Ski resort tackles growing tension between Japanese, foreign residents english.kyodonews.net

Some foreign residents have also been raising their voices to ask that improvements be made to administrative facilities and financial institutions to make life easier for them.
A survey conducted in Kutchan among 2,000 residents in 2017 raised several issues, with many people expressing dissatisfaction about how foreign residents dispose of their garbage or have poor driving etiquette.
"It's difficult living here with the growing number (of foreign residents)," one person was quoted as saying.
The foreign residents, however, rarely stray from the areas surrounding hotels and seldom mingle with Japanese locals.
"The fact that there's no contact between the Japanese residents (and foreigners) can't be helped," a village spokesperson said.