Comments by "Yo2" (@yo2trader539) on "Being Half Japanese in Japan (PART 2)" video.

  1.  @dfhgghf-b2j  The brutal reality is Japanese society historically didn't perceive children of foreign fathers to be Japanese. It's because everything from KOSEKI, property, tombs, and surname are passed down from the paternal side of the family. Which is also why Japan didn't grant Japanese citizenship to children of foreign fathers born before 1985, unless it was a special case like a single mother. Even today, only male lineage with a Japanese surname are described as "Nikkei-jin" in Japanese press. I think most people in Japan still wouldn't consider people like Nootbaar, Dave Roberts, or Adm Harry Harris to be Japanese or a Japanese Descendant. The press will never refer to them as NIKKEI-jin either. They just write they have/had a Japanese mother. FYI, Japanese GEINOUKAI have long said that half celebrities with Japanese fathers tend to be more popular and successful than the other way around. There are many theories on why that is case, but it could be because they tend to physically look more Japanese, that their foreign mothers tend to match Japanese beauty standards, or that they're perfectly assimilated/integrated into Japanese society.
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  2. It depends on the parents, unfortunately.
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  3. There is no way for us to tell from appearance whether a foreigner has partial Japanese ancestry or not. There are a bunch of Eurasian mixed people from Central Asia to Russia living in Japan. And a half-Japanese or even full-Japanese person who doesn't have native fluency in Japanese culture, language, or history would be treated no differently from any other foreign tourist visiting Japan.
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  4.  @bobsyoruncle4583  Japanese government statistics only cover Japanese citizens worldwide. Each year there are far more international marriages with Japanese men compared to women. And most international marriages of Japanese citizens are with people from neighboring countries.
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