Fundamental law against racism

By NEATH OUM

Tokyo

I would like to point out that a quote attributed to Debito Arudou in the Nov. 25 Zeit Gist article, "An Obama for Japan? Yes, we can?," is factually incorrect. There IS a fundamental law against racism in Japan. It is in the Japanese Constitution.

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