**Japanophobia** (also known as **Anti-Japanese Sentiment**, **Nipponophobia** and **Anti-Japanism**) refers to [racism](racism "wikilink"), prejudice, negative feelings and discrimination directed towards [Japanese](Japan "wikilink") people or people of Japanese descent. ## Japanophobia by Country ### Australia ### Brazil ### Canada ### China ### France During the [2020 Coronavirus Pandemic](Coronavirus_Pandemic "wikilink"), anti-Japanese racism became quite severe in [France](France "wikilink"). Japan's public service broadcaster NHK, which provides a list of overseas safety risks for traveling, in early 2020 listed anti-Japanese discrimination as a safety risk when traveling to France and some other European countries, possibly as a result of fears over the COVID-19 pandemic among other factors. Signs of rising anti-Japanese sentiment in France include an increase in anti-Japanese incidents reported by Japanese nationals, such as being mocked on the street and refused taxi service, and least one Japanese restaurant has been vandalized. A group of Japanese students on a study tour in Paris received abuse by locals. ### Indonesia ### Korea ### Philippines ### Russia ### Taiwan ### United States of America ### USSR ## References [Wikipedia](Wikipedia "wikilink") - [Anti-Japanese Sentiment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Japanese_sentiment)