[jasonbvr]

Rape is not a widespread problem in Japan. There are massage parlors and hostess clubs everywhere. Japan certainly does not see the same kind of sex crimes that are elsewhere. Groping is something that has come under more control through public campaigns and is not acceptable unlike in say France or Italy.

The issues with careers are true to some extent, but like you pointed out you are foreign anyways. There are only a limited number of careers available. And no it is not because Japanese are racially prejudiced, the simple fact is that there are more than enough highly skilled and qualified Japanese for the jobs at the moment. Second, Japanese companies operate in a completely different way that is unique to Japan. Japanese work on being Japanese their entire lives and is what it really takes to work with them. It is not something that can be easily mastered or learned even if I could explain to you what that means.