A selection of readers' views on last month's Just Be Cause column:
In his article "Census blind to Japan's true diversity" (Oct. 5), Debito Arudou calls for what amount to American-style race boxes.
Since the inception of the Family Register Law, the Constitution, the Civil Code and the Nationality Law in this order (between 1871 and 1899), Japan's laws have not racialized its nationals (not "citizens").