Burakumin: Descendants of caste considered 'tainted' face new discrimination in Japan 'Why is this happening to us? Why are we different?' Rhian Williams. Wednesday 30 December 2015 21:34 GMT.

How would you like it if you were the best candidate for a high-paying job but got turned down because your great-grandfather was an undertaker? Or how would you feel if, a few days before the big … ...

Burakumin had to follow a dress code and were restricted to living in special hamlets. Advertisement. Even after the caste system was outlawed, ...

The burakumin still feel the impact of centuries-old discrimination, though many Japanese deny these prejudices still exist. Japan’s Outsider Caste – The Diplomat All Sections Search ...

Though Japan did away with its caste system several years after the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery in 1865, discrimination against the burakumin remains strong ...

Many burakumin quietly blend into the rest of society, marrying outside their caste and taking on mainstream work. But more than a century after Japan’s caste system was abolished, ...

Today, official statistics put the number of burakumin at around 1.2 million, with unofficial estimates as high as 3 million. Despite the numbers, the issue is something of a taboo in Japan: ...

Like many in the abattoir because of his profession, Miyazaki is associated with the Burakumin, Japan's "untouchable" class. Burakumin, meaning "hamlet people", dates back to the feudal era.

Today, rights groups say the descendants of burakumin make up about 3 million of the country's 127 million people. But they still face prejudice, based almost entirely on where they live or their ...

”Yet men and women with Burakumin ancestry find they cannot marry non-Burakumin Japanese, or even find decent jobs.” The same problems apply to Japan`s Korean population.