U.S. embassy in Tokyo warns of 'suspected racial profiling' by Japanese police

FILE PHOTO: Police officers stand guard near the U.S. embassy in Tokyo, as U.S. President Donald Trump visits Japan, November 5, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States Embassy in Tokyo on Monday warned in a tweet of incidents of suspected racial profiling of non-Japanese by Japanese police.

Japan is a mostly ethnically homogeneous country where some people equate more immigrants with a rise in crime, although foreign labour is increasingly needed to make up for a declining and ageing population.