Asia | Japanese immigration

Don't bring me your huddled masses

Not what the conservatives want, yet some people are beginning to imagine a more mixed Japan

|NISHI-KOIZUMI

This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Don't bring me your huddled masses”

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