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> But the ethnic minorities that _do_ live there live in segregated apartment complexes, etc. to prevent "mixing with the natives". source for this? my experi

> But the ethnic minorities that _do_ live there live in segregated apartment complexes, etc. to prevent "mixing with the natives". source for this? my experience: my wife is Japanese, i have visited JP many times, we know a ton of non-Japanese immigrants living in Japan and they all live wherever the heck they want to live. i've never heard of non-native minorities being segregated either officially (government) or privately (landlord collusion) other than perhaps stories of illegal immigrants being packed together in the seedier parts of town. is that what you're referring to?

Mtinie 6y ago
The commenter you replied to may have been describing the discrimination faced by people such as the Ainu, Ryukyuans, and others who are not considered part of the majority ethnic Japanese group. https://www.refworld.org/docid/55a4fa5115.html https://www.refworld.org/docid/55a4fa5115.html
jfarmer 6y ago
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/07/02/issues/no-foreign-tenants-not-much-can-you-can-do/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/07/02/issues/no-... https://resources.realestate.co.jp/living/housing-discrimination-against-foreigners-in-japan-ministry-of-justice-survey/ https://resources.realestate.co.jp/living/housing-discrimina... https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/17/national/social-issues/half-foreign-nationals-tokyo-experience-discrimination-survey-shows/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/17/national/social... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-discrimination-foreign/foreigners-in-japan-face-significant-levels-of-discrimination-survey-shows-idUSKBN1720GP https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-discrimination-fore...
- ricktdotorg 6y ago
  wow! this is indeed quite eye-opening! while i was aware of non-native discrimination in Japan in terms of employment, i had not heard of housing-specific discrimination! i asked for receipts and boy, you delivered!!! thank you for opening my eyes. will read and discuss w/our family :)
  - innocenat 6y ago
    To be honest, it's not really to the 'segregated' level. It's not like one building for foreigner and the other for Japanese. Officially, it's illegal to deny rental based on nationality. In reality, you don't want to live in an apartment if the owner doesn't want you there anyway, even though you could push for it in the court.

Mtinie 6y ago

The commenter you replied to may have been describing the discrimination faced by people such as the Ainu, Ryukyuans, and others who are not considered part of the majority ethnic Japanese group. https://www.refworld.org/docid/55a4fa5115.html https://www.refworld.org/docid/55a4fa5115.html

jfarmer 6y ago

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/07/02/issues/no-foreign-tenants-not-much-can-you-can-do/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/07/02/issues/no-... https://resources.realestate.co.jp/living/housing-discrimination-against-foreigners-in-japan-ministry-of-justice-survey/ https://resources.realestate.co.jp/living/housing-discrimina... https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/17/national/social-issues/half-foreign-nationals-tokyo-experience-discrimination-survey-shows/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/17/national/social... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-discrimination-foreign/foreigners-in-japan-face-significant-levels-of-discrimination-survey-shows-idUSKBN1720GP https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-discrimination-fore...

ricktdotorg 6y ago
wow! this is indeed quite eye-opening! while i was aware of non-native discrimination in Japan in terms of employment, i had not heard of housing-specific discrimination! i asked for receipts and boy, you delivered!!! thank you for opening my eyes. will read and discuss w/our family :)
- innocenat 6y ago
  To be honest, it's not really to the 'segregated' level. It's not like one building for foreigner and the other for Japanese. Officially, it's illegal to deny rental based on nationality. In reality, you don't want to live in an apartment if the owner doesn't want you there anyway, even though you could push for it in the court.