Anti foreigner voters rights demo in Tokyo

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Right-wing supporters and politicians attend a rally in Shibuya to protest the ruling, Democratic Party of Japan`s (DPJ) policy plans to give voting rights in local elections to foreigners who are pe

in Politics, on the 28th of November 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190219

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190218

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190217

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190216

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190211

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190210

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190209

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190199

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190198

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190197

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190196

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190193

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190192

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190191

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 190221

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

ID: 194977

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Tags demonstration against foreign residents` voter rights, LDP Liberal Democratic Party, nationalists, patriots, right-wing, rightwingers

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Exactly, the word needs

Submitted by Damon Coulter on Sun, 29/11/2009 - 03:18.

Exactly, the word needs italics to stress its irony but is too long. There were some of the same old faces from Yasukuni and I got stopped a lot. Blog post coming, I tried to load up pics for it last night but my internet stopped so will get onto it now. Damon

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Glad you got these. An

Submitted by uchujin on Sun, 29/11/2009 - 00:11.

Glad you got these.
An unsuprisingly typically racist Japanese attitude.
It's only local elections for gods sake! and most of the Chinese/Koreans they are 'worried' about have been here for generations.
how exactly does one vote in an 'anti-japanese' way in a local election anyway?

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