[DTogo]

I've been there several times on business, and have done enough business with them (tried to anyway) to know of their "sneaky" (an understatement) ways, but not enough interaction/experience with the Mainlanders to notice the racism. Spent two years in Singapore though, and racism among the "ethnic Chinese" there was quite apparent.

IMHO, in Japan the "racism" tends to be more an institutionalized caution against most foreingers; common gaijin complaints such as trying to get a credit card or rent an apartment. It's partly to be expected when many gaijin have set a bad example by skipping country on their debts or turning their apartments into flophouses to save some Yen. But on a personal level the Japanese are quite hospitable and friendly, if you make the effort. Singapore was just the opposite: open to do business with foreigners but not so much be friendly.

Those were our general experiences, observations, and conclusions.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I was not going to visit this thread, but I will, here, finally, with this:

To answer, once and for all the title and question at hand: "Is Japan a Racist Society", the answer would be "maybe yes, maybe no. Maybe some Japanese make it that way, may some Japanese don't make it that way."