Japan's foreign residents face discrimination due to COVID-19

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An official from the Beppu municipality distributes notices reminding business not to discriminate against foreign residents amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | KYODO

OITA – Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, there have been an increasing number of reports that foreign residents living in areas with prominent international communities in Japan are being subject to discrimination and hateful remarks.

A 22-year-old Indian student at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University was targeted in a verbal attack while walking around Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture, in the middle of August.

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