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	CTV.ca \| Anti-discrimination law sought in Japan
		Japan's constitution already prohibits racial discrimination, but activists told reporters in Tokyo that a more comprehensive law is needed to protect human rights and punish offenders.
		A U.N. mission on racism in Japan concluded in a report in January that minorities — including ethnic Koreans and Chinese, the Ainu indigenous group, and the so-called "untouchable" underclass — suffer discrimination in education, housing, health care and employment.
		Resistance to allowing foreigners into Japan is also changing as the country faces a population decline and labor shortage.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060307/japan_discrimination_06/20060307?hub=World (382 words)

	Hamamatsu Hakujin: Racism in Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Most of the time the racism here is disguised behind a smiling face and that is the hardest to deal with.
		He is not fighting racism in Japan he is fighting racism period.
		Hi!I just read your article about racism in Japan and it interested me as an American writer hoping to move to Japan on day.I had hoped that Japan would be a more excepting country to foreigners,but I guess not.Anyway,I wish you the best of luck living over in Japan.
	realjapan.typepad.com /hamamatsu_hakujin/2004/09/japan_and_racis.html (884 words)

	Racism in Japan? - Page 9 - Outpost Nine Forums
		In Japan, racism is ingrained into the culture, to destroy the accompanying racism is to largely destroy the culture (this is seen in the Jim Crow laws of the south, which were largely instituted to maintain the south's cultural identity.
		In Japan racism is perfectly ok, it's those other crazy places with notions of "equality" where it's a problem (unless of course it's a Japanese who faces discrimination, then it's a HUGE problem).
		Japan will disappear unless things are made more attractive to immigrants, and as much as the government doesn't want to admit it, they still know about the problem.
	outpostnine.com /forum/showthread.php?p=100816 (3759 words)

	Japan Focus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In Japan, it was possible that they might merge with the increasing number of Chinese immigrants, both legal and illegal, that were coming to Japan to work as semi-skilled laborers.
		Once in Japan, they are expected to prove their “Japaneseness” by locating their Japanese relatives, thereby proving not only their individual-primordial identities but also their collective-national identity in the modern system of nation-states.
		The passage of time since Japan’s capitulation also means that many of the aged orphans, most in their late sixties or older, cannot return to Japan without one or more of their children to help support them.
	www.japanfocus.org /products/details/2195 (8635 words)

	UN racism expert reports on Japan
		Japan can definitely talk the talk, as demonstrated by this excerpt from a UN press release from last year’s UN General Assembly.
		ATSUKO HESHIKI (Japan), stressing his [sic] Government’s efforts to end racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia, said the fight against racism must confront ignorance and prejudice through the understanding of history and the education of succeeding generations about the dignity and worth of each human being.
		Japan hoped the resolution adopted by the Commission on Human Rights for “a world programme for human rights education” would contribute to the promotion of human rights and to the reduction of violence based on racial discrimination.
	www.thunderguy.com /japan/live-in-japan/un-racism-expert-reports-on-japan (266 words)

	Racism in Japan? - Outpost Nine Forums
		Racism is born out of Fear and Humans always want to destroy the things they fear.
		Racism is born out of Fear and Humans then to want to destroy the things they fear.
		The official definition of racism is a belief that one race is superior to others, or that one race is the cause of detriment to society (the word you're thinking of is discrimination or racial discrimination).
	outpostnine.com /forum/showthread.php?p=95366 (3216 words)

	World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerence
		Japan is an economic power that will come to depend on foreign labor even more than at present, due to its rapidly aging population.
		After WCAR was concluded, NGO activists (particularly those connected to Durban 2001 Japan) are publishing a range of reports in newsletters and magazines, reporting on their debates with the Japanese government as well as on what happened at the various sessions of WCAR.
		Japan's NGOs were able to create ties with key people from outside of Japan, particularly because NGO participants and scholars from places such as South Korea, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and India participated in Durban 2001 Japan's workshop.
	www.hri.ca /racism/analyses/issho.shtml (2450 words)

	Japan Forum - BBC Article on Racism & Immigration in Japan..
		An independent investigator for the UN says racism in Japan is deep and profound, and the government does not recognise the depth of the problem.
		Doudou Diene, a UN special rapporteur on racism and xenophobia, was speaking at the end of a nine-day tour of the country.
		And of Japan's neighbours, it is these countries who still hold the strongest grudge against Japan's wartime behaviour.
	www.japan-zone.com /cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1121104829 (1094 words)

	Gen Kanai weblog: Lehmann on Japanese Racism
		Japan is an outlier; from the racism viewpoint, it is a pariah state.
		Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in response to the extreme racism against the Japanese both in Europe and the U.S. Nevertheless, Westerners still describe themselves as "whites," a word derived from colonialistic ideology which is not based on facts.
		Japan is an extremely racist country as it has been since their sun god supposedly came down from the heavens and shitted on us Koreans.
	www.kanai.net /weblog/archive/2003/01/07/10h34m34s (8408 words)

	ZNet \|Japan \| The Diene Report on Discrimination and Racism in Japan
		Japan has been condemned before for its failure to humanely accommodate the descendents of its former colonial subjects in Asia, and for its willful neglect of its own minorities in Hokkaido, Osaka and elsewhere, and for its restrictive policies toward immigrants and refugees.
		The report was especially harsh in criticizing Japan's treatment of the over one-million people of Korean and Chinese descent in the country, many of whom still feel pushed to the margins of Japanese society even as they move into their third and fourth-generations.
		No laws exist in Japan for systematically granting refugee status, so permission to enter the country is determined on an ad hoc basis according to special considerations for "charity" and "sympathy" that provide no consistent solution to the problem.
	www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=17&ItemID=10066 (3847 words)

	.. Thought and Memory .. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		From the BBC: Japan racism ‘deep and profound’.
		As a blond, green-eyed, rather-too-pale-skinned foreigner I am something of a novelty in Japan: white skin is (and was also traditionally) seen as attractive in East Asia, and sometimes I suspect this liking for white people is based solely on physical appearance.
		Foreigners in Japan are often seen as troublemakers who do not fit in to the Japanese way of life, who may commit crimes and can never really integrate into society.
	www.thought-and-memory.co.uk /2005/07/11/87 (568 words)

	DYSKE.COM - Japan and Racism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Racism in Japan manifests differently from it does in truly multi-racial countries like the US.
		Japan is not a very international country though they wish they were.
		This is not unique to Japan, but their complex about being the frog in the well is quite deep.
	www.dyske.com /print.php?view_id=677 (1146 words)

	China, Korea, Japan: Videotapes in the Media Resources Center UCB
		Japan began the slow painful process of reconstruction after World War II, while Korea, after the Korean War, was one of the poorest countries in the world.
		The Japan of shoguns and samurai, discovered by the Portugese in 1540, soon appeared to be swept away by a wave of Westernization.
		The Buddhism of Japan is contrasted with that of Sri Lanka.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /MRC/cjkvid2.html (7302 words)

	Racism in Japan « C.A.R.D
		There is a very large population of Koreans living in Japan, who were born here and, in some cases, who have parents that were also born in Japan, and yet still possess Korean passports.
		In response to the generalization she faced, the entire Japanese “in-crowd” became a generalized object to her, one that she was not a participant in.
		Japan as a society is in the ongoing process of change, playing a role in the global economy and also having to deal with the influx of foreign labor as a result of the low-birth rate.
	card.wordpress.com /2006/08/29/racism-in-japan (948 words)

	UN Envoy Urges Japan to Adopt Anti-Discrimination Legislation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Japan is now a member of the U.N.'s new Human Rights Council and Diene says he expects this will prompt Tokyo to focus on the issue.
		Human rights activists say the Japanese government needs to come to terms with modern realities that foreigners and ethnic minorities are in Japan to stay and their rights need to be guaranteed in what has traditionally been a homogenous society.
		Japan's mainstream media has given scant coverage to the topic and references to minorities.
	www.voanews.com /english/2006-05-18-voa6.cfm (448 words)

	INT'L WOMEN'S DAY: Hope for Maids in Japan
		His report, considered the first comprehensive report on racism in Japan, was released at the end of January.
		He concluded that racism in Japan is based on a historical background that goes back to the Japanese colonisation of the Korean peninsula and policies adopted during the Meiji period when the Japanese people were declared a single race under the Japanese emperor, making minority groups outsiders.
		Activists in Japan have eagerly embraced the Diene report as a tool to compel the Japanese government to accept racism as a national problem and enact a human rights protection bill as soon as possible.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=32419 (867 words)

	YouTube - Do you like Japan? Japan doesn't like you!
		Think of japan like the South seceding from the US and forming a country with KKK ideologies closely intertwined in her social, spiritual and cultural values.
		Japan is alive to the problems of multiculturism, different races dont get along, rightly or wrongly they just dont.
		japan has the obligation to foster a better understanding with ex-victim countries and their people.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=xCeK0Trz9E0 (671 words)

	Gen Kanai weblog: Racism in Japan
		By soft-pedaling the racism and yet never ducking it, the movie makes a more profound statement about it than some other films which pound it into the ground and paint all the characters as caricatures.
		I met a half japanese girl, who had travelled to Japan, and from her experience she was treated much like any other foreigner in Japan..
		Japan has an aging population and with few young people to care for the seniors Japan will have no choice but to allow more immigration into the country to make up the missing young work force.
	www.kanai.net /weblog/archive/2002/11/12/12h07m15s (3356 words)

	TIMEasia.com \| Letter from Japan: Can of Worms \| 5/12/2000
		Japan's entrenched xenophobia is its downfall in the New Economy
		I'm writing about Japan, and I believe, as do many others, that racism in Japan is a real issue just like it is in America, or Germany.
		Japan must confront this ugly side to an otherwise magnificent culture.
	www.time.com /time/asia/asiabuzz/2000/05/12 (646 words)

	Re: Racism in Japan - www.ezboard.com
		Doudou Diene, appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Commission in 2002 as special rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, was in Japan for more than a week on a fact-finding mission.
		Although Japan became a member of the U.N. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1995, it has yet to establish a national law to prevent discrimination.
		At a hearing last Wednesday hosted by the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism, a nongovernmental organization, Diene met with various groups and individuals who discussed discrimination against foreign immigrants and asylum seekers.
	p066.ezboard.com /furbanchinafrm38.showMessage?topicID=16.topic (529 words)

	Re: Racism in Japan - www.ezboard.com
		KYOTO (Kyodo) A U.N. expert on racism and discrimination visited a district in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on Tuesday where ethnic Koreans living there since World War II are under the threat of eviction.
		Doudou Diene, a U.N. expert on racism and discrimination, receives an explanation through an interpreter Tuesday about the situation facing the ethnic Koreans in the Utoro district of Uji, Kyoto Prefecture.
		Diene, special reporter of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, arrived in Japan on Sunday to study the extent the nation is complying with international human rights obligations.
	p066.ezboard.com /furbanchinafrm38.showMessage?topicID=17.topic (243 words)

	3.13 Race/Racism
		Forms of racism and the cumulative dimension of ethnic attitudes.
		Racism in the news: A critical discourse analysis of news reporting in two Australian newspapers.
		Racism and the state: The coming crisis in U.S.-Japanese relations.
	themargins.net /fps/csbib/3.13race.htm (438 words)

	Japan racism ‘deep and profound’
		Socialism is mass destruction for the hell of it; whenever racism is mentioned by them, or about to be spoken of, this point about the absolute corruption of socialism must be brought on their heads.
		Doudou Diene, a UN special rapporteur on racism and xenophobia,...says he plans to recommend that Japan enact a law against discrimination, which he said should be drawn up in consultation with minority groups.
		The racism of Oriental peoples in general is so intense, so deep-rooted and so taken for granted, so unshakable by any force on earth, it makes the 1930s and 40s Nazi Party look like a suburban housewives’ Hadassah meeting in comparison.
	majorityrights.com /index.php/weblog/comments/1152 (3135 words)

	Is Japan a Racist Society?
		Japan is not a racist society, they just enjoy the company of other Japanese and there's nothing wrong with that.
		From 1854, when Japan opened again, until the early 20th century, foreigners in Japan were commonly referred to as ijin (lit.
		Others point out that what foreigners in Japan really find annoying is that, after settling into Japan and becoming proficient in the language, they are still referred to as "foreigners" by people who couldn't possibily know their actual citizenship or status of residence.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1440411/posts (3636 words)

	Japan racism 'deep and profound'
		In Japan the dirty jobs are reserved for Koreans and Japanese of Brazilian descent.
		The Japanese I met didn't have an attitude of racial superiority, but instead, were concerned that they retained an aspect of their culture- and that was not diluted by foreign thought.
		Yes, the Japanese look down on several groups, but the vast majority of their "racism" is directed toward other Asian groups, while they generally hold Caucasians in high esteem.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1440713/posts?page=3 (2354 words)

	WJLA - Anti-Discrimination Law Sought in Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Japan needs a broad anti-discrimination law to help stop rampant violations of the human rights of minorities and foreigners, minority activists said Tuesday.
		A U.N. mission on racism in Japan concluded in a report in January that minorities - including ethnic Koreans and Chinese, the Ainu indigenous group, and the so-called "untouchable" underclass - suffer discrimination in education, housing, health care and employment.
		A 1993 government study of the untouchables - known in Japan as Burakumin - helped shed light on their problems.
	www.wjla.com /headlines/0306/308524.html (474 words)

	Color blinded: a user's guide to racism in Japan Japan, Inc. - Find Articles
		In a speech last year, he argued that foreign criminals were taking advantage of "our low level of caution and lenient penalties" to target Japan: "a defenseless nation with lucrative opportunities." And this past December, Ishihara's warning grew more specific.
		Some economists predict that Japan will have to invite millions of foreign workers to counter its declining birth rate (see J@pan Inc, October 2003).
		Likewise, Ishihara's pledge to "monitor international students in their study and part-time work activities" is unlikely to help plans to increase the number of foreign students--even as educated Japanese-speaking immigrants are precisely the kind of people the economy will need.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NTN/is_54/ai_115408935 (834 words)

	Viking Phoenix Web Page: Japan, Incorporated (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		United Front Japan Non-profit organization of 30 nationalities working for welfare and legal rights of non-Japanese with Japanese spouses, and other long-term or permanent residents of Japan, founded August 1996.
		Japan's coverup of war crimes began to unravel when a handful of comfort women came forward and told their stories.
		Japan's scientists, including Sony's founder Akio Morita knew about atomic bombs in 1945 and frank remarks from Morita in his autobiography have illuminated this controversy -- Akio Morita and Japan's Atomic Bombs.
	www.vikingphoenix.com /public/JapanIncorporated/japaninc.htm (1095 words)

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