Western Man Eastern World Westerners in Japan are referred to as Gaijins, which translates more or less as foreigner. Japanese people might even call on you as Gaijin-San, Mr. Foreigner. You have to keep in mind that Japan is 99% Japanese. So, while we get to experience all the diversity the United States has to offer, some countries do not have this ability. Xenophobia, which can be defined as racial intolerance, is an issue that exists within Japan as well as other homogeneous cultures. This fear cannot be avoided and ignorance exists within every country, but xenophobia is more of a prevalent fear within these countries. As such, it is easy to say that, contrarily to many other peoples in the world, most Japanese share the same beliefs and the same preconceived ideas. Japan’s isolation from
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