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• Visible Minorities: Kimi Onoda and the Trauma of History September 13, 2026
  The Cabinet Minister in charge of policy towards “foreigners” is basically removing them from Japan. I see it as the natural outcome of Japan’s legacy of abuse towards its Visible Minorities.
  Debito Arudou
• Visible Minorities: “Big Garbage Day” and The Purge August 9, 2026
  It was that regular time of the year in certain parts of Japan that for some foreign residents was better than Christmas: Sodai Gomi no Hi.
  Debito Arudou
• Visible Minorities: Semiquincentennial vs. Bicentennial July 5, 2026
  The United States should be celebrating the best of itself on its landmark birthday, like it did fifty years ago. It’s not. But the party is actually elsewhere.
  Debito Arudou
• Visible Minorities: The Four Worst Words May 28, 2026
  Because what Japan is doing to its foreign residents is all within character, and everyone should have seen it coming long ago.
  Debito Arudou
• Visible Minorities: Life Under a Mad King April 7, 2026
  The world is living under a rogue regime—or rather, a rogue individual—who is wielding unprecedented power.
  Debito Arudou
• Visible Minorities: Revolution is Due March 1, 2026
  Democracies happen because of a Middle Class, but you have to keep it fed and watered. America is no longer doing that.
  Debito Arudou
• Visible Minorities: Confronting AI in Higher Education January 27, 2026
  Something very bad is happening around me in higher education: Artificial Intelligence (AI).
  Debito Arudou
• Visible Minorities: Karen Hill Anton’s Willful Ignorance of History December 1, 2025
  A prominent spokesperson within Japan’s foreign community won’t admit racism happens in Japan unless it rises to the level of racism in America.
  Debito Arudou
• Hiring Bad Cops November 16, 2025
  At the outset of his second term, US President Donald Trump shut down a database designed to provide law enforcement agencies with information on the past records of job candidates.
  Michael Penn
• Visible Minorities: Takaichi’s PM Election Changes My Projections October 8, 2025
  The recent election of Sanae Takaichi as leader of the LDP probably means Japan’s first woman PM. But this is a huge step back for Japan’s democracy and diversity.
  Debito Arudou