Any foreigner who has stayed in Japan for any length of time will at some point encounter Japanese racism. 99% of the time it isn't overt. As a general rule, Japanese people tend to avoid confrontation so their brand of racism is more subtle. It comes in different forms - staring, inappropriate touching, cutting in front of you in line, refusing to sit next to you on the train, the free use of the term 'gaijin' (foreigner) etc. I've noticed pretty much all of the above (with the exception of inappropriate touching) but such is life when you move to a uni-racial country. Being a foreigner (particularly a white, light haired, green/blue eyed, well endowed foreigner) you stick out like a sore thumb. The way I see it, there are really two ways to approach the
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