Outsider on the Inside

A school district in Fukushima discarded 2,100 school lunches after complaints about serving celebratory red rice on March 11. As policymakers debate expanding free school lunches, this incident raises serious questions about food waste, cancel culture, and bureaucratic overreaction.

A city assembly member discusses questions raised on the assembly floor about the increase in foreign residents, the challenges they face in daily life, and how the city government plans to support participation in the community.