Korean resident of Japan sues hotel over unrequired passport check

A third-generation ethnic Korean resident of Japan on Thursday sued a Tokyo hotel for refusing her a room after she declined to present a passport or residence card at check-in -- identification she was not legally obligated to show.In the lawsuit, the woman in her 40s, who lives in Kobe, western Japan, is seeking 2.2 million yen ($15,000) in damages from the hotel operator, alleging she suffered emotional distress from the incident last year.The woman told reporters that a hotel staff member had said she could stay if she used her Japanese name. Having made the decision in her late 20s to …READ FULL ARTICLE