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hāfu
'''' is a Japanese language term used to refer to a person born in Japan with half Asian and half non-Asian ancestry. The word can also be used to describe anyone with mixed-racial ancestry in general. As many consider Japan to be one of the most homogeneous societies on the planet, children who have one non-Asian parent are called hāfu Japanese and often face prejudice and discrimination from Japanese citizens of full Asian descent. Hāfu'' individuals are well represented in Japanese media and abroad, and according to estimates from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in the 2010s,
light skin in Japanese culture
Japanese Culture
An Investigation of Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus
1943 secret report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Population Problems Research Center for the Japanese government about race theory, rationale behind racial policy in wartime Japan, and future Asia under Japanese control