&gt; What do you think about the alleged xenophobia?<p>The only times you will hear this, is out of the mouths of Chinese&#x2F;Korean nationalists looking to bash the country (their own bigotry), or Gaijin blogs from young white (usually affluent) kids who are&#x2F;were upset they weren&#x27;t treated like kings when the got off the plane. They were upset that the girls didn&#x27;t throw themselves at them and that people didn&#x27;t rush to attend their every whim.<p>If you look at <i>actual scientific studies</i>, you&#x27;ll find Japan is on-par with the rest of the world when it comes to their racism. Japan is actually less racist than France and equal to places like Finland or Germany.<p>Source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;worldviews&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2013&#x2F;05&#x2F;15&#x2F;a-fascinating-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-racially-tolerant-countries&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;worldviews&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2013&#x2F;05&#x2F;15...</a>