Why foreigners are leaving Japan

[@takashiifromjapan]

Full interview kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGTOh3SJhbqFd80

[@dongshengdi773]

You will never be Chinese. You don't know Mao and Xi. Chinese people love to be prisoners controlled by their government. Everything is done by the government for them including decision making. Have one child only or must have at least 3 children. Etc .

[@Roger-tv7sf]

When I'm in Japan show me around please

[@marquistf1996]

White people feel like they should be loved and accepted everywhere lol.

[@Shadowlief]

I'm not japanese nor will I ever be japanese. However, I have seriously considered what it'd be like to live there. There are a few worries I have. First, I absolutely must learn the language and I think it can be done over time, but it's not easy. Second, business in Japan is very serious and it makes me scared of ever working for a black company who works their employees to death. Third, city life isn't my ideal and I don't think of rural anything when I look at Japan. Fourth, there is a lot less foreigners integrated in Japan, so its not like in the US where everyone around you is almost certainly an American citizen even if they're a different race or ethnicity. Fifth, it seems like you're treated as closer to an invader there than a visitor or citizen (my guess is a certain amount of stupid people ruined this in the past). I will say though. America has enough problems that it could be well worth going through that process, learning the language, and sucking it up, all while enjoying the good things that it has to offer which also seems to be plentiful.

[@pranitrock]

I so want to live in japan ❤

[@bpuppin]

He’s saying they’re nice to you, but they’re a clique and you don’t belong

[@bpuppin]

@밀탄후리도만 it shouldn't, because they'll receive what they give too. It makes life miserable to everyone

[@mmbw123]

@밀탄후리도만 That's a complete and utter lie. Europe, North America, Central America, South America has Asian immigrants and they are all welcomed and there's a path to citizenship and once you blend in to our culture, you're considered a national. Peru received a lot of Japanese in the 40s after the War and they're all called Peruvian, they have families and they even blended their culture with ours and made it richer. This segregationism you speak of only happens in Asia my friend.

[@alesztra937]

@@user-pz9bf5pt1nthat’s just a straight up lie. If you genuinely try to fit in a become a citizen of a country, you’ll be accepted by the majority. Excluding ignorant racists and such. Half of my family is Asian and relatively successful. Most of them. And yes, me and my family members have met racist people that just don’t know how things work, but those are the minority.

[@edgarvera4476]

Facts Cesar, as a fellow Peruvian I can say that the blending of the cultures happens when both parties are willing to understand each other, engage and appreciate what the other can bring to the table. There are of course people in any country who will not want to do this, and some countries may have a greater number of people who are welcoming/unwelcoming. I can say from personal experience that Peruvians are naturally curious and welcoming people because we have always been a blend of cultures! Chinese and Japanese immigrants have introduced a lot of good things to our country, some aspects of Peruvian cuisine are a nice example of this!

[@biteoutoflife]

@@mmbw123 you are definitely speaking from first hand ignorance. Please sit down & don’t speak for others from your blindness

[@tomsawyerpiper9412]

Dude found the nicest way to say “This country wants me to come, but it doesn’t want me to stay.”

[@ProfessionalFartSmeller]

Who would want a white man in their country 😂

[@ernestorodriguez456]

@Ray Diaz i think it’s a smart way to look at it. I mean Japan is still Japan. Probably one of the only countries you go to where all the people look a certain way and have the same culture

[@giankeecarlosb1]

Yes I agree with Japan come to our countries but do not stay and do not try to change our culture and the way we leave. I love United States I just don’t like y’all’s culture. Actually you have no culture your culture is based on hip hop and clothing 😂😂

[@Ty91681]

And if this was a white guy in the United States conducting the interview with a Japanese American you'd all be calling the white dude a racist Hypocrites everywhere. Gaslighting never ends.

[@Slippindisc]

Idk you said it in a pretty nice way too

[@skelter1153]

Japan treats you like a welcome GUEST, but NEVER like a Neighbor.

[@kartworld8884]

And they shouldn’t. This is Americas greatest weakness

[@mrorange6660]

@@kartworld8884 Why is that a weakness

[@FreeSpeechAbsolutist1776]

​@@mrorange6660 America is changing for the worse because of our acceptance of foreigners. America is becoming more Hispanic as we speak. And they have proven themselves to be against American tradition. America was created for Europeans, the founding fathers said such.

[@treymtz]

​@Kart World What a load of primative bs. That's the weakness of the US? Give me a break, what a shit take.

[@MrPojopojo]

​@@kartworld8884 america gets the best minds from across the world to move there and integrate meanwhile japan slowly pushes people out. You will never be Japanese, but America isn't an ethnicity, it's only a country.

[@AZ-ty7ub]

As an American who has lived in Japan and now Sweden, they're such opposite experiences... In Japan, at first everyone is so warm and friendly, but if you're a foreigner it's almost impossible to find people who will let you in and treat you like a real friend. In Sweden, people seem distant at first, but once you break past the walls they treat you like family and will always be there for you.

[@apollyonok1832]

Yeah Sweden is truly exemplary bro, I mean we all know the immigrants in Sweden have been just fantastic for the country... oh wait...

[@AZ-ty7ub]

@@apollyonok1832 As an immigrant myself every other immigrant I've met here has been nothing but kind, grateful, and hard working. Hell they work a hell of a lot harder and contribute more to Sweden than I do (I work online with an American company) but somehow because I'm white I don't get half the shit they do. For some reason.

[@apollyonok1832]

@@AZ-ty7ub I wonder why bro, almost like after the non-white horde invaded Sweden it became the rape capital of Europe, with HUNDREDS of bombings all by non-white invaders. maybe it's because Sweden has the biggest problem in Europe with child terrorists, rapes, killings, all from non-white immigrants? But who knows bro I'll just take your word for it let in 10 million more immigrants so we can replace Swedish people even faster! Great idea

[@kage2479]

@@AZ-ty7ub In Vienna theyre really sketchy. Not being racist, when I see another man from another country I think nothing bad but on the street they act really bad, when I was a kid Ive nearly gotten kidnaped by someone who didnt speak german well and was obviously from turkey or greece or... but thank god I was a smart 7yo and ran away nearly immediately after he said my mom said I should give you a ride home for a suprise party...

[@KraljOsovina]

Happy to hear that you feel welcomed here 😊 Kind regards from a Swede 😊✌️

[@elledumble]

A year? Years? He sounded absolutely horrified by the mere idea 😅😅

[@hil7850]

😂😂😂 he is not coming back again

[@Thatonlyone678]

Vexed to the core ,could see right in his eyes.

[@prakashtiwari8003]

Exactly, he sounds terrified. He is like, fcuk i am out.😂😂 He will definitely come for vacation nonetheless.

[@gaijin_in_japan8494]

Because there’s actually no fun in here.

[@bill-or-somthingbill4390]

They appreciate their ethnic homogeny and cultural identity a little to much imo. But they’ve historically been isolationist, until the wold came knocking a couple hundred years ago. I think it’s short sighted but hey, not my culture.

[@Greg-om2hb]

While living in Japan, the first question Japanese would ask me was, “when did you come here?” The second question *always* was, “when are you going home?”

[@skywalker6648]

Haha, maybe they heard the Christopher Columbus story.

[@ComeAndSee101]

Ahahahaha damn

[@tonyam3898]

I always assumed because you cannot purchase a one way trip to japan. You have to purchase an “onward/return” ticket when booking a flight to japan.

[@Alaskan-Armadillo]

​@@IamSome1 You act as though Japan doesn't have it's own history of colonization and subjugation of indigenous people. I understand though you watched Naruto once and immediately thought that Japan was the exact same way.

[@RYU47376]

@@IamSome1 japan was the the worst country in the world war. Even more than nazi, not saying the current japan is like thise because well i like coming there. But yeah your comment sounds bigoted

[@PepperoniMilkshake]

Feeling like you don't belong, even if you're treated nicely, is soul crushing. I totally get him.

[@lucaschen6821]

Haha yea growing up Canadian Asian that's me

[@Delita45]

Felt this... I left a really happy and bright friends group because I grew up in a ghetto part of Detroit, whereas they were from up north and ver suburban. I just knew I didn't belong. Even though the were extremely nice and welcoming to me, I had too many problems financially, and was always struggling to partake in their games or outings because I was struggling with school, and couldn't even open up as much as I wanted to due to pas trauma. Even after months of trying it just felt so foreign, so alien, and as if nothing I did could ever make it feel natural. I loved the kindness they had shown me, but I felt as if I was taking advantage of them by simply being there, because it was almost like reliving the parts of my childhood I missed out on. I bet they're still the same big family of friends that enjoy every moment together, and honestly, I think I'm content being in this shit hole with local friends who accept me. It's not perfect, but I feel at home, right in place, gunshots and and sirens all.

[@jacobmorgan1182]

I got told by my cousins grandfather in Japan..in my home you are a brother to jai( cousin) you keep him safe and you make him a good man dont judge Japan by what you see but by what you feel being foreign is different and for Japan different can be very good and bad but enjoy your time because your joy is just that...thisbwas after I stopped a fight with my cousins neighbor I'm 6ft 285 jarhead and I didn't understand that him having me as a guest was such a bother for his neighbors but honestly I remained respectful and carried myself as a man and people spoke well of me lol

[@pcmasterracetechgod5660]

Yeah it's crazy how normalized racism is for other countries/races. It's like it's only a big deal if a white person is racist

[@walterego418]

Absolutely it's kind of like the way black people feel all the time everywhere they go. :-)

[@gerardway3498]

My experience living in Japan was complicated but I did feel very much the same way and it was alienating. I could never shake the feeling that I was barging in where I wasn’t quite wanted.

[@triniscout]

It's like ppl never research before they go yet always say the same things smh 🙄

[@94fleetwood49]

​@triniscout There's a difference someone not caring and someone caring about a foreign country. You can't expect every foreigner to learn everything, and even one thing about a foreigner is enough to trigger people doesn't sound welcoming.

[@Window4503]

@@triniscout Who said they didn't? Experiencing something firsthand is different from merely reading about it.

[@catmerchant8699]

I never felt like that. Japanese people accepted me. And shock I want to live here for as long as possible but I don’t want to be Japanese. Again I’m not American so I don’t have any nationalistic feelings

[@user-ls2uq3pv1h]

​@@catmerchant8699You know not only Americans can be nationalistic, right? Lol.

[@OhHeyItsShan]

Dude: Japan, I love you. Japan: Dude, I like spending time with you too.

[@serafimbarbu7711]

I know it’s overrated to say this but: _underrated_ .

[@k4rec4]

​@BerJerkDeezNutsDid you got the joke?

[@rohinireddy547]

For real 😅

[@allieharmon3926]

😂😂😂

[@batbee7427]

Japan:....As long as you have money, anyway.

[@FIRELORD767]

In short, japanese people are nice and kind but they only see you as "guest" in their country and prefer if you don't "overstay" and will be one of them

[@devious00]

But expect us to accept them when they come to live in the Western world lmao. Fuckin weird ass people.

[@Fahklevi]

Accurate

[@mrstealcar4702]

or blatent racism

[@lysbringer868]

Well thats how it should be. Because you ARE a guest. I really dont see the problem here.

[@skeecats]

It will end soon. Unfortunately. Something horrible will happen in the world which will force them to open up like many places in the world.

[@rositalesmana186]

I feel like Japan has been romanticized so much that people forget they have many dark sides that wasn’t usually highlighted

[@pingtime]

Indeed, their work culture and office politics is out of this world, I've worked with some Japanese companies as their external consultant, and the bigger the company, the environment is more hostile, working with them is frustating especially when you're live in more relaxed/easy-going country like yours (if you know that I meant 😂).

[@joeycheckers114]

Just your basic Xenophobia and racism.

[@sabir1208]

They're a horrible country. Will never go there

[@danielsaragih]

Japan have too much darkside that I prefer at my home than being in total dystopian living abroad. Only the poor fantasize japan so much that they even projecting their own fetish to something they never afford

[@girthquake2390]

​@@joeycheckers114 Utterly moronic and ignorant comment. You know nothing.

[@pameladuente5449]

All visitors in my country who had gone to Japan said the same thing "A good place to visit but not to settle"

[@NHCal-wk4kq]

Japan: "YOU CAN'T SIT WITH US"

[@niaputri2094]

Japan: Stop trying to make fetch happens, it's not gonna happen

[@chenanigans]

Lol. Funny because that's how I feel living in Seattle and a lot of other transplants can agree and it's ironic that they have a lot of Japanese influence. The Seattle freeze a real thing. If you aren't from here you will never be a Seattle native and they will passive aggressively let that be known lol.

[@boperez2841]

LOL😂❤

[@JoJo-zm3tv]

Actually Megan. I can’t sit anywhere.. I HAVE HEMORRHOIDS 🎵 🎶

[@dazaiosamu4780]

Megan

[@HermskiTV]

“You will NEVER be Japanese” bro had to make sure he really understood 😂

[@shnoopydoopy6707]

🤣🤣he just had to slide that in there. Sounded like he wanted to get a point across.😂

[@blanc18]

Hahahahhaa

[@mr.reality9741]

He might as well said, “There’s the door 👈🏼”

[@Alph413]

Imagine me a white man saying that to a non white immigrant here in Scandinavia…

[@DamnitMan88]

Sometime you gotta make sure they gets it. Can't have doubts.

[@josephwilliams5292]

It’s honestly tragic that this is the kind of thing that you really only fully understand once you go to Japan and *feel* it. It’s like the first day at a new school, but it’s every day.

[@Xinjin_Zhu]

I think that's because most Westerners come to Japan (or Asia in general) with completely wrong expectations. Many came with that expectation that hospitality means being welcomed into their family with open arms and accepted as one of their own. In order to protect yourself from such disappointments, if you intend to stay longer abroad, you should definitely inform yourself about the culture and mentality beforehand and think again carefully whether your love for the culture and history of the country is so huge that you can deal with the inevitably following rejection.

[@andresavila5657]

​@@Xinjin_Zhu Nice way to Say japanese people are racist

[@bobshanery5152]

@@Xinjin_Zhu Many from places like USA think the social norms is the same in Japan and its clearly not. Many in Japan (that I talked to) find foreigners annoying because of this. What we accept in the USA vs Japan they find is extremely disrespectful. Sad thing is.. I been around for a long time and the USA used to have class but that's long gone. Probably the sign of the end..

[@Seek_Grass]

What's tragic is that the ruling generation of Japan won't change their attitude or regulations for business and work, even though the population will likely completely collapse inside a few decades as well as their GDP. Result of old ways getting in the way of their country flourishing.

[@whiterunguard9182]

​@@Xinjin_Zhu This is correct. I am from SEA, and people in my country have 0 problem living in Japan for years. My uncle even has 2 kids and still currently living in Japan. Because we understand their culture as Asians, and know how to adapt well enough.

[@seanceknowles2911]

Japan really said “ you can’t sit with us” 😂😂😂

[@CaesarLvcivs]

I'd say it's more like "Um, yeah, you can sit with us... I guess."

[@ayuubyusuf7573]

Sunmi is Korean tf racist much 😂😩 jheez

[@Cum007]

​@@CaesarLvcivsPatrick Bateman: oof

[@Birbbb]

*with eye rolling*​@@CaesarLvcivs

[@kaz7690]

Bro really experienced the reverse 1900s segregation 💀

[@uuu12343]

My dude be saying "i dont feel like I belong" in the nicest possible way Very very impressive, nice

[@mrjuanderfuI]

Yeah good way to be honest and nice. That's how you charm

[@akasahi9315]

He already influenced by that Japanese trait 😂

[@moonlessiguana1826]

What's wrong with "I don't belong?"

[@PiracyandDumbbells]

Let's see Paul Allen's smooth attempt to be grateful.

[@BasementBubbatunde]

​@@moonlessiguana1826 I'd imagine quite a bit in one of the more homogeneous countries in the world where you want to be apart of it but can't, as basically every foreigner on here has said.

[@djspit8929]

" its nice here, but people will always treat you like an outsider so you wont ever feel truly welcome" is essentially what he said

[@Au5h]

Just like we do to asians all around the country no big deal

[@rosameltrozo5889]

And that's good, westernes should do the same

[@Originul_]

​@IoSGod I don't know what country you're in, but that doesn't happen on the states.😂

[@Kaidvn]

@@rosameltrozo5889 if we do that everybody starts crying and not long before you reignite Asian lives matter 💀

[@baadlyrics8705]

​@@rosameltrozo5889 good thing is that you have no say in that and in most western countries they are welcome 🤡

[@fourkz]

From what I’ve heard, traveling to Japan and moving to Japan are two very different experiences.

[@jack_blacksplaque8022]

I feel like that can be said for most if not all countries

[@thegadflygang5381]

Yeah. Because you cannot become "Japanese" because you cannot change your genetics. The sick Western perspective is new and different than the past 3000 years. If you told a Frenchmen or Swede 100 years ago that your own government would be replacing primitives that will also magically become identical to you and your ancestry? They would mock you

[@mingyuhuang8944]

Remember back in the day during the Meiji restoration used to welcome westerners into Japan to stay and become a citizen. Back then Japan was inclusive and learning, the government even incentivised Japanese women to marry and have families with westerners to improve the genetic code and height of Japanese people. Why can't Japanese people realise this is a global world and its time to stop being so petty and become open minded? And this is reinforced by the literally shrinking population... Japan is embarking on a self destructive path.,,,,

[@user-tl9ks6zv9h]

@@jack_blacksplaque8022 not most western countries. You move to Australia, you’re Australian.

[@rakurai7367]

@@jack_blacksplaque8022 japans a a lot different tho. Much harder because of all of their weird ass old(outdated) traditions

[@emaclooney6063]

As a Japanese who live in Canada over 15 years. I still feel the same way like this guy in Canada as well. I speak English and working in a Canadian company but I can tell I am still “excluded” at many situations. I am always A foreigner in Canada. I am leaving Canada soon when my kids grow up.

[@willfenholtart]

That’s sad. There are places like that in the U.S. as well but there are also many places here where you would be accepted.

[@Lovecats956]

​@@willfenholtartYes. I feel like a foreigner in San diego, Ca. Everyone is either white or mexican.

[@onemaster8133]

Canada is a stupid country..they have nothing including common sense 😂

[@lionedheart]

Im your friend bro. I live NY though

[@leomichell2757]

I mean that’s understandable but you just have to be opened and dead honest what a wise man once said don’t be a nice person be a good person

[@JAK_EDITS.]

Damn, he's bang-on about how he'll "never be Japanese"- like, obviously not; but he meant culturally in other Japanese eyes, he'll always be the gaijin- i don't think I could live in a place my entire life that always saw me as a foreigner my entire life, even if I loved the country otherwise.

[@Rico401Prov]

Same! I used to be stationed there and you get this feeling as if Japan itself doesn’t want to mix cultures like other places such as America. It’s disheartening to me but to certain people that’s no big deal

[@CaptainUncle1836]

I'm mixed and where ever I go I'm a foreigner 😂

[@TheOhsemix]

@@CaptainUncle1836 that me in the US the Americans see me as an immigrant and Mexicans see me as a white washed Chicano.

[@inputlunasano723]

@@Rico401Prov my mom is Mexican and my dad is Japanese, they have amazing marriage. They have 25 years together, it’s posible. I not agree with you, American have a lot diversity and still have problem with racism. Mexico is more inclusive that America.

[@localmilfchaser6938]

@@inputlunasano723 that’s dope! How they meet? I’m tryna be like them fr

[@huG1481]

“I love Japan, but Japan doesn’t like me.”

[@yumiyuki5851]

why is this so funny 😂😂😂

[@woozy96]

😥 my weeb hope is dwindling

[@setoki2838]

@@woozy96East asian countries are way more xenophobic than western countries. You may not face direct racism, but you are certainly shown, that you aint part of the society

[@Benisbucker]

No need, Japan is awesome to live in even as a foreigner. I never felt like I needed to fit in my community in America and Japan is the same. It's just more convenient and better in most ways.@@woozy96

[@rinowx5]

@@woozy96look into the culture with less bias and you’ll see the truth that even amongst themselves, there’s a lot of animosity and passive aggression.

[@NaturalCurlz1583]

I lived in Japan for 3 years. There was a saying among us foreigners "In Japan, you're tolerated". I completely understand where he's coming from.

[@spugg713]

amo..... am.. amon g

[@LarishaWhite]

​@@spugg713 aming us

[@tazzylyes6412]

​@@spugg713 plz explain

[@khub5660]

It's the same in South Korea. Until you get into the business districts, then you're treated like trash unless you're interacting with a vendor

[@pseudonymn]

​@@tazzylyes6412 It's a meme spun out from some "party" online game called "Among Us", where everyone tries finishing tasks to win except on hidden traitor player tries to sabotage everything.

[@plokijum]

Can't blame feeling this way when even actual Japanese people themselves are isolated and feels like they don't belong😂

[@sheelania8833]

Yea true.. socially a cold place maybe

[@plokijum]

@@sheelania8833 introvert heaven

[@breakfastattiffanys741]

Most anal country. If a child ran out into the street, noone would j-walk to save the child. No personality, a country of ghosts

[@carmencapa6945]

@@plokijumhahah that’s y I want to go live there. It should be advertised to extreme introverts

[@leomichell2757]

@@carmencapa6945you won’t survive 2 months with the rent lmao

[@ashlynx1]

Dude rocking the Leon Kennedy drip

[@apurplekitkat]

Woah you right I didn’t even notice at first

[@grandmasterb3586]

Great Value Leon Kennedy

[@mattpryokra2245]

He rocked it! 😆

[@Poatita]

I was looking for this comment

[@EverestTheNobody]

Ngl he has good taste in style. He fits well in that fit!

[@M.Godfrey]

This guys suffered an incredible amount of rejection here, I can feel it in his voice how angered he is by it. Haha

[@bunnywavyxx9524]

and yet others who say it will be deemed as complaining … he is sugarcoating nothing here

[@BlazeEst]

You’re projecting his pressed a little but seems more like you’re talking from experience

[@howling_comet4994]

​@@BlazeEst He's just trying to relieve some mental anguish by laughing at others on a YT comment, seems lame.

[@BlazeEst]

@@howling_comet4994 yeah it is

[@Naldito15]

I'm sure he's been rejected from entering certain businesses or restaurants. Some have signs on the entrance that say no gaijin allowed

[@tem_vremenem_v_kanade]

“You may love Japan, but does Japan love you?”

[@shrutisinha7]

ouch🥺

[@Adam-vn3sp]

True words 😢

[@bloodofchristjesuscoversme1878]

AHAHAHAHAHA 😂

[@forbiddenyang]

More like they dont love each other no more. Birthrate going down the drain.

[@kaanozk]

I feel like even japan doesn't like japan, it's just polite

[@kaya9052]

私は基本的に日本人には差別意識はないと信じたいですが、そもそも日本人は「日本人かそれ以外か」を見た目から見分ける癖があるかと思います。 そして「日本人以外」と判断すれば、まず「英語で話さなきゃ」と身構えようとします。 これはかつての私もそうでした。 でも非英語圏の国へ旅行したときに、現地の人が現地語で接してくれて、何故かすごく受け入れられている気がして、それが妙に心地よかった思い出があります(言葉の理解は出来ませんが)。 私はそれ以来、日本国内にいる人は、日本人であろうとなかろうと日本語で挨拶するようにしています。 そういった視点を多くの日本人が持つことが、「日本人以外」と判断された人々の疎外感を減らす一助になるのではと思います。

[@Stevenwachteven]

It is about way more than greeting though, but good for you!

[@TheHuskyK9]

Japan is like when you try to sit at the cool kids table but they all just stare at you and wait for you to leave

[@julianclark2904]

More like they’re all nice to you but never invite you to sit with them, just accept it when you come over.

[@imtoxicAF]

I'm pretty sure the cool kids don't eat lunch they're vampires

[@athejbaka7084]

There’s nothing wrong with with keeping japans identity intact

[@kingcherrybomb666]

😂 😂 😂

[@Koen75NL]

So my question is, what's wrong with these people? Like really

[@4kmentality]

Translation: networking with Japanese people is HARD if you’re not Japanese 😂

[@jaimeduncan6167]

And the reporter underscored: you will never be Japanese. For a white European, it could be a trauma living in a country for years and be the other. Maybe he understands how black natives of European live a little better. Knowing people he will not, laser focus in "what they did to me" when the Japanese did not beat him out, or shoot him.

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

Yet everybody and their mama wants to come to America and complain about how “unfair” it is to non wh ites when the reality is we go wayyy too far trying to accommodate them at the expense of wh ites who were born here. The West is sick and needs healing

[@ascendordie7427]

Translation: they racist.

[@GrapeFaygo959]

@@ascendordie7427 Translation:That’s every non-western Culture that’s difficult to integrate into

[@kolepate7057]

@@ascendordie7427lol is anyone who would like to maintain a group identity and the association social conventions and traditions racist? Different races have different innate qualities.

[@ClearAdventure]

Japanese are happy to see you came to visit, and even happier to see you leave.

[@alexb8926]

😂😂😂 I wounded why?

[@aniathan1206]

😂😂😂😂

[@williamj2460]

American people

[@rockstarofredondo]

And who can blame them? Every unique group wants their own space.

[@phylocybe_]

@@rockstarofredondo if only other races were 'allowed' to do the same.

[@interviewchicago]

I lived in Italy for four years and from the moment I met the first Italian to the last, I always felt like I was home.

[@solitarelee6200]

Yeah, I'm an Italian who lives in Korea now and the difference is stark when it comes to attitude towards outsiders;;; But of course, with our histories it makes sense. Korea doesn't have good history with outsiders (and Japan's history is basically a giant sign that just says Do Not), whereas for all of history the place that is now Italy has been full of coming and going.

[@randomlyneik573]

I’m Italian, I’d say that we have been getting more used to having a diverse population. I live in a small town so unfortunately people around me tend to be more close-minded and, let’s say it, racist, but large cities such as Rome and Milan are the home of so many different people of so many backgrounds. Overall, I think that we’re raised to be friends with everyone around us in a way. As a country as a whole we’re very friendly, and we love to see so many people from all over the world visiting and living here

[@blackbeardsdelight]

@@Will20003absolutely not true.

[@junenye]

​​@@Will20003you know it😂😂 no one beats the Italians at being racist and closed minded

[@interviewchicago]

@@Will20003 I am just giving you my, and other Black American experiences. Of course, you may have had a different experience. To be honest, if someone from Korea stumbled into the neighborhood I grew up in as a child, the whole neighborhood would have been asking questions like "why are they here?". Some would be fascinated and intrigued. It would just depend who that Korean encountered that day that would determine what story he or she would be writing about twenty years later. I met......friendly, warm, and beautiful Italians. Perhaps you met one mean Italian. My friends met beautiful Italians.

[@D.U.B]

When you love Japan. But Japan doesn’t love you back 😔

[@BlockImmigrants]

Japan sucks when you’re not Japanese. Most people who say Japan is great are mostly weebs. They are polite in front of you but they never like you in reality. And of course who would blame them when they make anime. Japan is Racist

[@BunPrince]

Learn to hate japan for never apologizing for comfort women

[@eternallife8898]

Even if they dont, I'll love them and practice Japanese culture on my own in my country.

[@officialbananakinita]

​@@eternallife8898 Bro is down bad for a country, you aint japanese man

[@BlockImmigrants]

@@officialbananakinita These weebs are crazy man.

[@KenMabie]

Interviewer: "why are you leaving Japan" Guy : "well I'm not Japanese"

[@SG-jm7np]

“Welcome” A few moments later… “Thank you come again”

[@Checkmate777]

What’s that from? My old friend use to say that all the time like 7-10 years ago or something. Never knew what it was from

[@SinEmerald]

@@Checkmate777 You hear those phrases when you go into anything in Japan and leave, as long as there's somebody doing reception.

[@busylivingnotdying]

Maybe, but maybe the "foreigner" is there to dominate or convert the Japanese, have you thought of that? Japan have been resistant to Western control and domination. Some of the people they invited in turned out to be jockeying for power. Not every friendly smile is honest

[@remy9240]

The Simpsons. Apu at the quicky-mart used to say "Thank you. Come again" after like kicking someone out lol. @@Checkmate777

[@ajsdjkdasjksdakjdaskj]

I think its the Indian shopkeep from the Simpsons@@Checkmate777

[@jamaljyf]

Japanese: Hey Gajin, I only open the door of my house but that doesn't mean you can come in and stay.

[@SkydrawnIV]

Extremely diplomatic of him to answer this the way he does, it definitely shows there's a lot of negative detail left out.

[@Nabuuug]

Yes the "I can't be in the groove here" answer is a very western-like diplomatic way of saying that something's wrong with the way people interact with him lol, then comes the "yeah you're not japanese" that unlocks the actual reason

[@fastlifelb4786]

Japanese people are low key racist

[@willsh5282]

White people, always expecting the world to adjust to them.

[@chrishayes5755]

He's not a diplomat or politician so answering that way isn't respectable as a man. Men are supposed to have deal in logic, reason and evidence then let the chips fall where they may. You stay respectful and grounded but speak facts. Nothing wrong with Japan wanting to maintain their ethnic identity instead of adopting 100,000,000 immigrants from around the world and becoming a "melting pot" like Western countries do. It's a sovereign country and they can run it how they please. When I go to Japan in 20 years I want to see Japanese people, not 30% of the population being Europeans.

[@BlueBirdsProductions]

​@@Nabuuug it's not a western thing it's a hippie thing from Americans in the 1960's that nobody has said for nearly 75% of a century

[@gregorymasters5805]

Japan’s politeness is really a double edged sword.

[@TrickOrRetreat]

Most people don't know, but find out given enough time.

[@TheHeadincharge]

Polite prejudice

[@natecarlton]

Extremely racist

[@donpoohjunio4060]

​@travb1163so there population will just age out and the country will die

[@AKDHFR]

​@Trav B their decreasing population esp those marrying an anime hologram is also kinda bs, tbf diversity is great it creates new superior race mixed between races.. White countries like UK and AUS are doing not bad, but US clearly declining esp the new generation lack of education, healthcare and segregation between gender is definitely alarming, and instead trying to be friend and learn with China and Russia they are trying to step them flat.

[@Jason-nosaJ]

Japan treats you like the friend that knows you like his sister.

[@ttdanimations1231]

knows you as if you were his sister, or knows that you’re in love with his sister?

[@strawberrytiramisu]

@@ttdanimations1231 knows that you’re in love with his sister

[@versaii5519]

what a great analogy

[@migmor7619]

Hell naw lol good one

[@joshgilbert3239]

Good one

[@Makai-]

Y'all jump so quickly to call America racist but tip toe around calling Japan racist lol

[@altacalifornia2580]

Fr, America is very accepting especially compared to countries like Japan

[@austinfj4564]

We hold America to a certain standard that we don’t hold other countries to because deep down we know America has the potential to embody that standard whilst other countries do not. It’s called the great American experiment for a reason

[@friedeyeball]

I’m gonna be real here as a black person, being black in America in the wrong place or time can get you killed, in Japan it’ll just mean people are mean to you or the police pull you over to talk to you (but don’t have guns and can’t kill you). I don’t know any black people in Japan who have had to flee from white people with guns but I have family members who’ve had to do so in America. I really think black Americans are not talking about the same kind of racism as you’re describing with Japan

[@sneeki8082]

Because america is a multicultural society whilst Japan is heterogeneous.

[@Makai-]

@@sneeki8082 That's besides the point. I really don't care who is racist or not. But racism is racism no matter where it's from, and to have a double standard for one is just stupid.

[@trancetechkid]

Dang that dude was polite af. It’s rare to see someone that that honest and cool about something that really sucks.

[@HelpToFindHappyness]

Like he accepted that he can't have something he wants, just because. Accepting just how it is. Respect.

[@nascarjake787]

That's what Japanese culture often calls for, at least from my experience, and I have very little of significance

[@jowionline]

was he supposed to break down like a child or what

[@jerrytang3146]

Because he really appreciated the people. It's just a different mindset. The Japanese are always looking for things to do, to grow, to develop. Europeans want more relaxation.

[@misaelfraga8196]

It doesn't suck. Respect their sovereignty, you Globalist.

[@PowerYuLiu]

“You are welcome to visit, but you will never be able to join.”

[@lucassolomon1079]

Lyrics from Hotel Japan.

[@BlockImmigrants]

Japan is racist. They hide it and act polite in front of you but they never like you in reality.

[@Orangeninja5000]

"You are on this Council but we do not grant you the rank of master."

[@AG-yc7vt]

For some reason Japan also has the lowest crime rate in the world too 🤔 I wonder why…

[@Orangeninja5000]

@@AG-yc7vt Not all of the rates are genuine however. When it comes to things like unsolved murder cases, the police are only too happy to rule it as a suicide.

[@juventude22]

Meanwhile in Brazil within 2 weeks in u get a football, a beer and you're already family.

[@deadlystalker7483]

Come to brazil... O__O

[@BasedCEO]

2 weeks? Haha more like 2 minutes lol just hop off the plane and you’ll meet the best friends you’ve ever had 🎉🍻 *avoid areas with high crime

[@SpeedSixS]

Not only Brazil but all Latin America only excluding Argentina though.

[@santinor.c.1365]

@@SpeedSixS why would you exclude Argentina ?

[@snowfrosty1]

Yeah no shit, long term acculturated residents/natives/citizens/[insert here] still know who they are and what to do with shitty foreign expats, criminal reprobates, etc…..

[@Kim-vs4vb]

I lived and worked in Japan along time ago and a Japanese family the grandparents became very fond of me and kinda adopted me 😂I became their granddaughter, the worry and care they have over me to this day is something amazing….. been 13 years and during that time we always maintained contact, gifts and iv visited and stayed many many times with them and their kids families homes ect….. what I noticed is over the years their expectations of me grew in the sense, we don’t see u as a foreigner now but as Japanese so certain “foreign behaviors” are deeply frowned upon on me…… I don’t get to use the foreigner card😂 also culturally similar to there’s and well I’m also Asian and look apart of the family. The first 6 months they would make effort to speak English ect but now they like don’t be lazy u speak Japanese and understand everything just like us so get on with it😂 I have very beautiful memories with them and they always remind me, don’t ever forget u have another family in Japan. We love u ….. something u generally never get to hear. I appreciate the bond I have with them and it’s something special to me. Cooking and eating together around the kotatsu in winter, sharing stories and laughs, going shopping and stopping by our favorite coffee shops, great times indeed. This is my personal lived experience but what the guy is saying in the video is true as iv seen this and heard from other foreigners of their experiences.despite their acceptance of me and my own great experiences i dont and have never considered myself Japanese even if they treat me as such.

[@PPSH-Riley]

He's understands japan more then a lot of foreigners lol

[@animelovbee101]

I actually think a lot of people kinda understand Japan isn't open completely to foreigners. That's literally the most comments experience people share online and even documented, it can be even worse for people with darker skin no matter the culture they come from.

[@rsns776]

​@Ray Diaz yeah but the same group is going to cry when it happens back to them

[@aldoraine1400]

Than*

[@SuperBastian3000]

Wish they could understand Australia the same way

[@fattyjaybird7505]

Because Japanese are racist and you cant fake Japanese

[@julianadams3710]

Bruh that “You will NEVER be Japanese” was personal had to throw out “at least that’s what they’re saying” to sound innocent 😂

[@BijinMCMXC]

Stop projecting.

[@AUDIOTAY]

Lol it sounded that way to me too but honestly with all of the foreigners he interviews, he probably knows that that’s how they’re made to feel

[@The.Drunk-Koala]

Sounds like racism.

[@cavalieroutdoors6036]

​@DJ Taylor I assumed it was just his accent, and perhaps an unfortunate choice of tone and maybe phrasing.

[@Dimizar]

like saying "no offense" before or after saying an offensivr statement

[@xpreame3406]

Japan friendzoned him

[@mankou-hunter]

Mi dead to bloodcawt ☠️🤣

[@joshstraub6972]

Oof

[@mingyuhuang8944]

Remember back in the day during the Meiji restoration used to welcome westerners into Japan to stay and become a citizen. Back then Japan was inclusive and learning, the government even incentivised Japanese women to marry and have families with westerners to improve the genetic code and height of Japanese people. Why can't Japanese people realise this is a global world and its time to stop being so petty and become open minded? And this is reinforced by the literally shrinking population... Japan is embarking on a self destructive path. .....

[@sujanshrestha3314]

Not just him but every "outsiders".

[@maddiekits]

Freindzoned would be pretty preferable, Sweden friendzones you, Japan: contacts only once a year zones you 😅

[@adamlee2550]

I don't want to be Japanese, I just want to live somewhere clean and safe 🤣

[@MadAudi]

I think there’s some hurt in this man. But he still stays positive about Japan.

[@allanflores1001]

i feel that too.

[@shaunwilbraham8350]

As a man still living in Japan after 6 years I can feel it too. A very wise observation!

[@goodmorning2386]

Agreed, I could hear the little twinge in his voice

[@PK-se2jh]

Cuz all my anime dreams shattered to the bitter reality 😢😭

[@wes0112]

Welp. I experienced it too so what he saying is true to all us gaijin. It’s not like they shut us out completely, they just don’t know how to approach us or how to approach different culture.

[@Turtletoise]

He’s trying his best to not call the Japanese racist.

[@eviozyra6300]

They want to preserve their culture, nothing wrong with that.

[@eviozyra6300]

They want to preserve their culture, nothing wrong with that.

[@ziyaaddhorat]

@@eviozyra6300 just say your a racist

[@levadamusic]

Xenophobia is not racism.

[@Turtletoise]

@@levadamusic Yeah. They’re xenophobic and racist.

[@nerrissarichards]

Basically what I heard was, “yes come and enjoy, but don’t over stay your welcome.”

[@theinvisiblewoman5709]

I heard “they hella xenophobic and racist here, not someplace to stay for more than a couple years”

[@teo2157]

@@theinvisiblewoman5709 good

[@johnhalo8726]

​@@teo2157 And that's why Japan is dying

[@maekoh]

​@@theinvisiblewoman5709 I mean if you had thousands of foreigners arrive in your country weekly and maybe 2% of them actually cared about your policies & traditions, I'd want yall asses out asap too. People don't take into account the reasons behind why Japan hates foreigners. They don't live in a dumpster like America. They have practices & traditions that often go overlooked or not even bothered to be considered by foreigners.

[@starchild4627]

as it should be

[@jonathanorendain9605]

Being in Japan right now, I'm a Filipino, I understand where he's coming from, yes, Japan was comfortable and convinient to live into, but very lonely, because barely any people wants to become friends with you since you're a foreigner.

[@kentmacalalad]

I mean japan is full of introverts, and wouldn't be a good place for Filipinos since the majority are extroverts. And yes i know they'll be less likely to be friends with foreigners

[@ZX-fx4tl]

As my experience, yeah i'm with you.

[@absalomstar7085]

My aunt lived in Tokyo for over 30 years, but she also had another Filipina friend stay with her for those 30+ years. They retired last year, but even they admitted it would’ve been more lonely if they were not together.

[@onemaster8133]

Japanese are hard working and don't have time to socialize with foreighers, although they enjoy themselves everyday going to bar/restaurant. Can't blame them

[@dafonsecaalexis5355]

I also forgot to mention something I realised: The more fluent you become, the less indulgent they are with you. (They would just do like you are a Japanese person and be angry or disappointed if you make mistakes a lot more easily) At first its all “you’re so good at Japanese” and then its more like “you’re doing this and this and this wrong, be more focused etc” lol

[@savioblanc]

It's like they get angry that you're trying so hard to be Japanese, when you should know that you never will be Japanese. Ever.

[@arkrules8557]

Imagine this as a game. The more you move up the hardest the level. Beginners quests are always easier

[@GrandAngel8000]

​@@arkrules8557 But life isn't a freaking game. People should be treated with respect, regardless of how fluent they are, ESPECIALLY if they are trying harder to learn.

[@Hockeyfan268]

@@GrandAngel8000 unfortunately that’s the society there

[@joshualeahy2162]

Hey at least it means they view you more as like then I guess lol, at the cost of being criticized and such more. 💀

[@jimmychaninjapan3982]

I cannot agree more with this guy! I moved here in 2017, Im married to a Japanese lady and I have 2 kids who are classed as "Hafu" meaning half child. I do love Japan, the food, the people...but as the guy said, no matter how well you speak Japanese or how much you learn their ways. You will never be treated equal. Although I have to say as I come from the UK, I do get treated better than for example the Philippines or Chinese people. Also I get tired from time to time because people think I'm here on holiday and I tell them , No I live here! People look shocked. Paying taxes , contributing to society here , following rules, it does not matter! You will never be Japanese. I worry about my kids future too...will they get bullied at school or will they fit in. Will they be treated equal, even though they were born here. So many questions...

[@pumpkinhill4570]

How have you not been treated equal?

[@jimmychaninjapan3982]

@@pumpkinhill4570 please read my comment again .

[@aceofspades6667]

Your kids could be half black living in an American ghetto of Chicago, Baltimore, ATL… the pressure you feel in Japan would be minimal of living in an American city with the strife and crime we are going through. Every high school kid in urban Baltimore failed their literacy exam every child.

[@promero14]

New generations might think different. So hopefully they will be fine.

[@jimmychaninjapan3982]

@@aceofspades6667 thank you I understand all countries have their own problems. I was only talking about my experience so far in Japan. If I lived in the US, maybe I would have a totally different experience.

[@Lord_Baphomet_]

Japan treats you like the person who walks into class when it’s dead silent… a simple glance and then ignore entirely…

[@harr7959]

Untrue. The Japanese are awkwardly nice to foreigners and don’t hold them to the same standards as the Japanese. But they will always treat you that way, as an outsider.

[@judas1523]

i’m glad their population is decreasing. serves them right. they should welcome immigrants and make their population larger

[@BigSeanH]

@@judas1523 Why? Why do you have the colonizer mindset that says "this way should be the only way"?

[@che887]

@@BigSeanH cause America gets dogged constantly for immigration problems and being racist when other countries like Japan that are largely Monoethnic don’t seem to viewed fairly when we talk about these issues

[@natpeterson8313]

@@judas1523 Japan’s always been on that energy tho right? Their self isolation was something like 200 yrs I think

[@Wyrdwad]

To be fair, as an American living and working in Japan, my experience is very much the opposite of his -- I've been here 5 years, and I plan to stay the rest of my life if I can. Life here is SO MUCH NICER than life back in my home country, and I genuinely don't ever plan on leaving. I have more "going on" here than I ever did back in the U.S. So this man's perspective does not speak for all foreigners by any means. Some of us are quite happy here!

[@wondervirus6213]

Duhhhhhh

[@wondervirus6213]

But even still his still true

[@Le6ronn]

Exceptions don’t disprove the rule

[@Wyrdwad]

@@Le6ronn True! I'm not so sure I am an exception, though, as most of my foreign friends here, and most other foreigners I've met here, seem to feel the same way I do. Could be regional, though, I suppose!

[@Le6ronn]

@@Wyrdwad I hope you’re right! I plan to live there one day

[@aixfukumoto]

This is very true. It's how I felt when I was there and I am half Japanese. I just couldn't live there anymore and went home.

[@d.j.wattson4804]

A half Japanese, half white friend of mine was at a sports event recently, there was a Japanese family taking a picture to send back to Japan, and she jokingly photobombed it with a smile and a peace sign, and when they told her they were sending it to family, she said “oh I’m half Japanese!”, and they said “well that doesn’t really count, you’re not Japanese you’re just white.”… It’s crazy that things like that are just considered innocuous cultural behaviors and not racial isolationism/elitism.

[@BryanM86]

@@d.j.wattson4804 most countries are far more racist than westernized ones

[@justinwatson1510]

​@@d.j.wattson4804I can't blame them for wanting to keep white people out of their country, it didn't usually end well for people when Europeans showed up on their shores.

[@noelramirez1551]

​@@d.j.wattson4804 lol you would think it would be the other way around like if your half black half white your never going to be called white like Asian and African features seem more dominant like I half Hispanic half white cousin but you would never know because he has blond hair and blue eyes

[@aixfukumoto]

Ah but I do love the food and I miss it so much. 😭 Also my nice salary to buy said food.

[@terriblebhop]

“This KZbin short is brought to you in part by the Japan Department of Tourism”

[@tiffanyh.5788]

Yup

[@dislexyc]

"I'm descriminated here" is what I like to hear in my Turismo ads I think you're wrong mate

[@johnwick8516]

😂

[@ethersecure2432]

​@@dislexyc r/woosh, lmfao

[@dislexyc]

@@ethersecure2432 go back to making memes on ifunny my dude

[@SunBunz]

Took this guy 60 seconds of walking on eggshells to say, “I don’t feel welcome living here.” (Being super polite)

[@pl4326]

he adjusted really well to the japanese way of doing things

[@chrisb3189]

@@pl4326 "saving face"?

[@pl4326]

@@chrisb3189 u can say that. so to a degree maybe. also Japanese people interaction is very conservative/ non confrontational so u have to expect them to speak like how the gentleman in the video delivers it. hence, he adopted the japanese way of doing things.

[@SunBunz]

@@pl4326 well, he did a fine job. I don’t think I wouldn’t just blurted out something like, “I’m a round-eye, and I feel I don’t belong!” lol

[@jamespelgam4199]

​@@SunBunz if he was being blunt he'd say "they treat you like a foreigner and there is no melting pot"

[@andros1000]

Thank you for your honesty in posting THE OTHER SIDE of being a foreigner in Japan. I consider myself a lover of Japanese culture. But not all of it. Just like any other place, it’s got its downsides. The main downside has to be that reluctance of the Japanese -broadly speaking- to feel like they are no better and no worse than the rest of humanity. The culture there has an extreme work ethic, and an extreme determination to keep newcomers at arm’s length.

[@oogaboogass]

He's trying to say they'll never befriend him like their own and he's right lol...no matter how good you speak their language and efforts you make they'll never include a "foreigner" in their circle.

[@leamissyoy]

and there are plenty of things you can't express, you can say goodbye to frankness above all, to vocabulary that doesn't exist and go through hypocritical detours to make yourself heard. There is nothing worse for a foreigner to want to live in Asia and expect something resembling the native country, especially since it is an island, the mainlanders are different. 15 years in japan and alone but i get panic attack for the rest of my life as souvenir by those people, because that's what you get working with them.

[@user-lt1jd1ye3v]

This is also how I felt when I lived in northern Italy

[@noahidewarrior5838]

This is how minorities are treated in America and in many parts of Europe.. and they don't like when it's done to them?😂

[@conrad_9087]

​@@user-lt1jd1ye3v can I ask you what's happened?

[@danika9411]

​@@leamissyoy I hope you will feel better soon! I wish you the very best!

[@dave5008]

Countries such as South Korea and Japan definitely have that kind of culture where they don't make you feel belonged. In the Philippines, the opposite is the reality. We literally claim everyone as Filipino and proudly claim them. Our Miss Universe representative, Celeste Cortesi (Filipino -Italian) does not even speak fluent Filipino, yet we're still proud of her. I guess we have gotten accustomed to foreigners in our country since 1565.

[@sssparkle]

That’s beautiful ❤

[@nothere3982]

That's nice

[@reijinvyskra1759]

This is definitely correct. That's just how Filipinos are. We call that "Bayanihan" since the Philippines has always been the melting pot of Asia during the precolonial and post colonial age. It wasn't isolated always welcome diverse people from different backgrounds.

[@davidbrink3328]

Everyone in the USA is foreign with the exception of the Native North American Indian

[@SpiritShinobi]

i 100% agree. that's why i live in philippines now

[@Calmor25]

"I can't live here because the society and culture rejects me based on my ethnicity. But I'm so blessed to visit here, here and there, because they can only tolerate foreigners as tourists."

[@Seanph25]

Lowkey racism

[@trent2kg813]

@@Seanph25ya but it’s like that in a lot of places

[@PwnZombie]

@@Seanph25 they’re right to do so. Their country

[@gnoomlord]

@@Seanph25 you're not racist for not welcoming others into your culture, now they might actually be racist and believe that japanese people are genetically superior to everyone else but not wanting strangers at your table doesn't make you racist.

[@Tyler-we6jv]

@@PwnZombie but no one from america is allowed to say that lmao XD love how america is called the most "racist" because they have the most races together when every other country in the world openly hates and is very xenophobic to many cultures and ethnicities but its ok cause its their "culture"

[@cooljammer00]

I've heard story after story of people who moved to Japan, got jobs, got houses, learned the language, started families, etc. By all accounts, they became useful members of society, and they said they still never felt like they were welcome to have the country as a home. Lack of social services for non Japanese is a big one. You're not meant to stay, and they make sure of it by making it incredibly hard. And it wasn't just a race thing: some of these people were East Asian, just not the specific kind of east Asian Japan likes, which is Japanese people from Japan. They will not be accepted as Japanese.

[@ShepherdessAnne]

The very polite ways he answered the question, laughed nervously, and really seemed to actually say something else was exceptional Japanese of him.

[@iwontbesilenced2321]

he's slowly becoming what he was dreading to become.

[@amanojaku9157]

This behavior is also typical in Sweden (the interviewee is Swedish) because of its strong cultural emphasis on harmony, modesty and respect towards others.

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

He really didnt want to say "cause of the xenophobia" 🤣

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

​​@@amanojaku9157s a fellow swede that lived in Japan for two years. Theyre very different. Sweden: restaurants puts up signs in arabic. Japan: restaurants puts up signs saying youre not welcome if you dont speak japanese. 😅

[@kevinh9287]

​@@andreaskarlsson5251I tell people this all the time when people were Ina uproar about immigration in the usa Japan barley let's anyone in especially if you don't have a degree in something usefull to them. They treat anyone who's not Japanese differently weather your white black or even a different kinda Asian but no one ever sees Japan as racist or nationalist.

[@anthonyjonas6236]

Dude got a Job being Leon Kennedy at Japan's comic con for the weekend.

[@Nan_96]

Right that jacket

[@sashawitwicky]

and hair and eyes.

[@KiamKweli]

Spot on. 😂

[@ElficGuy]

It's na honorable job.

[@Bando-fx4mf]

Are y’all blind ? Or just glazing the f out the guy. This is like comparing seth Rogan and saying he looks like Tom cruise. Looks nothing like neon.

[@mK-cs1xo]

Even I worked in japan for 2 years and can speak japanese fluently, I knew that their thinking is like you're just foreigner When i talked with them. And some of them didn't like me cuz i'm korean. So I couldn't see the future anymore and came back to my country.

[@joelabraham6834]

Do asian foreigners get treated worse than western foreigners? I've heard it from a few people.

[@cherrylove1293]

​​​@@joelabraham6834 maybe. If u r white, treated best among foreigners but can never be japanese. I think most biased and conservative country.

[@creester3579]

korea is the same sir

[@animatedmvs8818]

That's in every country, you'll never be able to completely fit in.

[@Dan_Dropper]

​@@animatedmvs8818 I agree

[@caleb7674]

I've heard the experience of Japan as a foreigner described like a restaurant. They'll welcome you and sit you at the table and serve you, all smiles, but will be talking about you amongst themselves and want you gone in the worst way once you're seen as overstaying your welcome.

[@catmerchant8699]

That’s just not true

[@sarahnorment]

I can feel the unspoken pain behind his response…

[@fulmer130]

Subtext racism

[@juventude22]

@@fulmer130yes the Japanese are very racist.

[@LLyric_]

​@@fulmer130on what side

[@naNyxxZ]

@@LLyric_ from Japan.

[@wa-reviews2794]

You must be high out of your mind

[@TheCarash]

Japan sounds like how I treat my guests. They're nice to have at first but at the end of the night, I want to sleep alone

[@amandateoh1164]

Nice one

[@ajjohnson678]

ya touch grass

[@crypton_8l87]

Honest

[@gianni206]

Wait… is Japan just one country-sized hotel? And all it’s citizens are servants? Cuz otherwise the obsession with asking “when did you get here / when do you leave” makes no sense

[@Joseph-kg3uc]

@@gianni206 isn’t that literally what every immigration officers ask you before you get in their country?

[@SanzuRiver]

That's exactly the kind of attitude that made my parents move to the States. As they realized, despite me and my sister being half Japanese and having similar experiences to other Japanese kids. We were still stared at and considered an outsider.

[@andiedrinkstea]

My grandmother was fully Japanese, but born in the states. As a young kid, her parents and her moved back to Japan (where her parents were from). My grandmother of course looked Japanese, and spoke Japanese, but all of the children in her class would bully her for being American. But in America, she was bullied for being Japanese. There was no winning. Its so cruel.

[@asdfghjkl3669]

I cant say anything about your experiences, but from my experience in America; if you put in the work and are a person that acts forthright then you are just as much an American as anyone else.

[@christianz-jg2bh]

The point is that Japanese are not welcoming to foreigners long term

[@dannythorpe1425]

It's just like how the rest of the world was with immigration to begin with. They don't see Caucasians all day everyday so yes they will stare at one walking around their home town. In hartlepool, England, a monkey was washed a shore from a sinking boat, the people had never seen a monkey before and thought of it as a foreign spy, they proceeded to interrogate it, and when it wouldn't comply they hung it in the town.

[@humanoidfrog4645]

​@@asdfghjkl3669 but america is a shit show of different races and griups so nobody cares about that there

[@phanselion]

Hahaha "I appreciate Japan, it's very lovely here" - the European way of saying "fugg this! Are you nuts?" 😂😂😂😂

[@needbettername8583]

I know a guy who has lived in Japan since the mid 90s, has two kids and a Japanese wife, speaks Japanese etc. Even he said "I'll never belong here"

[@EndyMX]

Who is he? He should be interviewed! 😱

[@autumn557]

You’re always a guest, never family .

[@sammyjr6989]

Makes sense

[@JackThePsychoManiac]

Bad take

[@CWWTMAGA]

Glad America didn’t take the same approach…

[@sammyjr6989]

@@CWWTMAGA Some might say it’s America’s downfall

[@goeticfolklore]

Unless you marry into the culture, I think that differs in some sense

[@OtakuScandal]

Lived and currently living in Japan for the past 10 years and I could feel this man’s pain. He’s definitely putting it nicely. I love and hate this place so much. Still wondering how much longer I plan on staying here

[@myon9431]

Best of luck to you and whatever you decide ❤

[@desperadoughs]

Stay forever, out of pettiness F ‘em

[@SomeMormon]

Just leave if your not happy, why put yourself through that you deserve better

[@MedievalSolutions]

@@SomeMormon well you imagine life to be a little simpler than it is.

[@garybu7293]

Weeaboo

[@collinsjames7518]

My experience of living in Tokyo for 7 years: I was always kept at arms length by those around me, I felt constantly nickel and dimed by everyone and anything that could send me a bill, and I felt like I was just spinning my wheels in trying to break into any meaningful career. I really loved the place, and I am an advance-high user of the language, but I honestly wouldn’t want to live there again. I literally felt like the city was sucking my soul.

[@beratayd2825]

Where do you live now?

[@davidpark2509]

Ive heard some stories of ppl having mental breakdowns while living there lol

[@collinsjames7518]

@@beratayd2825 I live in Taiwan right now.

[@collinsjames7518]

@@davidpark2509 Yeah it can be truly mentally taxing.

[@joosoo]

Lived in Japan for 2 years. I don't necessarily regret it but it sucked tbh lol. They are smiling and friendly to you well enough, but you can tell they don't accept you. There's also a LOT of judgment about how you look. For example, my hair has a lot of curls and my coworker told me it was ugly and that I should try a straightening perm. They are also very harsh about clothing and weight, and for women especially. I'm not even particularly curvaceous by any means, I'm only a size 6 in America, but I overheard an oba-san gossiping that I looked like a slut with my "big" boobs. I was wearing a tshirt... There's so many unwritten rules about how society works there that you can sometimes get away with by using the gaijin excuse, but it's absolutely ridiculous some days. I can't imagine raising a child there if I ever have one.

[@annemettefrederiksen7751]

Also more concerned about the wrapping than the content..A society stuck with every tradition and not going forward when needed.

[@homeshwarichopde1397]

Really 😮

[@tisbutascratch2045]

I find a lot of people who grow up in homogenous societies are far more sensitive to being seen as the outsider for the first time in their life. Comments, judgements and racist stereotypes can make you frustrated and upset. You just have to remind yourself that you're just one person in the history of a nation slowly going through change and that, while you may never 'fit in,' neither will a lot of their own population that don't meet their immeasuable standards. The Japanese are in a bubble of fantasy right now that will have to pop in order for their nation to survive the lowering birth rates and permit international travel and labor force to help their economy. We have to be mindful about who we attempt to alter ourselves for. To me, changing myself in Japan wouldn't be worth it. One day, they'll be open to change and that day will be great, but it probably won't be in our lifetimes. For now, maybe have conversations with the most ignorant individuals about Japanese history and culture and share something about your own. Sometimes people just need to feel that you want to get to know them and their culture and then they'll ease up on you. Don't let their comments get to you because life is not meant to be all about suffering and sadness to fit a false image. YOU can see outside of that bubble of fantasy, and for that, you should be grateful. You're in a better position than them just for that one fact. Good luck sis ❤

[@dhirajkumargupta4151]

@@tisbutascratch2045 you have the most sensible comment.

[@goyunmus1797]

Good.

[@amberjackson8158]

He really hit the nail on the head. I felt the same living there. I’d definitely go back to visit, but long term is….😬

[@brasinovic]

I would not enter that place even if it was a free trip

[@Casey.is.a.terrible.]

@@brasinovicwhy; exactly???

[@brandohall5116]

​@@Casey.is.a.terrible. they are very racist(which you can chalk up to societal difference.) But most importantly they are also very sexist. You should read some of the stories of women that have gone there its gross. Outside of that visiting Japan as a black man was quite the experience. They will say the most vile stuff to your face because they think you don't understand Japanese.

[@ivanrodd]

@@Casey.is.a.terrible. they hate us 🤙😔

[@Casey.is.a.terrible.]

@@ivanrodd who is us that your referring to

[@mullenio4200]

He's kinda saying that Japanese are racist or at least xenophobic. He's just being polite about it. Or you might say he's being Japanese about it. 😁

[@EzioAuditoreDaFirenze99]

The Japanese are incredibly racist and its tolerated openly. It's one of the main reasons that they struggle on the international market despite their buisness culture. As America has turned to China for consumer imports, Japan has been ineffective at finding places for export, regardless of the fact that latin America, Africa and South Asia are open markets in desperate need of their high tech products.

[@therat4187]

@@EzioAuditoreDaFirenze99not racist, they are just xenophobic which means they don’t like foreigners. Not because of your skin color

[@sigma1769]

​@@therat4187 skin colour is colourism

[@apophenic_]

​@@therat4187... are you this dense on purpose or just like how it feels?

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

Many countries are based on ethnicity. In many European countries they have the same attitude and identity. My friend is a 4th generation slovene with serbe and croat ancestry and he never felt accepted by his Slovenian counterparts even though they treated him nicely but never as one of their own. During summer vacations they would go to Croatia and make remarks about how his country is beautiful and them being his guest! He doesn't even speak Croatian 😅 the same goes for an Israeli qhoes father is Jewish but his mother is not, he never was accepted even by his paternal grandparents.

[@Jack_huntakilla]

Me and my mates visited Fukuoka few years back for our studio trip. Got yelled ‘Gaijin’ by some random japanese office dude riding a bike. Left quite an impression on me the truth is japanese people are pretty culturally closed and the dont really want outsiders in their country

[@banwa_non]

well they have seen what outsiders have done to other Asian countries

[@Wastelander23]

@@banwa_nonthey’ve done the same thing to other Asian countries too though. They aren’t the victims.

[@catmerchant8699]

Fukuoka is like the country side, if you come to a Tokyo no one would do that. Funny how you let one random guy generalise your view on the entire Japanese population

[@Jack_huntakilla]

Ive been to other asian countries and theyre not as inclusive as such even in their rural places. Japanese communities really dont open themselves up and they treat outsiders very coldly.

[@user-be6rk1zd4j]

@@banwa_non and what they do to their own countries. Look at the U.S, specifically CA, NY and Chicago. All dreadful places filled with crime.

[@SpoofyJuliani]

I’ve lived in Japan for 3+ years over the course of my life. I would describe Japanese attitude towards foreigners as polite disdain.

[@jonathanrouse]

We did kill 160k of them in one fell swoop in the 40s, I’d say its karmically even

[@gav7900]

​@Jonathan Rouse and how many did the Japanese kill In China, for example?

[@DKLONGHORN]

​@@gav7900The Chinese don't matter

[@imStorm3r]

​@@jonathanrouse americans Us Europeans dindu nuthin

[@ephemeral5298]

​​​@@gav7900 almost 4 million(total of 10m) lol definitely not karmically even.

[@zucxian2390]

You can sit with us, eat with us, chat with us, but when the time comes for us to leave and walk home, you aren't walking with us.

[@Skoot666]

Go right ahead id Rather not walk anyway 😉

[@godslittleprincess5454]

@@Skoot666 😂

[@Skoot666]

@@godslittleprincess5454 😎

[@anthonythompson6496]

That's cool, i'ma go catch this uber over here lol, na but i get what your saying.

[@Itoshimi]

This is the same thinking in most countries. Yes, it happens in Europe too.

[@aquariusgwen02]

I've always say this to people, Japan is a great place to travel with their rich historical culture. To live there as one of them? Not so. Similarly goes to South Korea.

[@TheMaddenComebackKid]

True. I'm about to leave the US to travel the world for a while (and eventually relocate). I love Japan. I've been there numerous times, usually for a month at a time, but I'm not sure I could live there for more than the 6 month visa free entry period. I might be able to live there for one year if I move around and "act like a tourist", rather than try to fit in. But I like trying to fit in to the places I visit, rather than be a stereotypical dumb American.

[@toade1583]

Eh, I would say South Korea has changed somewhat, but Japan definitely is stuck in their ways.

[@dingleberry4234]

@@toade1583 South Korea is the same if not worse imo

[@ultraviolet9284]

@@toade1583 If you're Southeast Asian then you'll definitely choose Japan over Korea🙂

[@marsfrog104]

​@@ultraviolet9284 This is factual 💀

[@VladimirKostek]

I lived in Japan from age 10-14 and I saw it day in day out, even half Japanese classmates that looked Japanese would still never fully fit into the society. It solidified my opinion that I could never live there again, the feeling of always being a foreigner is quite difficult knowing there is no cultural bridge you can cross to fully fit in. Still really wanna go back tho! Very Cool place 🇯🇵

[@bizarity406]

doesnt that imply on all cultures amd country's besides the unitesd states

[@JvHere222]

​@@bizarity406 nah, manly in asia's countries, ur probably not suffer like that on south america for example.

[@VladimirKostek]

@@JvHere222 Definitely true. Can't speak for everywhere but north America, Europe and South America anyone can fit in irregardless of nationality as they are all melting pots

[@embersandash]

Exact opposite experience for me and many of my classmates.

[@VladimirKostek]

@@embersandash glad to hear that

[@lilieen5610]

I undestand this man so much. I am living actually in Japan as a student, and my time spending there is a very much "lonely". There are no close relationships with people (I don't only mean as a couple, I mean also as a friendship). Of course they are very nice, but sometimes I feel like they are nice only because of their own culture, not because they want to be - like their behavior doesn't follow their heart. Japan is for sure beautiful and there is much to do, but I think it is for short time, not for lifetime. Before coming to Japan I wanted to find job after school, but recently I decided to come back to my country after school, because Japanese life is not the life I can do.

[@whiterunguard9182]

They are "nice" because of their culture. Japanese people themselves aren't even close and friendly with their neighbors. I also studied and worked in Japan before COVID hit, so I understand where you are coming from. The younger generation of Japanese people are very friendly and open now though.

[@lilieen5610]

@@whiterunguard9182 Yes, some of them are pretty friendly and the others are "ghosting" 😂

[@lilieen5610]

Finding a day off together is very difficult. And, of course, there are those people who will tell you how nice it was and how much they want to meet up again, and then either write back that they're busy or don't write anything back anymore.

[@SuperGGLOL]

@@whiterunguard9182 it’s always the young generation that solves the problems of the old. And because of their youthful tendency to exhibit delinquency, they don’t folllow the rules. Youth is beautiful! Youth is revolutionary! Youth is change! Youth will prevail! Osu ~ !

[@lobsanggyaltsen7191]

"Always be polite but know everything is different." 😢

[@songoku8627]

A privileged truth and understood basic right for all groups but one

[@lf4231]

​@@songoku8627nicely said

[@J972M]

​@@songoku8627 Which group?

[@Fluluru]

Jackpot 777

[@Temujin.Thinketh.]

Exactly the way it should be.

[@scottag0]

"Again, I'm not Japanese". So true! I lived there for ten years, and then bailed. When you think about a long-term play, it's just not possible to create that groove there. This was years ago even. The fact that it really hasn't changed much at all for young people does not surprise me.

[@davidpark2509]

Why was it so difficult? The loneliness?

[@scottag0]

@@davidpark2509 the people are great, and you can forge some serious relationships. It’s the system in general, that doesn’t make it easy to build something durable.

[@othman1989]

As a foreigner who lived for 5 years in Japan. It's all fun and games until the toxic work culture gets under your skin and you start losing your soul !! It took me a year of therapy to get myself back

[@jasonwong7140]

I'm considering moving to Japan to work, what is it about the work. Ulture that's toxic?

[@nothinglastsforever0000]

@@jasonwong7140 try it

[@cigypaul6039]

​@@jasonwong7140 Japanese ppl r hardcore workers. They take their work to the extreme. They barely take any breaks or have a healthy work life balance. Making a toxic work culture...

[@niavellir7408]

@@jasonwong7140 Its a very capitalist hell hole, not like the capitalism you see in Scandinavia, your only meaning in Japan is to work for the man

[@adameve2647]

@@niavellir7408 I've seen japanese people die from being workaholic

[@whywelovefilm7079]

I’m mixed but was raised by my 100% Vietnamese grandmother. I went back home to Vietnam with her one summer back in high school and I know exactly what this is talking about. I’m from America with a 100% American accent. But like I said, I was raised by my Vietnamese grandmother. So I speak and understand Vietnamese. I just remember every single day walking into a restaurant, or market or even shopping mall and having everyone look at me as if I was an alien. The worst part was when I walked past people and they would talk negatively about me in Vietnamese thinking I didn’t understand what they were saying. My Grandmothers family was actually the worse. We planned on staying the whole summer but left after 3 weeks. My Grandmother basically told them to “fck off” and took me home. She even apologized. I miss her…

[@jtran1111]

What are you mixed with?

[@breinstobb591]

She sounds awesome, glad you got to have those bonding moments with your grandmother. Mine has passed on (I’m assuming yours as well based on your verbiage). I miss all the little things that I never realized I would appreciate from my time with my grandparents. Man I miss them too 😢

[@nothanks1239]

Your grandmother sounds awesome. May I ask, what negative things they were saying about you?

[@pebystroll]

@@jtran1111 judging by context white and probably white American

[@what6336]

bad people everywhere

[@Taz_mawathlababal]

Japans gate keeping is top tier

[@JamesMadisonsSpiritAnimal]

As is their right. All known studies show ethnically homogeneous nations rate higher on ever positive metric than non nethnically homogeneous one. From crime statistics, depression and mental illness rates, education, productivity, drug usage, all of it. Every ethnic group has a right to feel safe in their own natural home unspoiled by invaders. Glad Japan hasn't been infiltrated by globalist nation exploiters yet.

[@quackhead8938]

Wish white countries were like this.

[@thefourthreich2039]

They're not affraid to be called racist or whatever, the same thing we all should have for our country.

[@2yt4u.14.]

@@thefourthreich2039 nah thats not true. Every citizen that adapts to a culture and respect it and works there should be accepted. An Immigrant that does not integrate and work thats what you should not accept

[@MohamedAli-nf9wm]

@@thefourthreich2039on the other hand, the japanese never invaded and colonized any people to make them slaves because of their skin color😬

[@MrHrKaidoOjamaaVKJV]

Yes, it is a known that the Japanese, Koreans, and Chinese are not accepting of foreigners. There are countries in Europe as well that are this way as well.

[@Amzng_grace13]

That “you will never be Japanese” felt kinda cold 😩

[@rabbitazteca23]

But it's true

[@PatrolBoat-Riverine-Streetgang]

Felt kinda honest

[@6shot9]

@@Aayse💀

[@specialdead]

Cold hard truth

[@Amzng_grace13]

@@PatrolBoat-Riverine-Streetgang true

[@F_Reduction]

Japan is just like school friends, you’re with them for so long but in the end you’re graduating and they want to get away from you or you gone😂

[@al-batal]

When I graduated I was so shocked how quickly our friends group fell apart.

[@ayrtkl0l]

@@al-batal thats called life happened, reality hits you

[@al-batal]

@@ayrtkl0l yeah true still a shame tho wish things were more blissful

[@sprigganpanda]

My friend group mostly remained together, just some split off cuz they ended up being shitty people. Tbf our graduating year Covid hit so not like we could do much other than chat and game with those you already know.

[@awakenow7147]

@@ayrtkl0l Reality is not something that should be accepted by pure default. When it comes to social relationships, it is people who create reality with their peers. A friend who immediately just forgets or ghosts you unannounced is contributing to the current state of our culture. Ghosting someone who is abusive or toxic is one thing, but doing it to people you had a decent relationship with...its just not very nice, no matter how you slice it.

[@just_jay9383]

You cant just go to japan and relax😂You always gotta do something.

[@MonaHerSelfM]

He also told he wasn't able to live the infividualism.

[@trump2.o152]

Japan isn't All that and yeah the people are nice but is not the same as the 90s

[@channingbloom7125]

200

[@you2449]

I dunno. I can pretty much relax anywhere there’s a sofa, and a phone/tablet.

[@jungleninja8415]

@@you2449 lmao

[@StaySoju]

“You will never be Japanese” 😭😭😭

[@leomichell2757]

I mean they aren’t wrong you can’t change your nationality just by living in that country it’s where you are born and race but one thing we all have in common is that we are the same species

[@meteora8145]

This should be a wake-up call for everyone in Japan regarding this, especially when Japan’s population is declining and there’s still long and winding debates about immigration and what it really means to be Japanese in a changing world. Thank you Takashii-san for showing this.

[@jltplease]

Eh?? So instead of changing the lifestyle of the Japanese to encourage raising a family, you want Japan to import foreigners to become citizens?

[@CXW88]

Well its not different if you are not caucasian und europe.

[@JACpotatos]

​@@CXW88 it's quite different. Being a foreigner in Japan makes things extremely difficult, even if you're fluent

[@cwillfrommd]

My French buddy told me that racism in Japan is the same as France. In America, someone can be African American or Asian American but in Japan, there will be Japanese and non foreigners or outsiders.

[@samgyeopsal569]

Immigration is the last thing they need

[@bigroaststyrone8135]

Bruh trying has hardest to not say “it’s coz I ain’t Japanese”

[@CarpetHater]

He did say it though.

[@nahreallytho6583]

He literally said that

[@squazer]

Let's face it, they are racists

[@Alex_Gordon]

he actually said that lol

[@superiorop4264]

bro i had a stroke tryna read ur typo errors like get it right

[@Paul_425]

Japanese niceness is a shield. In the end, if you are foreigner you will always be outside the circle. If you're not pure japanese you will always be seen as a Gaijin.

[@SalvosSalvo]

good keep Japan Japanese

[@kyakarot]

​@@SalvosSalvo let's see how that works out with the falling population

[@sophiizplace]

​@@SalvosSalvoHave you ever been to America?

[@sophiizplace]

​@@kyakarotTheir population is falling?..

[@OneMinuteGourmetMeals]

@@SalvosSalvobut japs can go to America, become a citizen without much issues and not be outcast. While others Americans can’t do the same in theirs

[@霸霸-p6l]

Maybe it's the Japanese 「内と外」culture.