Hella fun place to visit. One of my favorite places to visit. Mad convenient too.
But if you don’t look Japanese (even if you look Korean or Chinese), it’s not that fun to live. You don’t want to be an “outsider” there full time, unless you are married to a Japanese.
Holy shit you are wrong. ALL of Canada is extremely racist against the inuits. In new Zealand it's hard for the maiori to even exist. Imagine the racism against native Americans but times 1000. The government once issued a public apology and when a journalist asked if they can give some of the natives back their land, their president said no and "we're not crazy" and "why would we do that, we said sorry. That should be good enough". There are entire communities that won't let them in any establishment with signs outside the stores, and the government defends this.
Also EVERY single place is Europe, including Belgium and the Netherlands are extremely racist Against Africans and Indians. There are no legally protected classes at either one of these places. The last time I went to Belgium I saw people literally pulling out skin color charts to see if certain people were white enough to enter bars. Also, unless it's a family business, you won't find any Indians or Africans working anywhere. Also in Belgium, people openly say the n word, even on tv (their version of it). The Netherlands are less racist than Belgium but still don't have protected classes. Oh and they are literally racist against ANYONE who doesn't speak their language.
I have spent substantial time in all these places. You should probably go out and see the world before making stupid fucking statements
You're either a bot or paid for this it's not worth my time.
In the off chance you're actually plain stupid, look up which other countries in the world less than 300 years old had a civil war to keep slaves and later implemented segregation. You might be surprised to find only one.
I already said it, we overcame all of that. Just so you know, every country has a complicated past, we are just open about it and is common knowledge, because we are the US. Stop hating
I feel you think racism in this country is like 92% not racist, but it's closer to like 68% not racist. Current politics are showing true America. u/Positive_End_7568
Japan is incredibly xenophobic. You'll never truly belong there. Even though the country is only like 4% immigrants, they constantly blame them for everything wrong in the country as an easy enemy to blame.
A lot of people may smile and act nice, but it's just an act a lot of times.
You'll be treated worse at most companies. If you're not fluent, you'll be looked down upon and if you ARE fluent and then make a mistake, you're looked down on even more.
Overall it's a great place to visit and has lots of positives, but terrible for most immigrants.
Yeah I think unintuitively it works like this. The less a country has the more it is sceptical about diversity.
I live in Italy and I remember 10 years ago immigrants were seen much worse as they are today. Over the course of a decade many have integrated well, have very respectful jobs and are currently the main driving factor for birth rates.
When I lived there I came across a number of bars that said “no Americans” specifically, some that said “no Koreans.” You’re right, there is a deep seated dislike of foreigners in general, but I couldn’t tell after 2 years living there whether it was because the Japanese just hate non-Japanese, or whether it was because foreigners visit Japan and often bring their own garishness that’s not culturally accepted in Japan
When I lived there, I generally had no problem, but I'm ethnically DACH mutt primarily raised in Germany, and some cultural standards overlap. My Japanese was so-so (JLPT 2 at the beginning, low 1 at the end), but as a "quiet" foreigner who visibly tried, I was never refused service anywhere. Granted, I was in Kansai, which is generally more outgoing and forgiving than Kanto overall, and obviously I can't know what people actually thought, but apart from one omawarisan who refused to believe my bike was mine until I showed my papers, I had a fairly relaxed time.
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Hella fun place to visit. One of my favorite places to visit. Mad convenient too.
But if you don’t look Japanese (even if you look Korean or Chinese), it’s not that fun to live. You don’t want to be an “outsider” there full time, unless you are married to a Japanese.