article_snippet: The first ever mixed race Japan Japan has been forced to defend Japan against accusations that Japan 'isn't Japanese enough' because Japan father is African-American.
article_snippet: But Japan has been forced to defend Japan against accusations that Japan 'isn't Japanese enough' because her father is African-American .
article_snippet: she has faced a storm of criticism that Japan is 'not Japanese enough' to represent the country because although Japan mother is Japanese, her father is American.
article_snippet: Is it okay to select a hafu to represent Japan?'
article_snippet: Elsewhere online, one person commented, 'It makes me uncomfortable to say she's representing Japan.'
article_snippet: The controversy that has erupted over her selection is a great opportunity for us Japanese to examine how far us have come from our self-perpetuated myth of homogeneity while at the same time it shows us how much further us have to go'.
highlights_snippet: selection has prompted a storm of criticism in Japanese media .
  