JAPAN PM ISHIBA QUITS AS JICA 'AFRICA HOMETOWN' VISA FUROR IGNITES ANTI-IMMIGRATION BACKLASH

Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba said he will resign amid a sharp backlash over JICA’s ‘Africa Hometown’ city pairings. A Nigerian statement touting a special visa for work in Kisarazu triggered public fury and misinformation (including a Google Maps label), prompting Tokyo and JICA to deny any mass-migration plan. The uproar intensified anti-immigration sentiment and helped topple Ishiba’s standing.