But why? Considering that racism is quite impractical.

krapp · on Oct 25, 2015

Japan and Korea share a long and unfortunate history[0,1,2].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans_in_Japan

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Korean_sentiment#Japan

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_issues_in_Japan#Korean_...

tptacek · on Oct 25, 2015

It is not just Korea.

krapp · on Oct 25, 2015

I know. But dennisgorelik's original comment was about prejudice against Zainichi Koreans specifically, so I was just addressing that. I probably should have commented up a level.

markdown · on Oct 25, 2015

Homogeneity. Japan has been shut off from the world for most of its history.