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Anti foreigner voters rights demo in Tokyo

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Right-wing supporters and politicians attend a rally in Shibuya to protest the ruling, Democratic Party of Japan`s (DPJ) policy plans to give voting rights in local elections to foreigners who are pe
in Politics, on the 28th of November 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

demonstration against foreign residents` voter rights, LDP Liberal Democratic Party, nationalists, patriots, right-wing, rightwingers

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New: Exactly, the word needs

Submitted by Damon Coulter on Sun, 29/11/2009 - 04:18.

Exactly, the word needs italics to stress its irony but is too long. There were some of the same old faces from Yasukuni and I got stopped a lot. Blog post coming, I tried to load up pics for it last night but my internet stopped so will get onto it now. Damon

New: Glad you got these. An

Submitted by uchujin on Sun, 29/11/2009 - 01:11.

Glad you got these.
An unsuprisingly typically racist Japanese attitude.
It's only local elections for gods sake! and most of the Chinese/Koreans they are 'worried' about have been here for generations.
how exactly does one vote in an 'anti-japanese' way in a local election anyway?

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Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009
Right-wing politicians and supporters demonstrating in Shibuya against the Democratic Party of Japan`s plan to give local election voting rights to foreigners that hold permanent resident visa status. As part of its election manifesto the DPJ promised to think positively on granting voters rights to the more than 900,000 foreign permanent residents in Japan, right wingers and many ordinary Japanese oppose this move as they fear Korean and Chinese residents of Japan, many of whom were born there yet have not been able to become naturalized citizens, will vote in a anti-Japanese way and question their allegiance to Japan. A timetable for the bill to grant voters rights was delayed by Prime Minister Hatoyama recently. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan November 28th 2009

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Mac Akasaka, sole candidate of the 'Japan Smile Party' campaigning out of his Rolls Royce for the upper house elections on July 11th. He hopes to bring about an increase in happiness in Japan's population. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. 26/06/2010
Japan Smile Party, Mac Akasaka, campaigning in Tokyo. June 26th 2010
Politics
26/06/2010
The Tokyo Sky Tree in Sumida Ward in Tokyo. Called the new Tokyo Tower this telecommunications tower is currently the tallest structure in Japan and will stand 634 metres tall when completed in December 2011. Tokyo, Japan 21/06/2010
The new Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Sky Tree rises high in Japan's Sumida Ward
Arts & Entertainment
21/06/2010
Fifteen thousand rubber ducks are floated down the Sakagawa river in the Kintaro Duck Race during the Ashigara River festival in Matsuda, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. 25/04/2010
The second Ashigara River festival duck race
Our World
25/04/2010
Former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, campaigning with the Sosei-Nippon party against the Japanese government's plans to grant local election voting rights to foreign nationals who have permanent resident visas. Tokyo, Japan 07/04/2010
Ex PM, Shinzo Abe at an anti-foreigner suffrage demo in Tokyo, Japan
Politics
07/04/2010