False2025-10
What is circulating
“Posts in October 2025 said Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi created a "Ministry for Mass Deportations" as her first move, quoting her as saying "We are sending them all home, remigration."”
Claimed by Facebook posts in Australia and New Zealand · social media
The facts
AAP FactCheck rated the claim False: no such ministry has been created, and Takaichi's basic policy and first-day statement did not mention immigration or deportation. The video shows Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda, whose portfolio on coexistence with foreign nationals was set up in July 2025 under former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and experts found no record of Takaichi using the word "remigration."