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Her ruling party and coalition partner are poised to sweep the majority of seats in the lower house.

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Japan is tightening its immigration policy amid a demographic crisis, while mass tourism fuels rejection of foreigners. On the day when the debate on the mass regularization of hundreds of thousands ...