Japan cancels cherry blossom festival over complaints of tourists littering and ‘defecating’ in yards (english.elpais.com)
from Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 07 Feb 23:29
https://lemmy.world/post/42833532

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/42779734

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raman_klogius@ani.social on 07 Feb 23:55 next collapse

But I thought the mainlander Chinese won’t be there this time?

Greddan@feddit.org on 08 Feb 00:05 next collapse

I always take these reports with a grain of salt as I know how INCREDIBLY racist the Japanese can be, and how prone they are to blame foreigners for every problem in their society.

CosmoNova@lemmy.world on 08 Feb 01:19 collapse

Also the media landscape in Japan has become kind of a joke in recent years. Racism has definitely had an uptick since the pandemic like it had in many places.

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 08 Feb 03:20 next collapse

This article was written yesterday and based on a Guardian article from two days ago. But the BBC reported it about three and a half days ago.

SarcasticMan@lemmy.world on 08 Feb 07:49 next collapse

Lol lovely just lovely such a beautiful experience. Excuse me I am going to go take a shit it this yard.

Lembot_0006@programming.dev on 08 Feb 08:08 next collapse

They shit in awe. That’s awesome shit.

thirstyrobot@piefed.ca on 08 Feb 12:30 collapse

File under: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.