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Asians and whites have traditionally held a lot of power throughout history, in many instances reaching far beyond their normal spheres of influence. There's nothing to really be sensitive about these days either, for similar reasons. I had one Indian friend that made the point of "how am I going to insult you? By pointing out your people used to tell mine what to do and you still have lots of money and power? Ooh, burn!" (that makes him sound kind of like a jerk, but he wasn't actually bothered, he was only joking around knowing my mom is from England). While this obviously applies more to white people than Asians, I think the same basic principle is applicable.

Part of it too could be fallout from WWII propaganda that dehumanized the Japanese, as well a lack of complaints about it nowadays (as was already mentioned).
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