Nearly a month has passed since a new administration moved into the White House. Since then, not a day has passed that Donald Trump's name hasn't appeared on the cover of newspapers in Japan.

On the day of his inauguration, a combined total of some 800 people took part in Sister Marches in Tokyo and Osaka, making it clear that the new president would face fierce resistance even from across the Pacific.

"Racial tyrannies in foreign policy have already escalated with the Muslim ban," explained one 34-year-old American Kyoto resident, who asked that her name not be published due to concerns about repercussions from her employer. "As part of his political campaign Trump made alarming comments and threats regarding Japan. If history has taught us anything, Japan cannot afford to be silent on or complicit to racist foreign policies by this administration because some time or another, it should know that it is also under threat."