So-called “Kurdish problem”
Kurds are discriminated against by some Japanese. However, without the Kurds, Japan’s “building demolition industry” could not exist. This is because there are no Japanese people willing to work in this job. The work is tough. The wages are low. From the perspective of capital, if the wages were the same, they would hire Japanese people. There is only one reason they hire Kurds: they are cheap. The same thing applies to caregivers and Vietnamese. In other words, keeping wages low is the ultimate goal of capitalists. Therefore, the first thing a decent politician should do is to standardize wages for Japanese and foreigners. In other words, equal pay for equal work (Dutch model). I am completely opposed to immigration policy. However, foreigners currently living in Japan should be granted the same rights as Japanese people (in education, social security, etc.). We should “unite” with the Kurds, not “hate” them, as some Japanese do. “Hatred” is exactly what the ruling class wants.
Let me be more specific about “unity”. The Kurds (regardless of whether they have Japanese citizenship) should be granted local voting rights in both Kawaguchi and Warabi. We should then unite with the newly elected Kurdish assembly members to uphold and raise the city’s minimum wage. The Liberal Democratic Party government’s “deceptive” policies, such as the “Technical Intern Training Program”, are a clever trap designed to lower domestic wages to the lowest level. To put it more bluntly, they are the very shame Japan is exposing to the world.
