Time Magazine
LETTERS
May 22, 2000
BEFORE ISHIHARA CONSIDERS THE POSSIBILITY of illegal aliens creating a disturbance during a state of national emergency, he should take note of the fact that the greatest danger to law-abiding Japanese citizens comes from other Japanese.
Although crimes by illegal immigrants are on the rise in Japan, most criminal acts are committed by Japanese. Ishihara professes a deep concern for the safety of his Tokyo citizens, but it seems that his views on the foreign peril have a lot in common with the racist hysteria in the United States against Japanese-Americans following the Pearl Harbor attack.
KO UNOKI
Shonandai, Japan
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