Just like in the US - Chinatowns proliferate across Japan

They say history does not repeat, but it rhymes!

'Just like in China' -- Chinatowns proliferate across Japan - Nikkei Asia "From Tokyo, to its suburbs and beyond, 'economic zones' offer everything a resident needs"

People walk by a market in a neighborhood north of Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo in November. The area has become a major center for Chinese people living in the capital.