Facts must not be allowed to discredit the anti-Japanese narrative at Japan Today.

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Also, the only way for Japan to change their views of foreigners is for us to do the right things.

"Japan" has no one view of foreigners. Some are folk heroes such as Oh Sadaharu (ROC citizen) or the Korean fellow taken up in this Japan Today article.
https://japantoday.com/category/national/S-Korean-mother-honors-son-who-died-trying-to-rescue-stranger-on-train-tracks
Some foreigners in Japan have a bad reputation even among other foreigners.

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FujiSankei owned Japan Today allows comments calling for violation of Japanese law

n comments to this article and others, gaijin are ridiculing the Japanese government for not forcibly quarantining evacuees from Wuhan.

https://japantoday.com/category/national/5-Japanese-evacuees-from-Wuhan-taken-to-hospital-2-have-pneumonia#comments

The Japanese government has no legal basis for forced quarantine.

厚生労働省は「人権侵害に当たり、法的にも権限がない」として、退避した日本人の強制的な隔離をせず、自主的な医療施設の検診を呼びかける方針だ。

https://business.nikkei.com/atcl/gen/19/00002/012801051/?n_cid=nbpnb_mled_epu

The Mainichi has reported that the Japanese government had to get permission just to test evacuees.

　症状があった５人は荏原病院（大田区）と駒込病院（文京区）に搬送された。一方、当初症状のなかった２０１人のうち、同意の得られた１９９人は羽田空港からバスで国立国際医療研究センター（新宿区）に移動して検査を実施。

https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200130/ddm/001/040/124000c 

Would it be out of place for me to ask why Fuji-Sankei management thinks it is appropriate to give foreign nationals a forum for urging the Japanese government to violate Japanese law and the rights of Japanese citizens?

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It is (yet another) barrier to women working.
Indeed and based on experience it is one reason why the emphasis on fathers taking paternity leave is misplaced.
Dads need to be able to take off work at short notice when the kids cannot go to nursery or elementary school when there is a shutdown.
Taking a block of time just after a baby is born is more of a gesture than something useful.

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Racism is OK but pointing it out is "not nice"

On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 11:08 AM Japan Today wrote:

Your comment has been moderated This message is to inform you that your post has been removed for breaking one of the rules of the discussion board. Reason of removal: Offensive / Vulgar Down votes for the posts pointing out that German companies did the same thing that Mitsubishi is accused of is proof positive of the racism of those doing the down voting. As the saying goes, when in Germany, do as the Germans do. Moderator: Please do not accuse anyone downvoting of racism. That is not nice. Please note that moderating decisions are final at all times. You can read the rules here. ©2020 GPlusMedia Inc. All rights reserved Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

Is "Steve Jackman" a Japan Times insider?

My response to a 457 word screed by "Steve Jackman" to this Japan Times article 
pointing out factual errors in his post was held up for "approval" when I posted it and was gone minutes later.

Hold on, this is waiting to be approved by The Japan Times.

Imperial Japan was explicitly multicultural and multi-ethnic. If you add in Manchuria, it was also explicitly multi-racial.

The US is multi-racial and multi-ethnic only at the national level. US cities are very segregated by race and to only a slightly lesser extent by ethnicity.

If there is a problem with the term kokumin, blame the US. It wrote our constitution.

Having laws against discrimination in no way prevents it. There is voluminous evidence on this point from the US.

I and others have long wondered whether "Steve Jackman" is a Japan Times insider.  His posts appear almost instantaenously when the JT puts an article on the Internet.

His posts are often longer than the original article.

His posts are highly repetitive.  Some are cut and paste from his previous posts.

Even if he is not a Japan Times insider, he clearly enjoys preferential treatment.

Anti-Japanese moderation at Japan Today (FujiSankei)

My comment to this article was censored.

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/new-prosecutor-defends-japan's-handling-of-carlos-ghosn-case

Your comment has been moderated This message is to inform you that your post has been removed for breaking one of the rules of the discussion board. Reason of removal: Off-topic His treatment in Japan is much better than what foreign nationals busted in France get. You can be remanded for periods varying from 4 months to 12 months at a time according to the charges and the seriousness of the offence. These periods can be renewed at the request of the Examining Magistrate but have to be agreed to by another judge (juge des libertés et détention). The period between arrest and trial is often quite long and can vary greatly. From our experience a prisoner can remain on remand up to 24 months. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332128/Prisoner_Pack_France_June_2014.pdf His treatment in Japan is much better than what a poor black guy arrested for petty theft in the US got. Kalief Browder was sent to Rikers Island when he was 16 years old, accused of stealing a backpack. Though he never stood trial or was found guilty of any crime, he spent three years at the New York City jail complex, nearly two of them in solitary confinement. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/nyregion/kalief-browder-held-at-rikers-island-for-3-years-without-trial-commits-suicide.html Please note that moderating decisions are final at all times. You can read the rules here. ©2019 GPlusMedia Inc. All rights reserved Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

Given the patriotic/conservative emphasis of other FujiSankei media, letting Japan Today get away with its Japan bashing looks extremely hypocritical. 

The Leader Who Was ‘Trump Before Trump’

I don't like Abe and I don't vote LDP but this article is ridiculous drivel.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/opinion/abe-trump-japan-illiberal-authoritarian-turn.html

Nakano Koichi and others of his ilk need to spend some time in Communist China, preferably in a "re-education" camp for Uighurs.  The word "authoritarian" deserves more careful usage.

I cannot understand what he is trying to do with this article.  Possibilities that come to mind include:

(1)  Pissing contest among Koichi, Jeff and Jake to see who can get the most ridiculously exaggerated nonsense about Japanese politics published in English;

(2)  Advertising for NK's sound byte service for gaijin reporters who speak only English;

(3) Reassure Amuricans that however awful Trump is, he's not as bad as Abe;

(4) Reassure Japanese lefties that Abe is even worse than Trump;

(5) An attempt to influence voters in Japan because as we all know the New York Times in second only to the Japan Times when it comes to influencing the Japanese electorate;

(6)  Get some pocket money for a few beers because his wife has cut his allowance.