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Re:Overtourism in Japan, and how it hurts small businesses by VWWHFSfQ on Friday July 11, 2025 @10:55AM (#44532850)
> deny access to their premises for any reasons

Definitely not. This kind of discrimination is explicitly prohibited by federal civil rights law (Civil Rights Act 1964). It protects people regardless of their national origin (in addition to their skin color).

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Re:Overtourism in Japan, and how it hurts small businesses by diggan on Friday July 11, 2025 @12:23PM (#44534043)
"National origin" is what country you are born in right? So banning non-US residents would be OK it seems?
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