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| | The Japan Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | A few years ago, lawsuits by foreigners against businesses that barred their entry gained public attention, and while the litigation may have faded from memory, not so the discrimination they fought -- just see the signs. |
 | | Paul Shepherd, 41, of Britain said that when he tried to enter a nightclub staffed by foreign hostesses in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in mid-February, the Japanese manager refused to let him in just because he is a foreigner. |
 | | If this fails to get a situation corrected, the next step would be to bring a problem to the attention of local authorities, including legal affairs bureaus and human rights sections of local governments, Arudou said. |
| www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20040325b1.htm (1054 words) |
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