Discrimination in Japan

I think that Chinese are discriminated against in Japan.

Of course, Japanese like Chinese food, actors, and sightseeing. Japanese also need the power of making products of China so as to make profit and supply cheaper products to consumers. The relationships between Japan and China should be good, but Japanese have negative images of Chinese.

First, Chinese make fakes and sell them far cheaper than genuine products. It annoys not only Japanese, but also people living in other countries whose products were copied. This is a big problem for other countries because fakes decrease profit genuine products are supposed to make.

Second, it is said that Chinese are so rude. TV programs broad cast how rude they are. For example, they ignore a line of people waiting something and cut in it, or they spit wherever they want.

As Mike Dewood who wrote this response said, it depends on the place which groups are discriminated, and I agree with him because discrimination relates to history and culture of place and people. However, talking about Chinese, the negative images of Chinese are well known to many Japanese because mass media spread them openly.

I have not seen such situation that Japanese throw stones to or swear at Chinese, but I have seen an indirect discrimination that some Japanese frown and step away from Chinese when the Japanese notice they are Chinese, probably judging by their language.

To conclude, I think Chinese people are discriminated in Japan although it is indirect way.