Japan's government reacted with visible annoyance today to a comment made by US President Joe Biden earlier this week when he called the country considered a close ally of Washington “xenophobic”, an epithet he also used to describe China and Russia: for Tokyo, this statement was “sad” and wrong. During a campaign event on Wednesday 5/1, Joe Biden appeared to lump his country's allies (Japan, India) and rivals (China, Russia) together, arguing that all four major economies are struggling because of the refusal of their political leaders to accept immigrants. “Why is China facing so much economic stagnation? Why is Japan in trouble? And Russia? And India? Because they are xenophobic. They don't want immigrants,” said the US president, according to a recording of his statements that was not published until yesterday, Thursday 2/5. “It is regrettable that comments were made that are not based on an accurate understanding of Japan's politics” […]
Source: News Beast
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