The new minister for tourism and transport, Nariaki Nakayama, told reporters on Thursday that Japanese people were "ethnically homogenous" and "definitely … do not like or desire foreigners".Japan also afraid to speak the truth now?
The 65-year-old former education minister also reportedly called Nikkyoso, the country's largest union of school teachers and staff, "a cancer for Japan's education system" and later said he would happily resign rather than retract the comment.
Yesterday the hardline conservative made good on his threat. Soon after tendering his resignation to Mr Aso, he said he had stepped down to ensure the issue did not attract negative attention to his embattled party.
Minister: Japanese are 'ethnically homogenous'
Sept 29, 2008
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