Even the most bigoted parts of the US are nowhere near as xenophobic as Japan. Housing discrimination based on race is still perfectly acceptable over there, many people will refuse to rent to foreigners.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

perfectly acceptable

At least some governments in Japan appear to disagree:

https://jobsinjapan.com/living-in-japan-guide/housing-discrimination-challenges-faced-by-foreigners-in-japan/

Japan signed the “International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)” in 1996

Tokyo Metropolitan Government educates real estate agents on the illegality of nationality-based rental refusals, considering them discriminatory

And the article itself seems to contradict with those statements...

[–] Woozythebear@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Do you think there isn't housing discrimination happening in the US?

Black families often have their homes appraised for less than white family homes.

Housing applications often get denied if the person has a non white last name.

Hell, the last time I was looking around for a room to rent I got asked multiple times over the phone. "You're white right?"