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ISBN 9784750320052
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出版年月日 2004/11/01

JAPANESE ONLY

The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan

『ジャパニーズ・オンリー』英語版。
・INTRODUCTION:
What are public baths in Japan and why do they matter so much?
・CHAPTER ONE: "GAIKOKUJIN OKOTOWARI"
Cases of non-Japanese being refused at Otaru bathhouses, the reasons why, and what we did about it.
・CHAPTER TWO: THE ONSENS STRIKE BACK
After the issue attracts worldwide attention, the bathhouses fight back through the media to try to turn public opinion against the activists.
・CHAPTER THREE: THE RISE AND THE FALL
A national campaign against "foreign crime" changes the image of "foreigner" from "misunderstood outsider" to "social menace", and reverses all of the progress activists had made.
・CHAPTER FOUR: COURTING JUSTICE
The author, having exhausted all other alternatives to resolve the situation, takes one bathhouse and the government to court for racial discrimination.
・CHAPTER FIVE: JUDGEMENT
The Sapporo District and High Courts rule against the bathhouse, but exonerate the Otaru City Government of any responsibility under international treaty. The author appeals the case to the Supreme Court. Case currently pending.
・CHAPTER SIX: CONCLUSIONS
What the Otaru Onsens Case says about Japan, both as a society and a government.
・APPENDICES:
Translated excerpts of the Sapporo District and High Court Decisions.