Yes, he really put me in my place! If you choose to focus on the negative, you&#x27;ll get victimhood and negativity. It&#x27;s simply a fact that Japan doesn&#x27;t welcome foreign Asian people. That&#x27;s why almost everyone here is Japanese. Should I be concerned that everyone isn&#x27;t welcome here? In my home country, everyone is welcome and there is an imperative to treat everyone as if they&#x27;re equals——frankly, the result of that social experiment sent me running away to Japan.