Fujisawa flashpoint: A mosque project stokes nativist fears ^13.3%

The Japan Times - By Simon Scott, Ben Stubbings - 5/4/2026, 12:00 AM

Availability Heuristic 18.4% - Sunk Cost Effect 17% - Framing Effect 5.4%

Fujisawa, Kanagawa Pref. - A mosque construction project in Fujisawa, a city of 440,000 about an hour south of Tokyo, has become a focal point for debate over how Japanese communities are adapting to a growing Muslim population. Sri Lankan businessman Mohamed Khaleel, 54, says the idea of building a mosque in his adopted hometown emerged... more