from asian countries as their physical appearance makes it easier to blend in.

I was surprised to know that Renho Murata who became the leader of Japanese opposition Democratic Party and who may become the first female Prime Minister became Japanese only at 17 years old. She was born in Japan but her father was a Taiwanese. And she seems to be all about diversity and coexistence.

So I would say that Japan is gradually changing and the Japanese are rather ok with that since they support such leaders.