I agree. The underlying issue is the Japanese government's inability to pass any laws protecting human rights. If you refused to hire someone in the US because of their ethnic background, your company would be in serious legal trouble. (I'm pretty sure that even paying someone to check it out would be illegal, actually.) In Japan, this is apparently OK.
Google maps are not the problem, the government is.
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I agree. The underlying issue is the Japanese government's inability to pass any laws protecting human rights. If you refused to hire someone in the US because of their ethnic background, your company would be in serious legal trouble. (I'm pretty sure that even paying someone to check it out would be illegal, actually.) In Japan, this is apparently OK.
Google maps are not the problem, the government is.