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Japan and India reject Biden’s comments describing them as xenophobic countries
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Is Japan ‘xenophobic’? Biden’s remarks spark anger, debate over cultural differences
Academics in Japan expressed mixed feelings about the label, with some acknowledging there was resistance to large-scale immigration – the context in which Biden made the remark – but contending that such a stance does not equate with a “loaded, negative term” like xenophobia, given Japan’s unique cultural context and history.