JTO: 'Non-Japanese only' Okinawa eatery turns tables

[Clark Kent]

'Non-Japanese only' Okinawa eatery turns tables
By - 04-05-2010 04:11 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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Okinawa Prefecture is home to three-quarters of America's military bases in Japan. The vast majority of these, including Kadena Air Base, Torii Station and the contentious Marine Corps installation at Futenma, are located in the central part of the main island.
Despite overwhelming Okinawan opposition to the presence of the United States military, open animosity towards American servicemen is remarkably rare here. One of the few places where it is experienced, though, is in central Okinawa's entertainment districts. Japanese-owned clubs and bars regularly turn away American customers, and some of them display English signs stating "members only" and "private club" in order to exclude unwanted foreign patrons. With Japan's laws on racial discrimination tending towards the ambiguous, transforming a business into a private club has become a common way to circumvent any potential complaints to the Bureau of Human Rights.

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[girlbug2]

Well that's refreshing to read, somebody overseas actually likes and stands up for Americans.