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December 25, 2025

A short report on hate against Kurds in Japan

From: HIGUCHI Naoto <higuchinaoto@waseda.jp
Date: 2025/12/24

Dear all,

 

 

We contributed a report on Kurdish refugees in Japan on the website of the Center for the Study of Organized Hate.

 

How Kurds Became a Target of Organized Hate in Japan

Naoto Higuchi and Nanako Inaba

https://www.csohate.org/2025/12/23/anti-kurd-hate-in-japan/

 

The biggest lesson is that an anti-immigrant campaign by various far-right actors is capable for constructing a "problem" of a small population concentrated in a local area.

 

 

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Naoto Higuchi

School of Human Sciences, Waseda University

2-579-15, Mikajima, Tokorozawa 3591192, Japan

higuchinaoto@waseda.jp

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