https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Japan
Imagine seriously claiming Japan is non racist and a good place for non Japanese to prosper (maybe white folks can).
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498513920/Embedded-Racism-Japans...
> Consequently, businesses around Japan display “Japanese Only” signs, denying entry to all 'foreigners' on sight. Employers and landlords routinely refuse jobs and apartments to foreign applicants. Japanese police racially profile 'foreign-looking' bystanders for invasive questioning on the street. Legislators, administrators, and pundits portray foreigners as a national security threat and call for their segregation and expulsion.
Japanphiles will sing and dance around this discrimination.
I'll elect to go a step further than your criticisms in that I think it's beyond racism in that country. They can be kind of mean over there even within each other. It's a culture where bullying is super common and getting along there is understanding that people will probably not meet the average western ideals of "niceness" in general. But hey at least they won't steal from you