- Thousands of Japanese people consider the proposed ‘Africa -Birth house’ -status of their cities, and call the deal a recipe for creating ‘flood of immigrants’ in the Asian nation.
- Last week Jica announced the designation of Imabari, Kisarazu, Sanjo and Nagai cities such as “Africa Hometowns” aimed at people from Nigeria, Tanzania, Mozambique and Ghana for cultural exchanges.
- Due to the media reports, this indication of cities in Africa has been misinterpreted to mean that the locals can now move to live in those urban centers in Japan.
A movement that was originally aimed at unique cementing of relationships between selected African countries and Japan quickly evolves to one xenophobic row As inhabitants of four Japanese cities, the initiative regard as a recipe for creating ‘Flood of immigrants’.
The dispute stems from an expression of cooperation under the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which announced the qualification of Imabari, Kisarazu, Sanjo and Nagai Cities as “Africa Woonstad” aimed at people from Tanzania, Mozambique, Nigeria and Ghana.
The “Africa Birthstades” scheme is an initiative that was unveiled during the just closed Japan African development forum, Ticad, held in Yokohama City, which have the experience exchange of experts and the organization of display cases to promote closer bonds and understanding between the distant eastern country and Africa.
However, the small print of this program in the pipeline seems to have been misinterpreted, with conflicting and potentially wrong reports from Nigeria, Tanzania and Ghana.
Take, for example: “Japan devotes Nagai City to Tanzania,” screamed an article Tanzania Times. About the Indian Ocean in Japan, thousands have interpreted the word ‘dedicated’ as ‘Sasageru’, an even heavier expression that means that the city was ‘sacrificed’ to Tanzanians.
In another article from Business insiderAbiodun Oladunjoye, directeur informatie in het State House, Nigeria ging nog verder zijn mening uiten over de status ‘Afrika geboortestowns’ waarin stond dat deze aanwijzing is afgestemd op de groei van de bevolking, ‘de vier steden zullen een basis bevorderen voor twee richtingsuitwisseling voor de bevolking van de bevolking van de bevolking van de bevolking van de bevolking van de bevolking van de bevolking van de bevolking van de bevolking van de Population of the population of their citements, which will increase the instructions, the indications of the population of the population of the population of the population of their citements, which will increase the instructions, and the other three African authorities will increase. to their regional revitalization efforts. “
Africa Woonstad Status causes a storm
With a view to these conflicting reports and others, the JICA program has caused a huge recoil in the Asian country, in which the locals take top officials with angry calls and e -mails about what they fear is an immigrant “stream of immigrants” from Africa.
Due to the feelings of social media, a considerable number of citizens in the developed nation are of the opinion that the Official From Jica, “Birthstades” means an increasing number of Ghanaians, Nigerians, Tanzanians and Mozambiqan’s preferential visas to live and work in the regular cities.
Thejapantimes A message published about X That has collected millions of views stating: “Nigerians are already enthusiastic and pleased with moving to Kisarazu City with their families, working there, the birth in Japan, and so on.”
“When immigrants come in, who will take responsibility?” One message about social media statements. Kisarazu is considering seriously transferring the city to Africans, “added another post to X.
City officials continue to receive an avalanche of e -mails from concerned citizens, who are looking for clarification about the aforementioned initiative. “Our team of 15 officials spent a whole day with hundreds of phone calls and thousands of e -mails from residents,” a Sanjo city officer told the AFP.
No special visas for Nigerians to move to Japan
On Friday, the authorities in Tokyo issued a statement that encountered a function of the Nigeria government stating that Tokyo will set up a new visa category with which professionals from Nigeria can move to the Far East.
Both Jica and Japan have appealed to the government of Nigeria to correct Nigerians and to clarify the publishing of special visas. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Nigeria and said that last week’s press release contained ‘information that was not in accordance with the facts, such as the issue of a special visa by Japan.
Authorities in Nigeria claimed that they have closed a deal for Tokyo to “create a special visa category for very competent, innovative and talented young Nigerians who want to move to Kisarazu (the city assigned to Nigeria as a partner) to live and work”, “, Kyodo -Nieuws mentioned.
That raises the question: what was meant by the “Jica Africa hometown” initiative? The plan tried to indicate a maximum of four cities in Japan as ‘birthplace’ that benefit four African countries through showcases and exhibition.
“There are no plans to take measures to promote the acceptance of immigrants or to give special visas for residents of African countries, and the series of reports and announcements regarding such measures are not true,” a statement of the Japanese notes of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Japan: No plans to accept African immigrants
According to Yoshimasa Hayashi, the Japanese main cabinet secretary, thinking that people from Africa get special visas unfounded. “There are no plans to promote the acceptance of immigrants,” he told the press.
Moreover, leaders of the selected “Africa Birthstades” came from the pistols, explained that they are not looking forward to “accepting migrants”.
While he acknowledged that Kisarazu organized athletes from Nigeria for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Mayor Yoshikuni Watanabe noted that Jica’s plan “will involve the education of young people based on discipline via baseball and softball, and it is not a program that will lead to a relocation or immigration.”
Also making clarification was Ryo Takizawa, the mayor of Sanjo City who had a counselor for Ghanaians, stated: “It is not true that the city asked to accept migrants or immigrants from Ghana, and the city has no plans to make such a request in the future.”
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