"Japan's a safe haven for right-wing westerners, for sure."
Exactly.
The absence of anti-discriminatory social norm to regulate extreme right in Japan even in University is global issue.
We should take it seriously.
I barely knew the guy except that he's been teaching there for 30 years. Claiming his own free speech rights yet depriving students of their free speech to critique his views is well within the character of fascist. Japan's a safe haven for right-wing westerners, for sure.