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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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...