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2017
Japan Times JBC 106: “Government, survey thyself”, on unprecedented nationwide poll of NJ on discrimination, with one big blind spot (March 5, 2017)original ↗
5 Mar 2017
Irish Times: Abe Admin in trouble due to ultranationalistic kindergarten Moritomo Gakuen, its perks, and its anti-Korean/Chinese racismoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2017
Japan Times JUST BE CAUSE column 105: “Media, stop normalizing sumo as an ethno-sport”, Monday, Feb 20, 2017original ↗
19 Feb 2017
19 Feb 2017
Ueno Chizuko, fabled feminist Sociology Prof. Emeritus at Tokyo U, argues in newspaper column that Japan will never accept foreigners, and Japanese should just decline into poverty together. Geriatrically rigid rigor.original ↗
13 Feb 2017
Kyodo: Trainee program, small firms drive rise in Japan’s foreign worker numbers. More data, same misleading gloss.original ↗
6 Feb 2017
Reuters: Japan’s NJ workers reach record 1 million; but fine print overlooked, e.g., conflating “Trainees” with “Workers”original ↗
31 Jan 2017
Wash Post & BBC: “Japan gets first sumo champion in 19 years”. Really? What oddly racist triumphalism from foreign press!original ↗
27 Jan 2017
23 Jan 2017
JT: “Japan’s shared dwellings are evolving to meet diverse needs of tenants”: Basically NJ tenants on same level as petsoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2017
Pacific Affairs journal book review of “Embedded Racism”: “a timely and important contribution to social and scholarly debates about racial discrimination in Japan”original ↗
16 Jan 2017
Japan Times: Group drawing on long-term NJ residents to help newcomers navigate life in Japanoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2017
Other progress in 2016: Actions against wasabi bombs in sushi for NJ customers, conductor officially chided for apologizing re “many foreign passengers” crowding trainsoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2017
2016
BLOG BIZ: Debito.org’s facelift; outstanding issues with Index Page and appearance on mobile devicesoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2016
20 Dec 2016
Kyodo: Japan enacts law to prevent abuse of foreign “Trainees”. Unclear how it’ll be enforced.original ↗
18 Dec 2016
CR on how Japan’s blue-chip companies (Canon) get around new Labor Contract Law: Special temp job statuses and capped contracts for NJoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2016
Japan Times: “Riding while foreign on JR Kyushu can be a costly business” (re train ticket discounts in Japanese only)original ↗
9 Dec 2016
JT: The flip side of coveted public-sector jobs in Japan: fewer rights, by being excepted from labor lawsoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2016
Japan Times: “Five-year rule” triggers “Tohoku college massacre” of jobs; harbinger of a larger looming purge, sez Debito.orgoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2016
25 Nov 2016
Onur on Fukuoka hotel check-ins in: Police creating unlawful “foreign passport check” signs in the name of (and without the knowledge of) local govt. authorities!original ↗
21 Nov 2016
Japan Times JBC column 103: “Trump’s lesson: You can lie your way to the very top”, Nov. 16, 2016original ↗
16 Nov 2016
Mainichi Editorial: Cultivating ‘Japan fans’ key to attracting repeat foreign visitors. Good luck with that without an anti racial discrimination laworiginal ↗
14 Nov 2016
Shiki on unlawful and racist check-in practices at “foreigner-friendly” Sakura Hotel Jimbocho, Tokyooriginal ↗
12 Nov 2016
Another positive review of book “Embedded Racism” by Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC): “important contribution to geography, cultural, and area studies”original ↗
6 Nov 2016
My Japan Times JBC column 102, Oct 31, 2016: “U.S. and Japan elections: Scary in their own ways”original ↗
30 Oct 2016
26 Oct 2016
14 Oct 2016
Scholar Tessa Morris-Suzuki reviews book “Embedded Racism” in journal Japanese Studies, calls it “important, courageous and challenging”original ↗
10 Oct 2016
Mainichi: After Osaka hate speech ordinance adopted, daily xenophobic marches decrease, hateful language softenedoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2016
My Japan Times JBC column 101: “US and Japan votes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” (Oct 3, 2016)original ↗
2 Oct 2016
Deep in Japan Podcast, Debito Interview Pt. 3 of 3 on book “Embedded Racism” and issues of racial discrimination etc. in Japanoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2016
Deep in Japan Podcast, Debito Interview Pt. 2 on book “Embedded Racism” and issues of racial discrimination etc. in Japanoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2016
JT: Democratic Party Leader Renho and the “pure blood” mythos (covered in detail in book “Embedded Racism”)original ↗
19 Sept 2016
Debito panelist on Al-Jazeera program “The Stream”: “The politics of identity in Japan” after Yoshikawa Priyanka’s pageant victoryoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2016
ABC NewsRadio Australia, Japan in Focus: The winner of Miss World Japan, Yoshikawa Priyanka, prompts another racial debate. Interviews Debitooriginal ↗
13 Sept 2016
Discussion: Should I stay or should I go? What’s your personal threshold for staying in or leaving Japan?original ↗
8 Sept 2016
5 Sept 2016
4 Sept 2016
TIME Magazine and Japan Times on how online trolls (particularly Reddit) are ruining the Internet and media in generaloriginal ↗
31 Aug 2016
Finger Lakes Times: Former Genevan, now a Japanese citizen and author, details his experiences in book on racism in Japanoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2016
Nikkei: Japan begins clearing path for foreign workers. Really? Let’s analyze the proposals.original ↗
23 Aug 2016
Japan Times: Celebrating Japan’s multiethnic Rio 2016 Olympians: Meet the athletes challenging traditional views of what it is to be Japaneseoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2016
“Deep in Japan” Podcast interviews Debito on Racism in Japan and book “Embedded Racism” (UPDATED: Goes viral in Poland!)original ↗
14 Aug 2016
Japan Center for Michigan Universities: Report and video interview of Muslim Lawyer Hayashi Junko on issues faced by Muslims in Japan (surveillance by police, including of Japanese kith and kin)original ↗
12 Aug 2016
Nikkei Asian Review wrongly reports “Japanese law requires hotels to check and keep copies of foreigners’ passports”. Corrected after protest, but misreported text still proliferatesoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2016
Asahi: Japan’s Supreme Court approves police surveillance of Muslim residents due to their religion: Next up, surveilling NJ residents due to their extranationality?original ↗
4 Aug 2016
Japan Times JBC column 99, “For Abe, it will always be about the Constitution”, Aug 1, 2016original ↗
1 Aug 2016
Zaitokukai xenophobic hate group’s Sakurai Makoto runs for Tokyo Governorship; his electoral platform analyzed here (UPDATED: he lost badly)original ↗
27 Jul 2016
Hawaii is about to receive a direct hit from Tropical Storm Darby. Will keep you posted [CONCLUDED]original ↗
23 Jul 2016
Meanwhile back in Tokyo: Gov candidate Koike Yuriko allegedly spoke at anti-foreign hate group Zaitokukai in 2010original ↗
20 Jul 2016
Japan Center for Michigan Universities (Hikone, Shiga Pref.) sponsors July 23 lecture by Japan’s first Muslim lawyer Junko Hayashi, on Islam and issues faced by Muslims in Japanoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2016
Brief comments on the July 2016 Upper House Election: The path is cleared for Japan’s Constitutional revisionoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2016
Book “Embedded Racism: Japan’s Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination” (Lexington Press 2016) now out early in paperback: $49.99original ↗
10 Jul 2016
Overseas online info site Traveloco.jp’s “Japanese Only” rules: “People with foreign-sounding names refused service”original ↗
5 Jul 2016
CG on increased exit taxes on health insurance and residency when you change jobs and domiciles in Japanoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2016
Shibuya Police asking local “minpaku” Airbnb renters to report their foreign lodgers “to avoid Olympic terrorism”. Comes with racialized illustrationsoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2016
TV “Economist” Mitsuhashi Takaaki on foreign labor in Japan: “80% of Chinese in Japan are spies”: “foreigners will destroy Japanese culture”original ↗
23 Jun 2016
One reason why human rights are not taken seriously in Japan: Childish essays like these in the Mainichi.original ↗
18 Jun 2016
Kyodo: Foreign laborers illegally working on farms in Japan increases sharply [sic]. How about the J employers who employ illegally?original ↗
12 Jun 2016
Ivan Hall’s new book: “Happier Islams: Happier US Too!” A memoir of his USIS stationing in Afghanistan and East Pakistan. Now available as Amazon Kindle ebook.original ↗
9 Jun 2016
Japan Times JUST BE CAUSE 98, “Ibaraki Police still unfettered by the law, or the truth”, June 6, 2016 (UPDATED with links to sources)original ↗
5 Jun 2016
Kickstarter: “Go! Go! Second Time Gaijin” a mockumentary film by Primolandia Productions starring Debito Arudouoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2016
Telegraph: Tourists in Japan to use fingerprints as ‘currency’ instead of cash; another case of Gaijin as Guinea Pigoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2016
Mainichi: LDP new Constitution draft differentiates between ‘big’ and ‘small’ human rights, the latter to be subordinated “in times of emergency”. Yeah, sure.original ↗
29 May 2016
The 2nd Great Gaijin Massacre in Japan’s education system, with 5-year contracts coming due in 2018 (2023 for uni profs).original ↗
19 May 2016
GOJ busybodies hard at work alienating: Shinjuku Foreign Residents Manual assumes NJ criminal tendencies; Kyoto public notices “cultivate foreign tourist manners”original ↗
13 May 2016
“Japan’s Under-Researched Visible Minorities: Applying Critical Race Theory to Racialization Dynamics in a Non-White Society”. Journal article in Washington University Global Studies Law Review 14(4) 2015original ↗
10 May 2016
6 May 2016
My latest Japan Times column JBC 97: “Enjoy your life in Japan, for the moments” (May 2, 2016)original ↗
1 May 2016
29 Apr 2016
Nate Nossal essay on how free enterprise and small-business establishment in Japan is stifledoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2016
Stigmatization thru “foreign driver stickers”: First Okinawa, now Hokkaido (Mainichi Shinbun)original ↗
21 Apr 2016
Out in Paperback: Textbook “Embedded Racism” (Lexington Books) July 2016 in time for Fall Semester classes: $49.99original ↗
18 Apr 2016
Onur update: Ibaraki Pref. Police lying on posters requiring hotels to inspect and photocopy all foreign passports; gets police to change their posters!original ↗
13 Apr 2016
NHK: NJ arrested by Saitama Police for “not having passport”, despite being underage and, uh, not actually legally required to carry a passportoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2016
JT Interview: Tokyo 2020 Olympics CEO Mutou picks on Rio 2016, arrogantly cites “safe Japan” mantra vs international terrorismoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2016
Tangent: Terrie Lloyd on why Abenomics is a “failure”: lack of essential structural reformsoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2016
MOJ: Japan sees record registered foreign residents, 2.23 million in 2015; but watch J media once again underscore their criminalityoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2016
JT: Abe Cabinet says JCP promoting ‘violent revolution,’ subject to Anti-Subversive Activities Law; now, how about violent Rightists?original ↗
24 Mar 2016
Economist: United Nations fails to stick up for the rights of Imperial female succession, drops issue as a “distraction” from reportoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2016
Reuters: Death toll mounts in Japanese Detention Centers (aka “Gaijin Tanks”) as NJ seek asylum and are indefinitely detained and druggedoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2016