Nearly half of foreign residents in Japan report having experienced some form of discrimination, according to a government survey released Tuesday.
The survey, conducted between October and November 2025 by the Immigration Services Agency (ISA), surveyed 20,000 foreign residents and special permanent residents who were 18 and older, receiving 8,874 valid responses.
It found that 47% of respondents had experienced some form of discrimination in their everyday lives, while 53% said they had not encountered discriminatory treatment, a decrease of 0.8 percentage point from last year.
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