More overt Japanese racism

It's not just Japanese politicians who have a gift for saying the unthinkable. Today's NY Times has an article on Japan's need (and contempt) for immigrants, which notes:

Already the construction industry makes widespread use of immigrants, mostly from other Asian countries, to fill the most dangerous and low-paying jobs.

"We have already reached the point where the Japanese economy cannot function without foreign workers," said Mioko Honda, a leader of the two-year-old Union of Migrant Workers. "The construction companies use Thais and Filipinos by day, because they are inconspicuous, and Africans and others are used at night or in factory work."

Posted by David on July 24, 2003 8:33 PM