> many Okinawans can't even move to the mainland and find a salaryman job due to racism within Japan. I would call it more xenophobia than racism - even if you

> many Okinawans can't even move to the mainland and find a salaryman job due to racism within Japan. I would call it more xenophobia than racism - even if you move to a new region from another, more accepted region, you still seem to be seen as an outsider for a while. Even while moving in between local neighborhoods. Such concepts exist in other countries too, but Japan seems to be on an extreme level. Coupled with the extreme amounts of strict social norms that everyone must adhere to, its no surprise that even Japanese youth themselves are alienated from literally life in Japan itself, leave aside immigrants. I read that in their new plan for attracting immigrants, the new Japanese government was planning to use a sufficiently depopulated region to put only immigrants there so that they wouldnt be put off by the xenophobia/racism that plagues the Japanese society. What's necessary seems to be a total overhaul of the Japanese society that seems to have stuck in a rehashed medieval feudalism led by pseudo-samurai. The zaibatsu system that the US occupation fostered in order to use Japan as an agent in the region elevated former local mafia and gangs as well as established, formerly-feudal family owned companies to global stage. They still keep the feudal traits they had at the start of the 20th century. All of these strict norms, totally-hierarchical caste society, segregation, the commoners having to sacrifice themselves for one company or the other etc seem to stem from that origin.