In a recent newspaper column in the print edition of Sankei Shinbun, noted Japanese author and conservative political activist Ayako Sono advocated that immigrants to Japan be separated by race and forced to live in special zones. Sono wrote the article amidst ongoing debate on whether or not to increase immigration rates to Japan in the face of an ageing population. Hiroko Tabuchi, formerly the N
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