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Today in "talk shit, get hit": Japanese "politician" Kawai Yūsuke, who's turned to anti-immigrant hate to garner attention, got lightly grazed on the cheek after harassing Kurdish immigrants at their annual Newroz Festival & acted like he'd taken a bazooka to the face.
Mar 22 at 11:14pmWeb
Show threadUnseen JapanMar 22

The Newroz Festival is held by the several thousand or so Kurdish residents of Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture. Right-wingers in Japan constantly accuse the tiny minority of somehow single-handedly turning Japan into a Mad Max-style wasteland.

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Why Is Kawaguchi’s Kurdish Community Under Fire? - Unseen Japan

The Kurdish community in Kawaguchi faces growing hostility, blamed by locals for neighborhood unrest. But how do they see it?

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Show threadUnseen JapanMar 22

Kawai Yūsuke is what you'd call "a piece of work." He gained infamy masquerading as The Joker and pulling stunts such as using the Tokyo gubernatorial election poster boards to call for the legalization of marijuana.

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Japan Proposes Changing Election Poster Rules to Avoid a Repeat Disaster - Unseen Japan

This summer, Tokyo was plagued by election posters that included cute cats, pornography, and outright financial scams.

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Show threadUnseen JapanMar 22

In the past two years, Kawai realized the real money was in the right-wing grievance grift, so he switched to hating on immigrants, helping Japan's government distract from the country's real problems.

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Japan Continues Cracking Down on Foreigners, for Some Reason - Unseen Japan

New proposals around property registration and naturalization raise questions around what problem the country is trying to solve.

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Show threadCodeByJeffMar 22
@unseenjapan of course he behaved that way - he's playing to the media, and the dumbshit who smacked him should have known better
Show threadSara Mar 23
@unseenjapan FAFO! He went down like a football player faking an injury!
Show threadThe TurtleMar 23
@unseenjapan what's with the superhero cape? Is this how Japanese identify dildos in public?
Show threadUnseen JapanMar 23
@the_turtle This dude used to dress as the Joker. This is his idea of toning it down
Show threadThe TurtleMar 23
@unseenjapan so he's SUPERDILDO®. Understood.
Show threadsarcastictoastMar 23
@unseenjapan now he'll be like "see, I've told you! 外人の問題". But this one is really a dick.
Show threadslims  🐟⁂Mar 23
@unseenjapan Damn. You're going to jail, but at least you made me happy.