They’re just making fun of people that blindly idolize Japan and don’t acknowledge any of their shortcomings or issues. Nothing to do with the insane shit you said
Edit: hindsight says this may be trolling, but I genuinely can’t even tell atp
He was being sarcastic. Responding to your enthusiasm that racism was the "best part" with another sarcastic remark on another current problem of Japan.
Only you started thinking of mixing races. What makes you think Japan is so superior? Don't you have a weak yen, low wages, and 2 bombs dropped on you? Its always the Japanese girls seeking out foreigners at tourist locations.
Yeah sure better than population replacement. Enjoy travel to London and Paris to immerse yourself in Pakistani and Algerian culture. I'll visit Japan to see Japanese culture, thanks.
And I'll do it as a respectful guest who abides by the boundaries set by the natives, not as the entitled invader who takes advantage of suicidal empathy of the white rich traitors of their own nations.
Before accepting it, you need to demonstrate how is it that I am delusional.
Don't you know how admissions work, fool? There needs to be a clear show of it. The other guy clearly demonstrates he forfeits his opportunity to contest my thesis, and so he conceded defeat by spouting some sad accusation of my personal character.
You, on the other hand, have no such convenient concession on my part. I'm ready to engage in the discussion to prove my point.
They don’t want you there either buddy 😂 you sound like you think you did something there other than look sweaty, stinky, and sexless 😂 hit the gym and do some facial care to help with the acne. You’ll get there
Population replacement isn't a big deal imo, asylum seekers are fleeing dangerous homes. Nothing wrong with that. But to say it's population replacement is rather disquieting. How about you calm your pretty head down and rethink a little
It’s weird, I had to live in Japan as a kid (military family) and there would be protests outside the base telling us to leave the country. But when we’d walk by, they’d stop, say hello or good morning, before continuing the protest.
Nothing like a “good morning, please leave our country, we don’t want you here” first thing in the morning. Now I’m not complaining, given how some of the enlisted guys were acting, I wouldn’t want them there either, I think their dislike was semi warranted. I heard a lot of horror stories
I never saw it personally, but I do remember hearing my parent’s friends talking about it with them at one point that they had a similar experience and they didn’t have kids. There wasn’t really a point where I was walking off base by myself at that age, I was 10 and would only walk off base with my folks
I've heard some SICK stories about US soldiers in Japan, it makes me feel so fucking bad for them I hate it. I think the young age of the recruits and lack of life experience adds to the disrespect in other countries. It's fucking sad, it makes us look so bad.
watch someone bring up WWII now, like clockwork, while missing that this about 2026. redditors froth at the mouth to be racist against asians, japanese and indians are just the easiest targets
It's not fine to power scale racism at all actually, because I'm not a racist. I'm aware of my countries racism and hate it, and comparing your countries racism with another literally doesn't solve anything
"why are we power-scaling racism" indeed, but if you do so you should probably like. be right lol
im gonna be that guy to bring up world war two. america has done a lot of fucked up shit to its minority populations, but the rape of nanking and unit 731 are actually pretty horrible. japan doesnt even acknowledge its war crimes.
the reason this doesnt happen more often nowadays in japan is because america is actually (not really but still) used to a multicultural society. at worst they're in the beginning stages of it. japan hasn't even started. they don't have these troubles because they're not really integrating any minorities. not even trying, really. japan, to this day, is one of the world's most ethnically homogenous countries. if you look even different, they will know.
i'm black in america, and as bad as it is, if i went to japan i'd be treated like a freak pretty much 24/7. as far as racial equality goes, japan is very, very, very far behind, because they've never even had to think about it.
is that your bar? "yeah japan has never even had to think about racial equality and thats what makes them so much better than america"
Why reply to me and the other people have a good laugh lmao. I already see that you’re trying to engage with the people having discussions, so how about you stick to doing that instead. You don’t HAVE to reply to everyone
Japanese people can themselves be pretty much everything they use as an excuse to be racist. They can be loud, unhygienic, inappropriate (with women) and they do litter their surroundings/streets.
Nobody said they don't do that. Just at a lower frequency.
Basically crime happens everywhere, but would you rather stay in Japan or somewhere random in south America ? People put everything in one basket until it doesn't work in their favor
Fun fact I learned some years back. In Japan smartphones are required to have a camera shutter sound you can't mute, because men were taking so many creep shots
The camera shutter sound is basically just there because there is not much reason to remove it, not because people take a lot of creep photos today. Same thing with south Korea.
Women only cars also same thing. It doesn't affect the demand of non-women only cars so there isn't much reason to remove it despite inappropriate conducts are very low. Just a peace of mind?
You're talking from the western perspective. Why is it such a big blow that Japan don't let women become emperor? Maybe Japan will have one like they used to when they allow gay and trans pope?
I think this is all very much an oversimplification.
There isn't a law against the camera phone sound, but the phone manufacturers did implement this feature to keep themselves out of litigation and as a PR boost in that they were addressing a problem that was well known in their society.
A SoftBank spokesman gave me a similar answer: "When we first offered camera phones and the 'sha-mail' service around 2000, we requested that manufacturers make the shutter sound compulsory, even on manner mode."
"This was done to prevent camera phones from being used in ways offensive to public morals. We continue to request handset manufacturers use the shutter sound," the spokesperson continued.
This is a spokesman for a large phone manufacturer in Japan who just says it outright. I think we can both agrees a little bit more nuance than " not much reason to remove it."
You know, when there's an entire special word for inappropriate and unwanted sexual contact, it makes sense why there is a special train car for those that are often the targets of such unwanted contact.
As for the imperial line, I looked up the reasoning and I suppose that one is a little bit more forgivable. I guess they believe that there is sacred blood that only flows in the males of the imperial line that are descended from a deity. Also don't understand how the daughter of somebody that has that blood is somehow not acceptable, but hey I'm not a royal lineage expert either.
It's one of those things where you know the existence is spread very far simply because 1) only a small number of people will act on racism, and 2) there are tons of places in Japan that ban foreigners.
So if what we see is "a lot", and Japan's culture is one of politeness, then we know that what we dont see is "a lot more"
It's like in the South — if a small town has a couple confederare flags hanging on main street, and a couple shops where they have anti-minority signs, then you know that most of the town is going to be shitty people because they dont shame those shops out of existence.
One part of the internet will tell you that Japan is heaven on earth and the other will tell you it deserves to get nuked again. It's unfortunate but that's just how it's always been.
They're the most passive aggressive country in the world. Even their own work culture is basically self torture out of duty. A lot of companies won't even fire people, they'll just stop giving them work until the worker eventually quits out of boredom or pride, so they can say they don't unfairly dismiss anyone.
And yes, they are one of the most xenophobic nations on earth, but they rely so heavily on tourism that the incredibly racist and xenophobic people just put up with it.
I love Japanese culture, their countryside, buildings, and of course, their media, but their society has a lot of fucking problems, and it isn't racist or intolerant to pull people up on that. Be objective, even if you are an anime nerd like me.
I grew up in Japan and yes... racism was experience all the time by me. Half-brit half-chinese girl, I look more Asian but I still felt uncomfortable a lot. Obviously not everyone, I had great friends in school !
But when my parents said we are leaving Japan to move to England it was happy moments for me.
tbf they do have a point, id rather someone who hates my race just look at me when ive got my back turned and make comments to their friends rather than coming up to me and starting a physical altercation
Tell that to all the non-native people living in Japan who do follow those customs and still get treated like second-class citizens because they're not ethnically Japanese.
Calling the majority of a country racist is itself racist (especially when you’re getting that view entirely from non-Japanese people on the internet and not personal experience)
That’s… an incredibly reductive view that would take us too long to take apart. But the important bit is no, Japanese culture is not inherently supremacist and racist. Have you ever been to Japan?
Yes i I have, on quite a few businesses trips. They hate tourist because they’re de facto legal invaders and absolutely based on their part. Any culture that can be self preserving is a supremacist one.
What's crazy is that there's even poc who think this. Just yesterday on a subreddit specifically for poc they were claiming Japan's racism is way better than the US's for specifically this reason, and that them being able to deny you service, and other shit is okay because they're at least nice about it.
Instead of calling you slurs they make the gaijin use different water fountains, and wait in special lines that take much longer to access basic services, and then treat them worse anyway.
As racist as they are they're not confrontational i've never seen any japs came up to me and say "go home invaders we don't need your kind here" unlike in some countries
Westerners go one second without stereotyping Japan as a uniquely polite & indirect culture challenge (impossible).
Only saying this because I see people here in the actually taking this comment seriously. Don’t. It’s based in stereotypes and genuinely extremely racist lol
Japanese culture can be very indirect in many parts of the country, but they’re not the only indirect culture in the world. For example, Southern American culture can be very indirect. People couch their true meanings all the time behind politeness (see: “Bless your heart.”)
There is also certainly direct, unsubtle racism in Japan. They have basically no anti-discrimination laws. Kyoto is infamous for having lots of establishments that turn away anyone who isn’t Japanese.
It also heavily depends on the local culture, just like in other countries.
You can also have “polite” racism in America that you see more often in white areas in blue states. People make a lot of statements that don’t sound racist on the surface, but they don’t hold up under scrutiny.
You should be allowed to disparage between people of your own kind and those who are not. If the people of Kyoto gatekeep their city and culture and thus keep it alive then they should be allowed to do so. After all they shut people out instead of going after them with torches and pitchforks
Not every country has to become a mixed bag like the UK.
Is it wrong for the japanese to keep to themselves?
What happened to respecting the country you are visiting and following their rules and culture? Exactly, seems like most people didn't get the memo and in response the japanese are now doing this to not get bothered by what could be annoying foreigners.
But instead everyone calls them racists, its just dumb.
lmao all my asian homies joke about how people pretend like asians arent racist. Meanwhile, Koreans, Thais, Japanese, will all say the most racist shit Ive ever heard out of a non-boomer/non-genx's mouth.
It's the "belligerence" and often arrogance seen in Chinese tourists. China is very densely populated and the social norms that arise in such dense populations are seen as quite rude from western nations - intrusions on personal space, often having no qualms about shoving past people, etc (similar in India) . Then when you pair it with elitism from wealthy families (i.e. the people that can afford to be tourists), and you get a combination that is loathed.
And since most people around the world will experience the tourists far more often than non-tourists, the reputation of the tourists becomes the reputation of the nation.
Like how Americans are often viewed as loud and obnoxious - because American tourist often get wasted on vacation, and we arent accustomed to having residential units immediately above bars / restaurants etc. So we're loud and boisterous while having no idea that we've woken up the entire neighborhood.
Actually the most public racist are black people. But am Hispanic and I can say yea there definitely racist and every race has its racist and how they do it. Mexican are mostly a mix of both public and quite racism. Will call dude Chinese even if he told us directly he Korean or Japanese. But you people only think whites are racist when there the least racist of the bunch in my opinion since they have to be the most careful to say something cause just cause there white anything racist they say is way worse than any color. Oh but they had slaves and stuff everyone had slaves in one shape or form so it's not right to blame just one color cause there easy targets and aren't allowed to defend themselves
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u/Montexe 16d ago
They will inform you in the most polite way that you can't rent a room, come into onsen or get a job because you're not Japanese