Ask me anything about Japan/Japanese

[kipin]

what do the Japanese think of www.engrish.com ?

[Soh]

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How do the Japanese feel about the (primarily) US occupation of Japan following WWII? Are they mostly thankful we set them in the right direction or is there a lot of resentment over the period?

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Generally speaking, we're happy (not 100%) with what the US did to the Japan/Japanese people after the war. I wasn't born, but from what I understand, Japanese people looked Americans as people to hate during the war, but once the war was over, they immediately changed their mind and started loving them.

[Soh]

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Why do Japanese people wear t-shirts like these:







From what I could tell, the answer isn't "they're being ironic."

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The last time I was in Japan, no one was wearing T-shirts like that.

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I was there two weeks ago and I spent a good hour on Takeshita dori and Omotesando watching Japaese people walking by wearing t-shirts with the most nonsensical romanji on them (wife was shopping with my cousins). best one i saw was a girl with an I heart (the shape, not the word) and the logo of le coq sportif. I'm pretty sure she didn't get the american slang and thought she was showing consumerism loyalty.

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One thing about Japanese people is that they follow the trend. And the trend doesn't last that long. The last time I was in Japan, a lot of girls were wearing this kind of jeans. 15 years ago or so, it seemed like every other guy was wearing CK T-shirt and was showing his underwear. Talking about trends, the "cool" car to have for the Japanese guys these days are... MINIVANS!!!

[Boris]

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japanese people wear these shirts because anything english is cool. Just like americans wear tshirts with stupid kanji sayings. but now that I know what the english means I will never wear those shirts.

[Atomic]

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Talking about trends, the "cool" car to have for the Japanese guys these days are... MINIVANS!!!

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More pix of extreme Japanese minivans

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How powerful/widespread is the Yakuza in Japan?

[Soh]

They are powerful and widespread all over Japan, but you don't see them everyday.

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Is bukkake still practiced in the smaller villages?

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explain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa

[Alobar]

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explain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa

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wow. I read that thinking "yeah yeah whats the big deal, typical nutjub they ahve those everywhere" then I got to the end and was like "WTF?!??!"