kay’ko

Antisocial loser.

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

🧵 THREAD: How mass immigration came to Japan's shores

𝕏 saw a lovely cultural exchange between Americans and Japanese this past week, which got me wondering how and why Muslims came to Japan... so I spent the weekend looking into it.

Japan went from officially having "no immigration policy" to a formal system with a cap of 820,000 foreign workers. Japan's Muslim population has gone from ~110,000 (2010) to ~420,000 (end of 2024). There are now 149 mosques.

The bill that created this was passed at 4:00 AM in December 2018. The opposition called it a "carte blanche." Deliberations were compressed. It passed anyway.

What I found:
🔹 Three consecutive foreign ministers trained at American universities.
🔹 A foundation run by a Trilateral Commission member and a former US intelligence chief.
🔹 A $69 million fellowship network seeding 69 universities in 44 countries.
🔹 A UN framework signed the same month as the 4 AM vote.
🔹 Sixteen bilateral labor agreements managed through a single coordinating body.
🔹 A Japan-specific immigration program drafted by a Japanese national while he was interning inside the US Senate.

In July 2025, a party that didn't exist before COVID won 14 seats and finished third in the popular vote. By February 2026, the LDP won its biggest parliamentary majority since 1955, running on tighter immigration.

Unfortunately, Americans and Japanese have more in common beyond love of BBQ. They have the mass migration problem in common. Receipts below. 👇

As always, patience as I pull together the thread.

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

United airlines top international destinations by state & overall.

I would have expected Tokyo to be lower than it is.

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

@thehungrysheen @Yoda4ever It’s called Ezo Momonga (flying squirrel), from Hokkaido, Japan. Looks like the video is by this guy here: https://t.co/TwtOTXqZge

[Lee Harris @LeeHarris]

🚨 Reminder: In NINE days, the UK legal system will openly discriminate against white men and be lenient toward ethnic minorities.

Labour have officially sanctioned a two-tier justice system.

I still can't believe this is happening.
Britain is broken.

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

日本は同じ道をたどりませんように🙏

[spiked @spikedonline]

Britain's lax borders are putting women at risk. Foreign nationals are being convicted of sex crimes at a shockingly disproportionate rate. More often than not, they’re then allowed to stay on British soil. Public safety must come first, writes Rakib Ehsan
https://t.co/KPlWpVwlhx

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

アメリカに住んでてビールはあんまり困ってないです。美味しいビールいっぱいある🍺むしろ美味しい日本酒や焼酎が安く手に入るといいな

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

We call this “The Trump Effect”

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

うちのワンコ、朝食を待ってウロウロ。何か忘れてない？俺のご飯は？という顔でポーチと庭を行ったり来たり、その間何度も問いただすような顔で見つめてくる。主人に呼び戻され、その出で立ちが狩猟行きなのを見るや否や喜び駆け回る。ご主人さあ行きましょう！ダッシュ💨（狩の日は朝ごはん抜き）

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

Sad but true

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

😭

[Not Jerome Powell @alifarhat79]

For every 1000 likes I’ll make Zelensky smaller

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

なんで日本が支援するのかさっぱりわからない。ゼレンスキーさんは停戦なんかする気はさらさらなくて、ただ諸外国から莫大な援助金を巻き上げることしか興味ないように思える。

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

ルビオさんのこの怒った顔。怒って当然。心血注いでお膳立てしてきたのを、ゼレンスキーさんが目の前でぶち壊したんだから。

[Kathryn Watson @kathrynw5]

The contrast in body language between Vance and Rubio here

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

それと、「なんでスーツ着て来んのや、スーツ持っとらんのかい」と難癖つけてるのはリポーターであってトランプさんでもバンスさんでもない。

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

日本のメディアはきっと報道しないけど、
トランプさんとバンスさんの強硬な態度の原因はゼレンスキーさん。テレビのレポーター、記事を書く記者、この40分強のビデオ見てから報道してね。例の部分だけ切り取って騒ぎ立てるんじゃないよ。リンク↓

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

和やかな雰囲気で始まったのに、それをぶち壊したのは明らかにゼレンスキーさん。停戦に向けてお膳立てしたアメリカの立場を踏みにじる様子がばっちり。

[a newsman @a_newsman]

Fifteen minutes before his meeting with Trump a bipartisan group of senators was literally bowing to him so you can understand why he feels like he can talk to an American president the way he did

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

日本のメディアは多分こういう報道をするのでしょうね。「ゼレンスキーかわいそう、トランプここでも強いアメリカを誇示、なんだあの副大統領の態度は偉そうに！」

[Claire Lehmann @clairlemon]

Vance comes across terribly, even worse than Trump. Pointing his finger at Zelenskyy, belligerently demanding that he grovel on his knees. While Zelenskyy, keeping his voice low, displays admirable fortitude and self control.

[kay’ko @flushingbunnies]

トランプさんがゼレンスキーさんに
「おお、どうした今日は、めかし込んできたじゃないか」
ゼレンスキーさんの返事は
「ええ、流石に今日は」
（いつもと同じやん！）

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

Trump trolls Zelensky: "Wow look, you're all dressed up today"

[Jacqui Heinrich @JacquiHeinrich]

WH OFFICIALS TELL FOX:
-TRUMP KICKED OUT ZELENSKYY – HE DID NOT WALK OFF ON HIS OWN
-RARE MINERALS DEAL WAS NOT SIGNED.
- WH SAYS “UKRAINANS WERE BEGGING TO RESET” BUT RUBIO AND WALTZ INFORMED THEM ZELENSKYY NEEDS TO LEAVE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS, RETURN WHEN HE’S READY FOR PEACE
-THE PRESIDENT AND US OFFICIALS FELT DISRESPECTED BY ZELENSKYY’S RHETORIC AND DEMEANOR – CITED THAT HE WAS “SHRUGGING AND ROLLING HIS EYES” DURING THE CONVERSATION

**WHEN I WENT TO UPPER PRESS TO ASK WHAT WAS GOING ON, THE LUNCH THAT TRUMP AND ZELENSKYY WERE SUPPOSED TO DINE ON AND TALK OVER WAS SITTING IN THE HALLWAY. I’M TOLD WHITE HOUSE PRESS OFFICE STAFFERS WILL BE EATING IT.