Japan: A Nation Must Not Rewrite Its Laws for Islam
Japan has done what the West refuses to do - reject Islamic demands that would rewrite its laws, endanger public health, and undermine the very civilization it exists to protect.
Japan’s famously reserved political culture erupted in rare bluntness this week when Mizuho Umemura, a member of Japan’s upper house and rising figure in the Sanseitō party, delivered a firm rejection of expanding Muslim burial plots in Japan...
She said openly what most Japanese politicians avoid acknowledging: Japan’s funeral practices are not simply “tradition” - they are rooted in public health, national history, and cultural continuity. And they will not be rewritten because of foreign demands.
Within hours, millions of Japanese praised her for saying what they feel but cannot express under modern speech restrictions: Japan will not be bullied into changing its identity...
In her speech, Umemura notes that Japan’s land scarcity, geological instability, and centuries of public-health policymaking make burial, especially mass burial, a serious issue...
Her closing point reflects what many Japanese now say openly: If Japan allows every incoming group to demand exceptions, Japan will cease to exist...
Umemura did what almost no Western lawmaker dares to do:
- She named the specific religious demand.
- She rejected it without euphemisms.
- She framed it as a threat to national continuity.
- She defended cultural sovereignty unapologetically...
... Umemura’s argument is not ideological. It is civilizational:
- Japan is Japanese.
- Its customs are its own.
- Newcomers adapt to Japan, not the reverse.