FEATURE: Foreigners in Japan becoming target of discrimination due to virus

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, there have been increasing reports that foreigners living in areas with prominent international communities in Japan are being subject to discrimination and hateful remarks."Shitty foreigner, corona." A 22-year-old Indian student at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University was targeted by such a verbal attack while walking around JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture in mid-August.The comment came from three Japanese men apparently in their 30s.Although the student's university, also located in Beppu, southwestern Japan, had reported from Aug. 8 that a dozen or…READ FULL ARTICLE