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Avatar Posted by koichi 79 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 Deas 243 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 awh 33 days ago (http://www.awh.org)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: japanese company abuse foreign workers
My own take on an article that appeared in the Mainichi last week, concerning a company who abused, kidnapped, and assaulted its employees, and the lack of reaction from either the Japanese government or the Western blogging community. read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 41 days ago (http://www.debito.org)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: gaijin debito discrimination
Debito has published the results from a poll about the word gaijin, asking whether it was "distasteful" and if gaikokujin should be used instead. 42% of respondents answered, "Yes. Gaijin has undesirable connotations." 25% thought it was harmless, while a combined 32% said read more »
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Avatar Posted by LetsJapan 48 days ago (http://www.letsjapan.markmode.com)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: rent apartment discrimination housing
Multicultural real estate agents reach out in Saitama. read more »
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Avatar Posted by koichi 75 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 LetsJapan 69 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 ShaneS 206 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 LongCountdown 249 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 Jordan 9 days ago (http://www.chirimotsumoreba.net)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: japan blackface lotte dj ozma
A couple thoughts about and a brief historical primer on blackface in the West and it's treatment in Japan. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 248 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 Mike 218 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 matigo 247 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 LongCountdown 249 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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