anti-Japanese
adjective
an·ti-Jap·a·nese
ˌan-tē-ˌja-pə-ˈnēz 
-ˈnēs,
ˌan-tī-
: opposed to or hostile toward Japanese people, policies, or culture
anti-Japanese prejudice
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However, after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, anti-Japanese hysteria spread across the United States.
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
The travel advisory follows official protest from both sides related to the incident – with each country summoning the other’s ambassador – and a surge of vitriolic backlash against Takaichi from within China, where nationalist, anti-Japanese sentiment has been on the rise in recent years.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
China has been accused of stoking anti-Japanese sentiment with the parade, which experts said lacked the spirit of reconciliation seen in other World War II commemorations.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2025
In the run-up to the Sept. 3, 2025, event, the Chinese Communist Party has been criticized in Tokyo for stoking anti-Japanese sentiment and in the U.S. for downplaying America’s role while playing up Russia’s.
—Meredith Oyen, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
While Japan and the U.S. enjoy close relations today, anti-Japanese sentiment lingered after the war, which ended with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2025
The discovery of the horrific mistreatment of American POWs by the Japanese was exposed and widely publicized after American forces liberated the Philippines and its POW camps, further fanning the flames of anti-Japanese hatred.
—Paul L. Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Imperial Japan resulted in a racist, anti-Japanese panic across the country.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
On multiple occasions, Park violently quashed anti-Japanese rallies and dismissed calls for colonial justice as untimely and even unpatriotic.
—Eun A Jo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
The travel advisory follows official protest from both sides related to the incident – with each country summoning the other’s ambassador – and a surge of vitriolic backlash against Takaichi from within China, where nationalist, anti-Japanese sentiment has been on the rise in recent years.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
China has been accused of stoking anti-Japanese sentiment with the parade, which experts said lacked the spirit of reconciliation seen in other World War II commemorations.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2025
In the run-up to the Sept. 3, 2025, event, the Chinese Communist Party has been criticized in Tokyo for stoking anti-Japanese sentiment and in the U.S. for downplaying America’s role while playing up Russia’s.
—Meredith Oyen, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
While Japan and the U.S. enjoy close relations today, anti-Japanese sentiment lingered after the war, which ended with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2025
The discovery of the horrific mistreatment of American POWs by the Japanese was exposed and widely publicized after American forces liberated the Philippines and its POW camps, further fanning the flames of anti-Japanese hatred.
—Paul L. Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Imperial Japan resulted in a racist, anti-Japanese panic across the country.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
On multiple occasions, Park violently quashed anti-Japanese rallies and dismissed calls for colonial justice as untimely and even unpatriotic.
—Eun A Jo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
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“Anti-Japanese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Japanese. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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