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Avatar Posted by LetsJapan 3 days ago (http://www.letsjapan.markmode.com)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: pool tattoo ban yakuza summer
Tattoos prevent poolside family fun. US service personnel irked too. read more »
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Avatar Posted by koichi 9 days ago (http://www.tofugu.com)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: internment hawaii japanese tofugu
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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Avatar Posted by koichi 13 days ago (http://www.tofugu.com)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: gaijin anti racism tofugu
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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Avatar Posted by LetsJapan 80 days ago (http://www.letsjapan.markmode.com)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: satire baseball humor suicide accidental
Suicide, sarcasm, coincidence. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 140 days ago (http://atypicallife.wordpress.com)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: japan discrimitation english only sign
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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Avatar Posted by Mike 152 days ago (http://www.japanisdoomed.com)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: racism sexism blogging blog japan
Read the comments on the blog for ongoing discussion. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Deas 177 days ago (http://www.occidentalism.org)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: discrimination debito foreigners
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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Avatar Posted by matigo 181 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: japanzine sucks stereotype reinforce
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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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 182 days ago (http://www.occidentalism.org)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: debito foreigners in japan opinion
An interesting counterpoint to the story posted earlier regarding discrimination in Japan and Debito's point of view. read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 183 days ago (http://www.japantoday.com)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: fingerprinting terrorism immigration
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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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 184 days ago (http://www.jasoncollin.org)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: cycling bicycle rainbow bridge
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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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 183 days ago (http://www.debito.org)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: signs no foreigners japanese only
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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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 192 days ago (http://blogcritics.org)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: prejudice body language japan
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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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 252 days ago (http://search.japantimes.co.jp)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: fingerprints narita immigration
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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