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I'm hafu and grew up half my childhood in Japan. When I was younger, I heard some slurs spewed at me. But as hafu performers increased in Japan things got better incrementally.
I speak Japanese well and many are surprised. My father is Spanish/Mexican some in Japan wonder if I was hafu of Japanese native tribe mix.
Part of what gaikokujin experience is the yamatodamashii and yamatogokoro mentality many Japanese have--what it means to be Japanese and having the heart and soul of Japan.
When I go to Japan and around Japanese people, I switch to Japanese tatemae or polite. I know that American mindset is foreign to them. When I am in America, I switch to the American mindset but have been told I'm overly polite. Americans have trouble understanding Japanese cultural values. And in America I must adapt for differences between groups. Mexican American, Native American, Church, class, etc.
In Japan, it's less complicated with a ubiquitous culture.
I have witnessed Japanese treat Japanese poorly in Japan. In the United States I've witness, white, black, hispanic and native treat each other poorly.
Discrimination does exist, but from my years of living strongly feel that it is rooted in poor self-image and fear of things that are different.
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In a worldwide trend, society is isolating themselves more and more, at some high and low degrees, but we're getting lonely day by day, the world outside is scary, mostly after pandemic and now a war, I am scared, I don't view myself as a hikikomori but I don't wanna go outside, I have my job (that I can do almost everything from home), I am independent, but I don't wanna go outside meet people because I don't feel safe there, I rather play games in my free time, and thankfully my parents don't think less of me from doing that (plus I live in a place where you can get shoot, robbed and die at any moment, the place you guessed? Brazil).
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I'm a foreigner living in Japan, and I have ASD, but I'm high functioning. I have a wife and kid that I brought with me. We're quite happy here, and it's been easier working and living here than in my home country.
However, I'm incredibly introverted and have absolutely zero interest in assimilation or making friends. I come to work, always leave on time, and do what I want with my personal time. Reading the air can fuck off. I've found the more direct I am, the more I get what I want out of this country.
So, if you have no concern or interest in how people view and interact with you, it can be very easy here as a foreigner with ASD. But if you're concerned with fitting in, being accepted, and developing deep relationships, I wouldn't come to Japan at all.
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