AYRT, I don't know who you people are, or who you're refering to. Anyone who told you that Japanese people are not POC wete wrong, and people who claim that have been repeatedly mocked for their idiocy on FFA, so it sure as shit wasn't there or here that you heard it. Take a look at any of the fandom challenges designed to focus on getting more representation for POC characters from Dark Agenda to kaleidoscope and all the others and you'll see that the general belief in fandom is that POC refers to amyone not white. If you want a Yuletide specific example just look at the rules for the subchallenge focusing on POC from every year, hint, Japamese people in Japan absolutely count.