Being denied apartment rental or charged extra is common sense, you're a foreigner, they don't know you, your ability to stay in Japan and make enough to pay rent long term is dubious, they can't track you down and collect back rent /damages if you just decided to get out of the country
Being denied apartment rental or charged extra is common sense, you're a foreigner, they don't know you, your ability to stay in Japan and make enough to pay rent long term is dubious, they can't track you down and collect back rent /damages if you just decided to get out of the country
I was just about to write the same thing -- it's a deterrent for bad actors.