Japanophobia (also known as Anti-Japanese Sentiment, Nipponophobia and Anti-Japanism) refers to racism, prejudice, negative feelings and discrimination directed towards Japanese people or people of Japanese descent.
Japanophobia by Country
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
France
During the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, anti-Japanese racism became quite severe in France. Japan's public service broadcaster NHK, which provides a list of overseas safety risks for traveling, in early 2020 listed anti-Japanese discrimination as a safety risk when traveling to France and some other European countries, possibly as a result of fears over the COVID-19 pandemic among other factors. Signs of rising anti-Japanese sentiment in France include an increase in anti-Japanese incidents reported by Japanese nationals, such as being mocked on the street and refused taxi service, and least one Japanese restaurant has been vandalized. A group of Japanese students on a study tour in Paris received abuse by locals.