Charlie Kirk was spreading his conservative message in Asia days before he was killed

Kirk called South Korea, a country of more than 50 million people, to fight against the “left elite” and to protect himself from the “threat” of the Chinese Communist Party. During his 40 -minute speech, he also mentioned the country’s birth rate – the lowest in the world – and said it was up to the South Koreans to prevent their country from “disappearing”.

“It is not only morally false not to have children,” said Kirk, father of two, rejecting general concerns about the increase in the cost of living, education and housing of the country. “If you look at him in historical terms, it’s pathetic.”

After South Korea, Kirk left for Tokyo, where he also constantly gained popularity. He launched similar calls to Japan, including the need to increase the birth rate, which fell to a record level last year in the country of more than 120 million.

He was invited to speak at a conference organized by the far -right party in Japan, Sanseito, whose “Japanese first” creed is inspired by the Mag of Trump. The party made large gains in the elections of the Higher House of July after warning a “silent invasion” of immigrants.

The party’s previous rallies, which went from a marginal anti-vaccination group to a traditional political force, have called for larger restrictions on foreign workers and investments. Its leader, Sohei Kamiya, who is sometimes described as a “mini trump”, rejected the allegations of xenophobia.

Sitting next to an Sanseito legislator, Kirk said he hoped to “invigorate the inhabitants of your great nation to continue to fight this globalist threat”.

“We are in a great fight against globalism,” said Kirk in the video, which was published by the party before the event.

Kirk said he was “delighted” to see a “growing political movement” in Japan which “struggled on the same things”, saying to CNN in an interview there only if the country received an important influx of foreigners, “Japan is no longer Japan”.

“It’s not xenophobia, it’s common sense,” he said.

Residents born abroad represent only 3% of the population in Japan, much lower than that of the United States and many other countries. But their number increased by more than 10% last year to a record of almost 3.8 million, according to the immigration services agency.

Kamiya said on X that he had been “amazed” and “the broken heart” by Kirk’s ball death on Wednesday during an event at Utah Valley University.

“We had promised to come together again during his end-of-year event and we had started to imagine the work we would undertake together,” he said.

“We will honor him in the sole way worthy of his example: by casting what we have received from him, by saying it faithfully, and by making him advance – here in Japan and beyond.”