Hi, I will be living in Japan for a few months and I was wondering how Chinese people were treated in Japan? How do Japanese people treat Filipino people as well? I have a cousin who lived there in the 80s and she told me she received a lot of discrimination because of her Filipino heritage. That was a long time ago though, but a Japanese friend of mine told me that South East Asians were perceived as stupid low class Asians who were only good for physical labour and prostitution. I couldn't believe he said this, it bothered me because he was pretty sincere. If there are any Chinese or Filipino people who live in Japan and could offer any feedback or personal accounts of what life in Japan is like I would really appreciate it. Thanks a lot.

Sody

Japan is racist toward chinese, specially the Tokyo mayor which I forgot his name. He officially hates chinese guts.

Your Japanese friend is the one who is an low life, what an sh!t head.

yeah, shintaro ishihara is a moronic biggot.

chinese are preceived as criminals in japan. if there's a serious crime committed they automatically think it was someone chinese. Obviously, there are reasons why the stigma is the way it is, but the japanese media makes it sound as if the only criminals in japan are chinese. Inequality and racism are major contributors for the behavior as there are the lack of higher opportunities for non-japanese asians.

given the fact that japan's one hell of a homogeouns country (99% japanese)- yes, they'll be discriminiation.

In general you won't get hate from a typical person but the media and politicians think of Chinese as "Criminals".

There's alot of bad blood between Chinese and Japanese people and lately there are incidents in both countries that stir up more animosity and distrust of one another even though trade between the 2 countries has never been higher and increasing rapidly and the fact that both countries send lots of students.

Ignore haters and you should be fine.

Give me a break. Are you for real? You don't even know my friend and you post something that incredibly stupid. You must be 12 years old. My friend is Japanese American born and he is a very nice person. He's just warning me about how Japanese people view other Asians and that is what I wanted to know because if I am going to live there I want to know what it MAY be like. I am part Chinese and part Indonesia, I look Filipino, so I may stand out because of my darker skin and non-slanted eyes.

Thanks for the feedback everyone else, I would still love to hear about personal accounts if anyone has any. It sucks that there is such discrimination like that, I get along very well with most people though so I don't think I will have a hard time with the Japanese.

Sody

Well Im chinese and i would love to go to Japan. I thought that Korean people meant to discriminate chinese because how chinese used to kill koreans and chinese people meant to hate the 'Japanese' because the japanese killed so many of us chinese. So why are we chinese are known as criminal in japan? Weird....

But that's porperly the older generation. The newer generation won't be that mean. It's just how the White took over the blacks and made them slave (in australia). The blacks and white are still friends and stuff now.

enough of my blablering... You'll have fun in japan. My chinese friends all go to japan (school trip). Yeh this chinese guy went to Japan and got a lot of respect from them. 2

hope u have fun there
i so need to leanr to shutup

My cousin went to study in Japan for a year and he didn't have much problem. He also made loadsa Japanese friends.

huh??

generally, chinese are considered criminals cuz a lot of crimes are commited by chinese in japan, espicially when you consider the per capita of chinese in japan vs their crime rate. The media also glorifies these crimes commited by chinese and make the general public think that all chinese are like this. Another reason is that many of these chinese havent been in japan for very long; many of them are staying there illegally so lower average of higher education, starting from scratch in a new country, and discrimination against chinese as well as other ethnic groups = not much choice, but crime and joining gangs and organized crime groups.

The first generations of korean-japanese have also faced the same 'criminal' stereotype from the same circumstances as the illegal chinese migrants in the early 1900s. Little choice of opportunity and being considered an outsider in their own country gave rise to many powerful, well established korean yakuza syndicates. The high anti-korean sentiment as well as being labelled criminals led to the killings of over 6, 000 korean-japanese by ethnic japanese; they believed the koreans would riot and cause a ruckus after the 1923 kanto earthquake. Just an excuse and way to blow frustration on koreans, searching and killing with rakes and pitchforks, after a natural disaster that wreaked devastation.

Unsurprisingly, the ethnic korean population in japan today have the lowest crime rate in the country and acceptance of korean-japanese has slowly, but surely been the norm in recent times.

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here are some NPA statistics:

Highest rate of crimes/offences per country
That means that by nationality, the highest rate of criminals and offenders combined is found respectively among Iranian (7,1%), Russian (4,05%), Pakistani (3,7%), Bangladeshi (3,5%), Vietnamese (3,4%), Chinese (2,12%), Thai (2,1%) and Peruvian (1,12%), which are the only countries with a large number of residents in Japan with a percentage above 1%.

The Japanese crime rate is 0,34%, similar to that of US citizens (0,35%), Britons (0,39%) and Brazilians (0,46%). Koreans have the lowest crime rate (0,29%), which is worth mentioning as they are the single largest group of foreigners in Japan (1/3 of all foreigners).

Per continent, Africans have by far the highest crime rate (2,76%), followed by Asians (1,22%).

Highest rate of crimes only per country
If we omit the offences, as most of them are visa-related and cannot compare to Japanese rates, and concentrate on real crimes, we find a completely different ranking though. Iranians that topped the total of crimes and offences are actually for the greatest part offenders only. But most Vietnamese, Russians, and even Japanese were arrested for more crimes than offences. Here is the real crime rate :

Russians (2,66%)
Vietnamese (2,61%)
Chinese (1,05%)
Iranians (0,81%)
Peruvians (0,71%)
Pakistani (0,53%)
Brazilians (0,37%)
Bangladeshi (0,32%)
Japanese (0,29%)
Americans (0,25%)
Britons (0,25%)
Thai (0,23%)
Filipinos (0,19%)
Koreans (0,08%)

These numbers are extremely interesting because it shows that combined crimes and offences can be very misleading. Thai and Vietnamese have a similar combined number (699 and 718) but 90% of Thai arrested are offenders, while about 80% of Vietnamese arrested are criminals. As a result, the real crime rate of Vietnamese is 11 times higher than that of Thais.

We also see that Japanese themselves are more likely to commit real crimes than Westerners, Thai, Filipinos and Koreans. Koreans are by far again the most docile residents in Japan, with an fantastically low crime rate (0.08%), 3,65 times lower than that of Japanese.

i don't trusted on your statistic rather than some hard evidences, do you have proofs to show that vietnamese have higher crimes rate than kimchi?

"kimchi" like in korean, u racist...?

colter, if u actually read the statistics it says the rate for vietnamese is flawed cuz of such a low test population....

"These numbers are extremely interesting because it shows that combined crimes and offences can be very misleading. Thai and Vietnamese have a similar combined number (699 and 718) but 90% of Thai arrested are offenders, while about 80% of Vietnamese arrested are criminals. As a result, the real crime rate of Vietnamese is 11 times higher than that of Thais."

According to the NPA there are only 718 vietnamese that are officially recorded in japan; it doesnt hold actual number cuz there are probably many illegal vietnamese in japan as well. The high rate for the vietnamese stat is due to such a low representation. For instance, the rate is high if there is 1 out of 10 people commiting a serious crime, but the rate drops if there's only 1 out of a 100 committing the same type of crime. On top of that, the statistic doesnt count minor criminal offences. As you can see there are actually more Thai's committing crimes than Vietnamese, but since theyre not major offences it makes it seem Viets are more prone to crime when actually they are not. Nonetheless, the crimes that were commited by vietnamese tend to seem more serious in matter so therefore raising the crime average.

On the other end of the spectrum, the korean rate of serious offences is undoubtably low, there is extremely little leeway for error since there is a well established korean-japanese community; in fact, it is the largest ethnic minority in japan.

Some people out there tend to think that Chinese are to blame for the rise in the crime rate in the country and I guess you can say the media is to blame. Trying to show that the increase in crime rate of the country is directly related to the increase in the Chinese population. Didn’t they ever think that maybe their slumping economy may have something to do with the overall increase in crime in the country? The government has a tendency to try and point the finger away from Japan so that’s not helping either.

I don’t think the media will be too kind in regards to Filipinos at the moment as well especially with everything that’s going on with Filipino entertainers, the supposed “Japayuki”.

I have heard everything your friend said to you before. So yes, you are probably going to meet some racist people. I don’t think that most people would dare be rude to your face though. They will save that $hit for when you are not around. 2 But besides the asses, you will probably meet a lot of nice people.

By the way are you American or Canadian? Because whether you are ethnically Chinese, Filipino or Japanese but were raised in America most people there are going to see you more as an American and that’s a whole other story.

Oh, a couple of other stereotypes I hear is that Chinese are greedy and dirty.

Granted, while the younger generation doesn't always believe the mass hysteria stirred up by the Japanese media - ALL foreigners and even indigeneous Japanese people such as the ainu and "lower class" burakumin have traditionally been blamed for crime and other social problems (this pretty much happens in all countries).

The Japanese media also hypes up crimes when committed by white Americans and the media has been known to be biased against the "jews" (code word for white people).

Experience as a tourist is probably going to be diff. than if you planned to reside in Japan as a permanent resident.

I'm Canadian, Item1702. Thanks again everyone for the additional feedback I am really glad no one has shared any horrible stories of racism, but I expected as much since there is relatively little crime in Japan. I'm sure I'll love Japan as well as the people

Sody

Can't really argue with that stereotype...

uhh... my dad(hes Philipino) lived in Japan(Osaka) in the early 90's and he loved it there.

Japan is Japan. You're going to get discriminated or you might not. Just go there and do what you need to do and go home. Can't change people on how they feel. Good luck.

Whats your other half, may I ask?

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Hi! I've been living in Japan for quite a while and this is what
I can say: It's not much the color of the skin or country that matters but
your personal image or aura (neat, knows some Japanese manners, honest)that
will count a lot. The kind of people that you hang out with is impt. too.
Birds of the same feather,flocks together mentality is quite strong here.

Of course,everybody knows that people here are more partial with those from the
west but if you are a good person, have some talent/skills and smart, I don't see any problem. It's not that bad..

All i'm saying is visit the place at your own will but don't expect those little monkeys to give you the time of day if they find out your Chinese.

I've been to Japan on several occasions and I didn't find their behaviour towards me any different to that of other ordinary, everyday Japanese civilians.

You need to stay there at least 4 months then you'll see what i mean.

I can do better than that. I was an exchange student, along with 5 others, at 'Daisho Gakuen' (Osaka) from December 1999 till May 2000, which is about 6 months. I had a great host family and even though I reckon space in Japan is far too tight, I enjoy visiting the country.

And yes, I would imagine there'd be people who don't take too kindly to others with Chinese backgrounds, especially with current political tensions. But I met a lot of sincere and well-mannered individuals who made my stay a pleasant experience. Besides, there are around 127 million people in Japan. I doubt anyone in this world can make anything more than a blanket statement when discussing about the population.

you're saying japan is a homogeneous country. i believe they are one white mixed race.

Japanese people tend to look down on just about all other Asian groups living there especially Chinese. We look down on pretty much all foreigners except whites lol. Our governor is blatantly racist as he considers Chinese something along the lines of "Genetic Pollution". I guess that pretty much answers your question.

^How racist!

i hate the chinese, ofcoz if i get the chance i may kill all the chinese....

You also like to suck white d!ck, correct?

Korean and Chinese are treated like second class citizen over there. They always have to carry an I.D book; if they police pull them over and they dont have it they will go to jail. Korean and Chinese also cant get a good job etc... Japanese suppose to be the leader of democary in Asia but even so they are racist as hell.

No more racist than korea or china.

^ ah... the irony.

wonder how they feel aobut chinese americans-

probably the same- pity.

well.......its hard to spot out an chinese in japan since they look almost the same

On average chinese people and japanese do not look the same.

dude....chinese actor陈道明and japanese actor中井贵一looks very a like,ur japanese right??then u should who im talking about

陈道明





中井贵一







and to non-asians we all look the same...whether your chinese or japanese

asian people all look alike

ive seen asian people identify wrong other asian nationalities all the time.

but- japanese people do have higher nose bridges due to foreign mixing. not that it's a big deal.

I’ll admit that just about every time me and my friends spots an Asian out here in the US we will try and guess their nationality. Of course it is all based on our stereotypes.

When in Japan where everyone is Asian I don’t think the guessing game happens as much. You may see some one once in a while and wonder if they actually are Japanese or not but most of the times you just assume everyone is Japanese.

ur totaly wrong japanese were never mix with other races...even ainu were consider 2nd class people in japan....and how many japanese do u know that have higher nose bridge.....dont tell me every japanese....u got this idea from japanese movie or tv stars....and plastic surgery is very common in japan.....
in fact chinese were the one who got mixed with other races....the huns,turks,arabaic and persian and etc...too many to mention....just go goole up chinese history ,,,u will fina how many times chinese were mixed with other races....well i can tell you right now.....5 times....first 3 times were the huns,jin,xianbei and the last 2 were mongols and manchus

^ historical. check dna data, they're more mixed than most asians.

dude, most high nose bridges look BAD- all uneven and stuff-no way a lot of it is plastic surgery.

i meant foreign as in 'non asian'

and im chinese- i know my chinese history- no need to lecture me.

proof to me then....and just right off ur head...who did the japanese mixed with????????

^find out yourself. that's the fun of learning!

I've found notin...only metioned the yayoi,the jomon,but the yayoi were mongolorid and jomon were polynesian....no caucusion what so ever

ScanSoul: Those two do look alike but I said on average you can tell a japanese from a chinese. Yes I agree to non asians we do indeed look the same. It simply because they are too ignorant to see the physical difference.

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I know what you are talking about. It's not do to racial mixing. Only yayoi ethnic seems to have this trait in japan. However I have seen both koreans and chinese people that have had same form of nose.

Anyone still remember the Xi'An incident when some j@p college students were nearly murdered by the mob of students? 2

I was there during that time, the whole city was in an uproar.

why does this kind of things still occur? it's damaging the relationship between two countries who were once in war = /

Really? haha- then the scientist dude at NIH (national institutes of health) got it wrong then. eh. not like i give crap.

but hey,it is japan causing the bad relationship between china and japan...now the japanese gonverment has changed the history book in japan tring to justify the invation of china.............

No, the jomon were austronesian (as in malay), not Polynesian. Similarities between malay languages (like indonesian) and japanese are still found until this day.
In fact, the jomon were the original inhabitants of Japan and the Okinawan islands. Later Siberian tribes/koreans and some Chinese started to migrate to the islands, causing them to look more mongoloid.

Japanese studies indeed show they're mixed: