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Unfortunately, Japan is highly racist in their sponsorship of immigrants. They will take white people over other races every time. I'm not happy to recall the treatment I saw Indian tourists receive during my time in Shinjuku.

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I lived in Japan for several years and found most people there to be open and friendly to other races. I had friends from India, Nigeria, China, Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Brazil, US and Europe. I don't know that any of them felt particularly discriminated against because of their race. I certainly didn't, except perhaps once when a really old guy tried to hit me with his cane. But that's not to say that it doesn't exist. I just don't think it's rampant everywhere in Japan.

I'm not saying that it exhibits heavily in everyday interactions. I saw discrimination primarily when it came to club admittance and service at bars. But the most easily seen discrimination is definitely in hiring practices and "do I want this person in my country". There's a looooot of HR training and protections that need to exist in Japanese companies and simply don't.

In that case, investing in India might be the next best thing [1].

[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/india/japan-pm-kishida-announc...

I don't know if this is done in good faith, but perhaps more as a "screw you" to China. India and China don't have the best relations, nor does Japan wish to see that change in the future.

Any country investing in another does so in their own self interest. The reasons are seldom altruistic.

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