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I wonder how the foreigners are treated in the Japanese variety shows. I somehow lost in touch with TV (English or not) for years that it is hard for me to get back watching ordinary Japanese shows, so I have no clue right now.

Speaking of this, it reminds me of the infamous old show called Koko ga hen da yo, nihonjin.

My Japanese buddy once said that this show caused some huge havok to the expat communities and brought the renaissance of crazy right-wing nationalism in the heart of Japan (coincides with the steady growth of the neo-con-ish movement in Japan fruited by PM Koizumi). The most visible example is a book written by Christoph Neumann (the old participant), Darum nerven Japaner, a book that criticizes Japanese people in the perspect of Japan-familiar non-Japanese.

Anyway, enough ranting. I wonder how the foreigners are portrayed in the Japanese variety shows.