Richard III is an English play, set in England with English characters. It's performed all over the world by local actors in the local language. I don't hear an

Richard III is an English play, set in England with English characters. It's performed all over the world by local actors in the local language. I don't hear anyone crying foul or claiming that Shakespeare is being blackwashed. The real outrage isn't that a non-Japanese actor is being cast to play a Japanese character, it's that their casting decision is based on what they think will result in the highest ticket sales.