A good friend of mine (and BB!) has a Brazillian friend who lives in Japan. He reports of neverending xenophobia and racism.
A decade ago, Japan actually offered to ship these folks “home” on one-way tickets:
http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1892469,00.html
This same friend visits Japan a few times a year and constantly provides stories of having his full-japanese friends going into shops or (especially) restaurants first to get the “japanese” menus and rates before the foreigner rates (or even in many cases, just to patronize the establishment).
I’m not certain on this, but I also believe foreigners are not allowed to own property or really set down “roots” there, either.
Makes you wonder what will happen as the many Brazillian Japanese (in brazil) intermarry and have children…
