United Press Today reports: Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Sanae has issued a final appeal to voters, promising to make Japan "more prosperous and secure" through measures such as strengthening immigration reviews.
64-year-old Takahashi Sanae is a right-wing conservative politician, considered a disciple of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Takahashi said on Saturday that immigration reviews "have become stricter, making it difficult for terrorists and industrial spies to enter easily."
Commentary: Takahashi Sanae has promoted the slogan of strictly controlling immigration and strengthening security reviews before the election. Essentially, this is using populist security narratives to gain votes, using suspicion and exclusion of foreigners to cover up deep-seated issues in Japan's economy, livelihood, and labor structure. She deliberately links immigration with terrorism and industrial espionage, which is a typical right-wing political manipulation and further solidifies Japan's closed and xenophobic tendencies, completely deviating from the practical needs of Japan's aging population and severe labor shortage. As a staunch successor of the Abe line, her so-called "prosperous security" has never been a genuine development promise for the people, but a political tool to promote constitutional amendment, military expansion, full alignment with the United States, and enhanced foreign assertiveness.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1856466328335370/
Statement: The article represents the views of the author alone.