As promised, in March the Justice Ministry released the results of a survey of Japan¡¯s foreign residents (gaikokujin j¨±min ch¨sa) conducted last year (see ¡°Government, Survey Thyself,¡± JBC, March 5). Compiled by , it surveyed the types and degrees of discrimination that foreign residents face here. (The report in Japanese is at .)
And, as promised, here¡¯s JBC¡¯s synopsis of those results:
The report opens with a statement of purpose, talking about the pressures to ¡°live together¡± (°ì²â¨²õ±ð¾±) with non-Japanese due to internationalization and globalization, not to mention the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Record numbers of foreign nationals are crossing Japan¡¯s borders, bringing with them different languages and customs, and ¡°so-called¡± hate speech demos are also causing ¡°numerous human rights problems.¡±
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