Not everyone is American and observes the American norms when it comes to language . Recently had someone(American) complain that a local event called "Jap Cars

Not everyone is American and observes the American norms when it comes to language . Recently had someone(American) complain that a local event called "Jap Cars in the park" was offensive because in US "jap" is apparently a slur. To which everyone went....ok? We're not in America and Japanese cars are often calls Jap cars. "Jap autos" is a common name for car garages.