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Tattoos prevent poolside family fun. US service personnel irked too. read more »
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Even though over half the U.S. Japanese population was living in Hawaii during WWII, only a sliver of them were put in internment camps (versus on the mainland, where almost all Japanese were put away). How did this happen, especially since Japanese in Hawaii had closer ties to the Empire of Japan? read more »
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Ever heard about "no-gaijin allowed" signs? That whole rumor is getting blown out of proportion. People think it's a lot worse than it is. read more »
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Suicide, sarcasm, coincidence. read more »
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An English Only sign was deemed not discriminatory in Philadelphia. Are foreigners in Japan discriminated against when they are expected to speak Japanese? read more »
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Read the comments on the blog for ongoing discussion. read more »
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JapanSoc member and commenter Ponta and a colleague from Occidentalism called MaidoOido teamed up to tackle the "racist" sign that read "Japanese People Only" - an issue that caused some really interesting comments here. Cheers for the amazing work. Well done. Read for a summary of the whole or read more »
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Japanzine is a monthly English-language magazine with distribution all over Japan. When I had first read one of the issues I had found the articles to be a little comical, but not something that you’d expect to see anywhere but some amateurs blog.

But after a few issues it's just terr read more »
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An interesting counterpoint to the story posted earlier regarding discrimination in Japan and Debito's point of view. read more »
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Articles on JapanToday.com have a habit of "expiring" so here it is, copied in full: rnrnA U.S. Homeland Security Department official voiced hope Tuesday that the Japanese government will start sometime in the future to take the fingerprints of all 10 fingers of each foreign visitor to step u read more »
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I came across this interesting post by an avid cyclist in Tokyo. Jason Collin writes about his bike rides, recording the distance, time and speed of each trip. On one occasion, he was told he couldn't ride his bike across Rainbow Bridge, or even push it across, according to a new rule from June 20 read more »
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Social activist, Arudou Debito, has a huge collection of "Japanese Only" signs in his "Rogue's Gallery". I rarely encounter places that refuse me entry, but it has happened before, and it does rile me. Maybe if you're only a here for a year, it's not such an issue, but for those of us who ar read more »
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A post discussing the body language towards foreigners and how it can be perceived as rude and unacceptable in other countries. read more »
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Here's a great article from the Japan Times. Mark Schreiber left the country and re-entered with the sole purpose of testing out these new fingerpri read more »
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