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Originally Posted by Nyororin
In regard to the signs... No one has denied they exist. Chances are though, you`d have to LOOK for them to find one (And even if you were looking, there is a pretty low likelihood of spotting one.) They are not a normal thing. You do not see them all over the place. They`re incredibly rare. There are a LOT of people in Japan, and a LOT of businesses. It is inevitable that there are going to be some people with strong racist ideas. That doesn`t mean that the majority of Japan is like that. As I said, I have been here more than 10 years, have traveled quite extensively and have never seen a single one of those signs, nor have I ever been refused service.
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As I said earlier.
Debito's point isn't that Japan is a country full of racists. It's that there is no legislation protecting minorities.
Debito is a lawyer after all and his main concern is with Japanese law.
The fact that they are ALLOWED to exist is the problem regardless of the situation.
The simple fact is that in Japan you are allowed to have these signs whereas in most of the west at least.. this is illegal.