Some readers' responses to Debito Arudou's April 3 column, "Keene should engage brain before fueling 'flyjin,' foreign crime myths":
Donald Keene has done much to promote a greater cultural understanding of Japan in the Western world. Why would he denigrate those foreign residents in Japan who strive to do the same?
Keene's insinuation that the "foreign devil" is a source of increasing criminality in Japan is akin to racial profiling in places like New York city or Sanford, Florida! As for the "flyjin" nonsense, how many wealthy Japanese fled Tokyo and the Tohoku region after hearing about the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in March 2011? These individuals are not mentioned alongside the so-called flyjin, are they? Considering the fact that both Tepco and the prime minister's office were guilty of downplaying the severity of the nuclear disaster, can you blame any sane person for seeking safety overseas?