> Perhaps that's true, but what YOU know nothing about is the difference 
> in racist attitude in Japan between the older and younger generatuons.
> I have lived there. Have you?
> I have Japanese friends, do you?
> What do YOU know?
> Frankly I think the young Japanese are far less prone to racism 
> towards anyone, korean or otherwise, than their older generations.

No I haven't lived in japan, but I have experienced what you are talking 
about here in America.  I have a japanese friend who has a grandfather 
who is a surviving kamikaze pilot from WWII - a total hate monger who is 
still pro-emperor.  She is actually studying Korean language and culture 
and totally understands how her Korean firends have a deep resentment 
towards japanese.

People become bigots (not racists in this case, since japanese are not a 
"race") because they experienced something negative from the group that 
they are discriminating against.  I agree that all bigotry is bad - but 
look how this came to be.  If someone did something truly wrong to your 
family and never apologized for it and in fact just plainly denied doing 
it, wouldn't you be resentful?