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BBC To Japan: Bow The Knee—Admit Immigrants!
January 25, 2023
See, earlier (2003): The New York Times Says Japan Needs Immigrants. The Japanese Politely Disagree by Jared Taylor
The British Broadcasting System (BBC) has struck again in its ongoing War On Japan. Thoroughly modern Englishman Rupert Wingfield-Hayes [Tweet him], BBC's man in Tokyo, ungraciously attacked his long-time hosts and the Japanese people, all because, we are to believe, he loves Japan. What a strange love it is that makes him want to remake Japan into an urban hell-hole, overrun with illegal aliens, perhaps like some cities back home in England. Globohomo hates the U.K., Germany, and U.S. for what they once were but hate Japan for what it still is. So Wingfield-Hayes unloaded on his gracious hosts for home prices, their decorative manhole covers, and even better, their low traffic fatality rate. And even worse, the evil Alt-Right likes Japan because of its immigration policy (essentially: none). So of course the country must change [Japan Was The Future But It's Stuck In The Past, January 21, 2023].
Wingfield-Hayes, the great-nephew of WWII Major General Eric Hayes, is a 24-year veteran of the BBC with a career in Ruling Class journalism that has bestowed upon all the right attitudes about his hosts. His wife is Japanese, yet his plaintive cry is that Japan is, well, too Japanese.
So, after living 10 years in one of the world's best-run countries, which features low crime, social cohesion, material prosperity, and low level of income disparity, this is his complaint: No one wants to buy my house.
Boo-hoo. Maybe if he had learned something about Japan when he majored in Far Eastern Studies at the University of London, he would have expected that.
And real estate troubles aren't Wingfield-Hayes's only complaint. While England and the United States are infamous for graffiti and vandalism, he attacked Japan for its habit of public beautification, specifically for simple things. Japan just doesn't slap ugly, utilitarian manhole covers over sewer holes. The covers are designed to be aesthetically pleasing, even beautiful or whimsical, and perhaps a tourist attraction:
As if decorative manhole covers aren't bad enough, Japan doesn't have enough traffic fatalities. The government takes traffic infractions seriously:
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Source: VDARE
BBC To Japan: Bow The Knee—Admit Immigrants!
January 25, 2023
See, earlier (2003): The New York Times Says Japan Needs Immigrants. The Japanese Politely Disagree by Jared Taylor
The British Broadcasting System (BBC) has struck again in its ongoing War On Japan. Thoroughly modern Englishman Rupert Wingfield-Hayes [Tweet him], BBC's man in Tokyo, ungraciously attacked his long-time hosts and the Japanese people, all because, we are to believe, he loves Japan. What a strange love it is that makes him want to remake Japan into an urban hell-hole, overrun with illegal aliens, perhaps like some cities back home in England. Globohomo hates the U.K., Germany, and U.S. for what they once were but hate Japan for what it still is. So Wingfield-Hayes unloaded on his gracious hosts for home prices, their decorative manhole covers, and even better, their low traffic fatality rate. And even worse, the evil Alt-Right likes Japan because of its immigration policy (essentially: none). So of course the country must change [Japan Was The Future But It's Stuck In The Past, January 21, 2023].
Similarly, last year I reviewed the work of the U.K. Daily Telegraph's Julian Ryall, who is obsessed with the "racism" of the Japanese people—meaning those who want Japan to stay Japanese. Now we have a similar attack.
Wingfield-Hayes, the great-nephew of WWII Major General Eric Hayes, is a 24-year veteran of the BBC with a career in Ruling Class journalism that has bestowed upon all the right attitudes about his hosts. His wife is Japanese, yet his plaintive cry is that Japan is, well, too Japanese.
As soon as you move in, your new home is worth less than what you paid for it and after you've finished paying off your mortgage in 40 years, it is worth almost nothing.Yes, the Japanese don't like buying used houses. Consequently, homes are generally not built substantially or with insulation. Call it a Japanese thing. They also don’t like renting an apartment in which someone has died. That's bad for realtors and landlords, but good for developers and demolition companies.
It bewildered me when I first moved here as a correspondent for the BBC—10 years on, as I prepared to leave, it was still the same.
So, after living 10 years in one of the world's best-run countries, which features low crime, social cohesion, material prosperity, and low level of income disparity, this is his complaint: No one wants to buy my house.
Boo-hoo. Maybe if he had learned something about Japan when he majored in Far Eastern Studies at the University of London, he would have expected that.
And real estate troubles aren't Wingfield-Hayes's only complaint. While England and the United States are infamous for graffiti and vandalism, he attacked Japan for its habit of public beautification, specifically for simple things. Japan just doesn't slap ugly, utilitarian manhole covers over sewer holes. The covers are designed to be aesthetically pleasing, even beautiful or whimsical, and perhaps a tourist attraction:
Last year, I discovered the story behind the stunning manhole covers in a little town in the Japanese Alps. In 1924, the fossilized bones of an ancient elephant species were found in the nearby lake. It became a symbol of the town — and a few years ago, someone decided to have all the manhole covers replaced with new ones that would have an image of the famous elephant cast in the top.Not mentioned was if such manhole covers were in the U.K. or United States, they would be stolen by blacks or drug users and people would die after falling through open manholes. But no, making a quotidian object beautiful is an unnecessary public expense. Better to import Mexican drug dealers or African street thugs to show that Diversity is Japan's Strength.
This has been happening all over Japan. There is now a Japan Society for Manhole Covers that claims there are 6,000 different designs. I understand why people love the covers. They are works of art. But each one costs up to $900.
It's a clue to how Japan has ended up with the world's largest mountain of public debt. And the ballooning bill isn't helped by an aging population that cannot retire because of the pressure on healthcare and pensions.
Offensive About Japan: Beauty In Everyday Things
As if decorative manhole covers aren't bad enough, Japan doesn't have enough traffic fatalities. The government takes traffic infractions seriously:
When I renewed my Japanese driving license, the exquisitely polite staff shuttled me from eye test to photo booth to fee payment and then asked me to report to "lecture room 28". These "safety" lectures are compulsory for anyone who's had a traffic infraction in the previous five years.Wingfield-Hayes didn't tell us what infraction, if any, he received in the previous five years. And apparently, he forgot that a remedial driving course is required in England for speeding motorists to avoid a 3-point penalty. Drunk drivers take a course too.
Inside I found a group of disconsolate-looking souls waiting for our punishment to begin. A smartly-dressed man walked in and told us our "lecture" would begin in 10 minutes and last two hours!
You are not required to even understand the lecture. Much of it was lost on me. As it droned into its second hour several of my classmates fell asleep. The man next to me completed a rather fine sketch of Tokyo tower. I sat bored and resentful, the clock on the wall mocking me.
"What's the point of it?” I asked my Japanese colleague when I got back to the office. "It's punishment, right?"
"No," she said laughing. "It's a job creation scheme for retired traffic cops."
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