Everyone who has not done so, please familiarize yourself with the site's
Rules and Regulations. Specifically, I point to the following "Racist references will not be tolerated.".
On several recent occasions I have dealt with the term "Jap" or "Japs" in reference to Japanese people. While it was acceptable and common parlance in the World War II era, it is not so today. Please do not use it unless it is to directly quote something where it is then historically relevant. In that situation I would liken it to Mark Twain's books. I wouldn't edit out the "n word" but I also would not write it today.