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Originally Posted by Columbine
Japan doesn't just get westerners though; they also get a number of immigrants from places like Nigeria, Vietnam, Thailand and S. America where STD infection rates are significantly higher than Japan. Considering Japan has some of the lowest reported rates of HIV in the world and they're already struggling with an STD boom, I can kind of see how blocking an identifiable demographic with a higher percentage of carriers from the sex industry ~might~ be a fairly practical measure to try and keep it in check.
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Yes and no. I don't completely buy it's just a "safety" precaution, otherwise they'd at least ask to see your passport so they can see your nationality. If STDs didn't exist they'd find some other "praticle" reason to exclude foreigners. From what I hear there are still a lot of bars/clubs/restaurants that don't take gaijin. What are they afraid of?