”「週刊現代」による悪質なフェイクニュース 中国人をターゲットにした差別記事に抗議します,” 10 September 2024

"Unofficial Japanese-to-English translation by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre"

The Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan issued a statement of protest regarding the articles published by Shukan Gendai dated September 4th (see below for the relevant article) and sent it to the editorial department of Shukan Gendai.

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The articles claim that "foreigners who have not paid enough taxes or insurance premiums are able to receive expensive nursing care insurance services for a short period of stay," and that the childcare system has similar problems, arguing that the system is problematic because it "gives foreigners an opportunity to take advantage of these systems." However, most of the articles are fake and not based on facts, or misinterpret the facts, and are liable to spread discrimination. Another characteristic of these articles is that they mainly target Chinese people with slander...

"Rumors" created in this way spread like wildfire, leading to discrimination, xenophobia, social division and violence...

We strongly protest against the Shukan Gendai articles, which have the potential to cause discrimination and division, and demand an apology and the publication of an investigative article.