Japan Yes!
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Important thing to note, is that it seems like the big thing that ruined him wasn't the immigration policy (though that was certainly a big part) but his rice policy.
Apparently Japan has a huge thing about importing rice. Like, national heritage and culture type stuff. And he was making some really stupid statements about importing rice (something they already do but quietly to make sure they don't run low), and the news has been running non-stop hate against him daily about it.
Its a whole rabbit hole thing that wouldn't even register to us, but Japan is Japan and it probably makes sense to them on the inside.
I recently learned that Japan still imports at least 80% of its food, possibly as high as 90%.
There just isn't enough arable land on those mountainous islands.
It's also why they'll never try to go to war again, constitution or not. Cut off the food. Done.
Apparently the rice thing has a lot of "government intervention" keeping them from producing more than they could be, very similar to our farming issues, and the increasing urban density making it impossible to find young, strong men to move out there to work the fields, so they are slowly aging out of having the workforce for what farmland they do have.
I imagine that was the intention for all the immigrants in the first place. Sending them to the rice fields (motherfucker).
More like a lot of arable land has been abandoned due to mass urbanization (92% compared to the 83% of the US). Japan used to produce 80% of their food back in 1960, while having to sustain 22% fewer people.
https://www.nippon.com/en/ncommon/contents/japan-data/1079650/1079650.png
Huh. Interesting info. Thank you.
By the way, what did you mean by 92% and 83% urbanization?
I believe it's the percentage of population that live in areas classified as urban
probably why they like to invade china or korea, for farm land or to make vassal states and have some kinda grain/rice tax.
i dont blame the japanese for invading china. its really the only legit way for a country to grow by taking it via force.
you can tell that the immigration thing is some kinda pussy womanly thing to do. taking over without being physical. meanwhile.. old, manly times, we at least fuck each other up for land and even the nobleman can sometime die because they are in battle sometimes.
Thank god for his stupid mouth then if that was what got him to be resigned. There are a lot of taboo and hidden etiquettes in Japan that makes living in there hard for foreigners but at times like this, it's a blessing.
Part of the problem is that Japanese rice is wildly expensive. Like the equivalent of $80 a bowl... of rice.
just the rice
Its also a deeply important cultural piece and something they clearly hold a lot of pride in.
That's the kind of thing you need to tiptoe around incredibly carefully to even talk about, as one wrong word (correct or not) will sink your entire existence and have the entire world against you.
Look at what happens to Right-Wing figures in America who say something pro-gun control like Dan Crenshaw, for example. Literal overnight demonization, though we lack the conviction to force them out as the Japs do.