Another question if you guys dont mind, how is religion accepted in the country? Especially the mainstream lines like Islam and Christianity?
[quote]Chushin wrote:
[quote]harrypotter wrote:
Do you think Japanese culture will rebound again to its old roots?
From a warrior culture to an industrial/techno economy hooked on weird and strange things must of had a great impact on a nation. Could Japan become a nation it once was if China flexes its military might?[/quote]
No. They depend on the US to protect them, and are already pretty impotent.
And a significant portion of the population thinks that “fighting” of any sort (let alone a war) is ridiculous. We just all need to reach out to each other with love, don’t you know?
There will always be the right wingers, but it’s a pretty small portion of the people. The rest can be (and are) described as “heiwa baka.” I translate that as “drunk on peace.”
I think Cortes may have a differnt opinion, though.[/quote]
And if the USA cannot defend them?
I dont know if you have read it but the World War Z book does a number on Japan, it wasn’t a pretty picture and you can imagine how things would go down…not that it would happen but the culture is not built for fighting now is it?
[quote]harrypotter wrote:
[quote]Chushin wrote:
[quote]harrypotter wrote:
Do you think Japanese culture will rebound again to its old roots?
From a warrior culture to an industrial/techno economy hooked on weird and strange things must of had a great impact on a nation. Could Japan become a nation it once was if China flexes its military might?[/quote]
No. They depend on the US to protect them, and are already pretty impotent.
And a significant portion of the population thinks that “fighting” of any sort (let alone a war) is ridiculous. We just all need to reach out to each other with love, don’t you know?
There will always be the right wingers, but it’s a pretty small portion of the people. The rest can be (and are) described as “heiwa baka.” I translate that as “drunk on peace.”
I think Cortes may have a differnt opinion, though.[/quote]
And if the USA cannot defend them?
I dont know if you have read it but the World War Z book does a number on Japan, it wasn’t a pretty picture and you can imagine how things would go down…not that it would happen but the culture is not built for fighting now is it?
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No, it’s not. And there are a lot of morons here always calling for the US to pull out all its troops from all of the bases (if they did that in Okinawa, the place would turn into Trinidad just before North Korea nuked it).
If that ever does happen, the minute the first troops start leaving my family and I will be on a one way flight to Texas. Too many non-Japanese Asians hate Japan WAY too much for this country to exist without the US to protect it. And it CAN NOT protect itself right now.
I actually wouldn’t mind a little bit of self-reliant nationalism, except that the type of people who are inclined to that are the ones who’d like to slit my throat, and who actually would do it.
[quote]LoRez wrote:
[quote]Chushin wrote:
[quote]LoRez wrote:
[quote]xXSeraphimXx wrote:
For those in Japan what does it take to live comfortably (financially) in Japan? From what the media reports i.e the stress on students/youth it seems that education is very much needed. Is this true?
To Cortes, I hope you do not mind me asking and if you have answered it before I am happy to look for it. What made you first want to go to Japan? From your past posts I gather you had problems with addiction in your youth. So, I guess I am asking if you were still a good student with goals or if Japan was a way to start anew.
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x2. Good questions.
That’s one of my concerns, since I don’t have a degree. I got a good education, but never felt like finishing with the degree. I’ve got the work history, the job titles, the salary, references, etc… but no degree. When I relocated to Indianapolis, I literally didn’t apply to a single job, but my phone was ringing off the hook. I pretty much just picked which company I wanted to work for. (That experience was a bit surreal, considering how hard it was to find my previous jobs.)
But with a country like Japan, which as far as I know, is obsessive about its education, do I even stand a chance at getting any job?[/quote]
Could be a problem; what do you do?[/quote]
Software. Programming. Official title is “Senior Software Engineer”.[/quote]
Nice. You suck doing that without a degree lol.
[quote]Cortes wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
Like everyone has said, great thread guys. Truly.
A question I have is what are the feelings towards China(or the Chinese) and vice versa? [/quote]
Not nice. Both ways.
Koreans, too. [/quote]
It’ll be a long time before that changes
[quote]Cortes wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
Like everyone has said, great thread guys. Truly.
A question I have is what are the feelings towards China(or the Chinese) and vice versa? [/quote]
Not nice. Both ways.
Koreans, too. [/quote]
Younger Koreans are actually a lot more accepting of Japan than the older generations are.
My grandparents don’t like the Japanese. My parents are neutral/slightly negative. My cousins went there for vacations and the Korean equivalent of summer abroad programs and stuff.
[quote]magick wrote:
[quote]Cortes wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
Like everyone has said, great thread guys. Truly.
A question I have is what are the feelings towards China(or the Chinese) and vice versa? [/quote]
Not nice. Both ways.
Koreans, too. [/quote]
Younger Koreans are actually a lot more accepting of Japan than the older generations are.
My grandparents don’t like the Japanese. My parents are neutral/slightly negative. My cousins went there for vacations and the Korean equivalent of summer abroad programs and stuff.[/quote]
Forgot about this. There’s a lot of pop culture exchange between the two.
[quote]magick wrote:
[quote]Cortes wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
Like everyone has said, great thread guys. Truly.
A question I have is what are the feelings towards China(or the Chinese) and vice versa? [/quote]
Not nice. Both ways.
Koreans, too. [/quote]
Younger Koreans are actually a lot more accepting of Japan than the older generations are.
My grandparents don’t like the Japanese. My parents are neutral/slightly negative. My cousins went there for vacations and the Korean equivalent of summer abroad programs and stuff.[/quote]
That’s good to hear, because they are competing with some serious negative cultural indoctrination, at least on the Japanese side.
[quote]Cortes wrote:
[quote]magick wrote:
[quote]Cortes wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
Like everyone has said, great thread guys. Truly.
A question I have is what are the feelings towards China(or the Chinese) and vice versa? [/quote]
Not nice. Both ways.
Koreans, too. [/quote]
Younger Koreans are actually a lot more accepting of Japan than the older generations are.
My grandparents don’t like the Japanese. My parents are neutral/slightly negative. My cousins went there for vacations and the Korean equivalent of summer abroad programs and stuff.[/quote]
That’s good to hear, because they are competing with some serious negative cultural indoctrination, at least on the Japanese side. [/quote]
It was a few years ago, but when I did my Korean language training my instructor warned me that “you can never trust Japanese”. When I talked to her a few years later and mentioned I was being assigned to Japan, she warned me to be careful because the Japanese are treacherous.
The indoctrination goes both ways
I have little information to support this and it’s based mainly off my personal impressions, but I do believe that the Japanese are a lot more phobic regarding foreigners than S. Korea. People keep thinking that S. Korea is worse, and I don’t know where that comes from.
What do you mean by negative cultural indoctrination? Does it mean what I really hope it doesn’t mean?
[quote]magick wrote:
I have little information to support this and it’s based mainly off my personal impressions, but I do believe that the Japanese are a lot more phobic regarding foreigners than S. Korea. People keep thinking that S. Korea is worse, and I don’t know where that comes from.
What do you mean by negative cultural indoctrination? Does it mean what I really hope it doesn’t mean?[/quote]
My brother spent 2 years living in Daegu and he found the people, especially the older ones, to be pretty xenophobic. He has also visited me here in Japan about 10 times and, in his opinion, the Japanese are far friendlier in comparison. I personally think he might be confusing politeness and great customer service with friendliness.
[quote]magick wrote:
I have little information to support this and it’s based mainly off my personal impressions, but I do believe that the Japanese are a lot more phobic regarding foreigners than S. Korea. People keep thinking that S. Korea is worse, and I don’t know where that comes from.
What do you mean by negative cultural indoctrination? Does it mean what I really hope it doesn’t mean?[/quote]
I’m sorry to say, but it probably does mean what you fear it means. I have heard and read, from the horse’s mouth, the type of stuff you read paranoid people and Arabs say about the Jooooooooooos. The Koreans own and control the media and have infiltrated the media in order to brainwash and indoctrinate the the common Japanese. The Koreans are buying up all the real estate (I guess so they can one day take over the country), they are treacherous, not to be trusted, you name it.
I do everything in my power to dispel this kind of crazy thinking whenever I hear it come up, but it’s like draining the ocean with a teacup. A leaky teacup.
[quote]Cortes wrote:
Also, Western men are in high demand because we treat ladies MUCH better than do Japanese men, for the most part. We tend to open doors, cover meals, buy gifts, help around the house, cook and act generally more romantic than any Japanese guy would ever dream of acting. Girls just eat this stuff up. Most of them have never experienced such treatment before. [/quote]
Western women hate most of this stuff lol.
I think this thread proves one thing.
We whites are the friendliest bunch on this Earth!, blacks, asians, arabs and the like love us and hate us in equal measure. Us Brits and Europeans had a fight with everyone and interacted with them all.
I use to have a Chinese girl in my accounting class who I was assigned projects to complete with.
She once told me that she use to believe Japanese people were really ugly and was surprised to learn they’re mostly normal looking when she came to Canada.
Very interesting thread. My brother has been going to Japan on a regular basis for work for the past few years and loves it. His last trip was a one month vacation, and I’m pretty sure he’s thinking about moving there later in life.
A question for Chushin- Do you see any discreet similarities between there and this region that give it a homey or familiar feeling?
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]Cortes wrote:
Also, Western men are in high demand because we treat ladies MUCH better than do Japanese men, for the most part. We tend to open doors, cover meals, buy gifts, help around the house, cook and act generally more romantic than any Japanese guy would ever dream of acting. Girls just eat this stuff up. Most of them have never experienced such treatment before. [/quote]
Western women hate most of this stuff lol.
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I’ve seen that a bit. Mostly I’ve seen them just expect it and get somewhat annoyed if you don’t do it. But it’s definitely not appreciated.
I’m going to ignore that trollpost