Shop fearing Wuhan virus bans Chinese visitors in Hakone

So the guy is using the Wuhan virus as an excuse to cover for his dislike of Chinese mainlanders....but aren’t they kind of his bread and butter?

This is plain discrimination.

As if a virus checked someone's passport....

And police does not even Give him a call to order, or him for that behavior.

And the journalist does not even question about that.

Just unbelievable how blatantly wrong this is.

And I personally indeed don't give Chinese tourists much praises.

the owner promised to change the sign, using less discriminatory language, but he did not back down from his ban on Chinese visitors.

To be fair, there's no logical reason to criticize him at this point. You can claim he's overreacting but it's impossible to properly gauge the risk when it comes to new pandemics. If half of us end up dead in six months, this guy won't look so silly. I'd also be curious to know his age since getting sick can be a death sentence for the elderly.

He is doing what the government won't.

He may have intended to say "Chinese nationals" but the sign says "Ethnic Chinese" (中国人种). Moreover, the sign also urges visitors from Hong Kong and Taiwan to "not misunderstand....

....it seems to be clear that the owner chose to ban an entire ethnicity rather than targeting specific behaviors and outlining rules of conduct in his shop

Seems to be that the writer actually WANTS it to seem as if he was targeting an entire ethnicity when he was actually only targeting the prc communists and not Chinese from other countries.

You all think that shops in prc won't want to ban their own kind if they find out they're from Wuhan? They actually do....just that they're afraid that the violent and abusive CCP authorities would come down hard on them.

This shopkeeper's reaction is not surprising considering the way this kind of epidemic is dealt with in the Japanese media. They seem to have a goal of terrifying people.

And if a Japanese gets the virus will all Japanese be also banned. That's seems to be the logic.

Reminds me of when I worked at an English school when the swine flu was going around. One of the mothers called in to quit the school because she thought foreigners were the ones spreading it around.

He's just protect himself to become sick. I'd do the same

a bit late in just banning Chinese that could be carriers, could very well easily be anyone at this point.

Perhaps the wording was poor, but I seriously doubt it's a prejudice issue as Chinese tourists are a big source of income for many Japanese stores. Trying to avoid contagen by prohibiting entry may or may not be effective, but in princple the Chinese themselves are applying this method.

"Barring emergencies, residents of the 11-million-person city will be prohibited from leaving the city or using buses, subways or ferries."

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/weighs-declaring-coronavirus-international-public-health-emergency/story?id=68448746

Bigotry and fear aside, highly doubt the effectiveness of his ban.

How is he going to tell if the person is Chinese or not? He's going to check passports?

There aren’t any meaningful anti discrimination laws in Japan, so there ain’t nothing that can be done...

Totally uncalled for and people like these really need to be careful of their actions. With the internet and social media these days, news like this can spread fast and have consequences far exceeding the original actions.

Is this discrimination based on national origin legal in Japan still?

How is he going to tell if the person is Chinese or not?

Watch them.

Typical non-educated Japanese. He just heard something on the news and decided to ban all Chinese from his shop. I guess he missed the report about Japanese also contracting the disease.

Good thinking, although he should have invested a bit more in correct translation.

Especially with New Chinese Year coming , the influx of those tourists will be insane and every person have the right to protect themselves and their private business.

Just look at the news, Chinese , infected woman from Wuhan is braggin on making it to Paris while infected and eating out in public.

If the gov doesnt feel like the need to protect its citizens, its a citizen personal duty.

btw.. its is not by chance Wuhan is under full quarantine., its definitely more serious than what the news are telling.

Good move! His shop, he can do what he wants.

I hope he starts banning Japanese tourists because Japan has seen its first case already. Or do viruses get to pick and choose a person's ethnicity.

A Japanese got the virus! Maybe the U.S. and other countries should ban Japanese people?

How can he possibly tell who's Chinese? Their manners?

The shopkeeper has a nerve to be so outspoken. How can he vet the customers entering anyway. Though I understand the issue with mainlander Chinese and their behaviours!!

How can he possibly tell who's Chinese? Their manners?

Its easy to identify people from certain countries by observing their behavior. so, yes.

How can he possibly tell who's Chinese? Their manners?

Exactly

How can he possibly tell who's Chinese? Their manners?

Exactly