Every so often, I'll search for 外国人 on Google Japan. There's usually a photo next to the Wikipedia link. For a long time, it's been this flying tie guy.

Today, this bloke has started popping up.

He's in a lot of shutterstock-type galleries.

This is the most common photo of a woman to pop up in my browser during a search for 外国人. YMMV.

Flying tie guy is back. Now trying to decide if this should be a boost for my self-esteem.

Just a thought. Wonder what I'll get searching for イギリス人?

Oh, come on, now....

Google image search now has a photo of sociologist Kiyoto Tanno as the top result for 外国人. He's written reserach on migrant workers in Japan, so there is that, I suppose.

Things have taken an other odd turn.

New one is a melancholy foreigner, having a think. Bit close to home.

Everything has suddenly become very impersonal.