[zulux]

Pro Tip: When visiting Japan, dress and comport yourself so you don't look like you should be thrown in jail, and it will happen a lot less often.

As a Mexican friend puts it for Mexico: Dress as the police should believe you.

[rationalist]

That's the advice I give to anyone traveling internationally. You get treated a lot differently when you wear khaki slacks and an Oxford shirt (more professional rather than stylish) - even if you're wearing sneakers.

The more bland the colors, the more you blend in and easier it is to flow through places.

[g-b-r]

I wonder if that's possible in Japan for a black person

[kelnos]

The author of the article is a black woman, so... maybe not.

[kstenerud]

The Japanese like Africans, placing them only slightly lower than Europeans. Basically if you're not dressed like a thug and don't have certain tattoos, and aren't Brazilian, Korean or Chinese, you'll usually be treated pretty nicely.

[elboru]

I can understand the historical reasons related to China and Korea, but Brazil? What did they do to them?

[kstenerud]

IN 1990, Japan allowed entry of Brazilians of Japanese descent up to the 3rd generation, and many Brazilians went to Japan to work as cheap labor since Brazil's economic situation was pretty bad.

Like all "migrant workers", they're considered low class and are treated that way, similar to how Turkish people are treated in Germany.

[jeeeb]

Second/third generation children of Japanese immigrants to Brazil were historically given special visa access.

I assume the OP is actually referring to these returned second generation Japanese.

[perching_aix]

I'd assume so, though I'm not aware of any statistics that'd catalogue police action there by skin color / ethnicity, not official, not third party.

I'd think a formal or business casual attire, with proper grooming, is a rather international signal that you're vaguely alright in your ways.

Anything specific you reckon otherwise for?

[samrus]

Or dont go to an authoritarian state where something like this is accepted. Im astounded at people defending this. If it was china people would see this is messed up