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Personally I'd move to Japan in a heartbeat if discrimination was illegal and they provided a pathway to (dual) citizenship. From Wikipedia: > Japan lacks any
by digianarchist 4y ago
Personally I'd move to Japan in a heartbeat if discrimination was illegal and they provided a pathway to (dual) citizenship.
From Wikipedia:
> Japan lacks any law which prohibits racial, ethnic, or religious discrimination. The country also has no national human rights institutions.[3] Non-Japanese individuals in Japan often face human rights violations that Japanese citizens may not.[4] In recent years, non-Japanese media has reported that Japanese firms frequently confiscate the passports of guest workers in Japan, particularly unskilled laborers.[5][6]
- peanuty1 4y agoCan you speak Japanese? Also, I assume you are not African-American or South Asian.
- karaokeyoga 4y agoI've lived here (Tokyo and Kyoto) for about ten years and my Japanese is terrible. If you're in a big city here, English-only actually works. There are also some good channels and videos on YouTube talking about the Black experience in Japan (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2eqJ4hZkFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2eqJ4hZkFg).
- spike021 4y agoI've visited for a total of a month across multiple trips. I don't really know any Japanese, maybe the odd words here and there but that's it. Major cities all have fantastic english signage. Just not everyone speaks English "well". But Line or Google Translate work fine enough, especially when making friends. The only place I struggled a little with public transportation was Sapporo on some random bus line that surprisingly had no english signage or announcements, but even then GPS helped well enough.
- NalNezumi 4y agoLiving in Japan, even in Tokyo, is a vastly different experience from the tourism bubble one experience in a short visit. My (British) manager living in the international district of Tokyo still struggle with basic paperwork due language barrier. Which affect your work, tax, real estate errands, traveling, visa, daily shopping.
- bombolo 4y agoBut they don't want you there.
- digianarchist 4y agoConsidering how they've treated those with mixed Japanese ancestry then I guess you're right. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/business/global/23immigrant.html https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/business/global/23immigra...
- laurieg 4y agoHere is a case of a foreign citizen winning a lawsuit against a discriminatory car dealership in Japan https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/10/11/issues/attach-evidence-wait-day-court-says-turkish-plaintiff-osaka-victory/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/10/11/issues/att...