Thread by @tkatsumi06j

A photo of celebration cake presented to 🇨🇺Cuban pitcher #RaidelMartinez by his #ChunichiDragons teammates with an imprint saying “NO ASYLUM SEEKING” as inside joke causes an uproar in Japan for obvious reasons. The photo was posted by #ChunichiShinbun, the team’s owner company. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

A closeup of the cake posted by the cake’s baker. It says: “Congratulations on making the 100 saves. NO ASYLUM-SEEKING, EVER.” The baker baked as ordered but has absolutely no clue what is wrong with the message they imprinted. Instead, they’re proud to have been selected.

https://twitter.com/mameidecake/status/1655430136555266048

On the backdrop of all this was this incident which happened only a couple of month ago.

#ChunichiDragons athlete and another 🇨🇺Cuban, #YarielRodriguez, sought asylum to the 🇩🇴#DominicanRepublic and actually ‘defected’ (in baseball terms) in hopes of signing up with the MLB.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Even with this backdrop, however, the Japanese public has been sensitive to issues surrounding refugee matters in this country since the atrocious death of #WishmaSandamali , a 🇱🇰 Sri Lankan women who died in custody at an immigration detention facility in Nagoya after her… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

According to Amnesty, the migrants themselves are speaking out against the ‘harsh immigration bill’ that is being proposed. Instead of making amends to the current malpractice, the proposed bill “will reinforce its powers to detain migrants indefinitely,” which can only undermine… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

[Reference] Editorial: Bill to revise Japan's immigration law fails to confront problems - The Mainichi mainichi.jp/english/articl…

[Reference] Protest campaign targets Japan immigration law reform | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ne…

[Reference] Immigration bill scrapped 2 years ago set to pass virtually intact | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/1…

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