Comments by "Commentary Talk" (@commentarytalk1446) on "What is the Harsh Reality in Japan ?" video.

  1. In your interview, you need to be careful about asking "Loaded Questions" causing "Confirmation Bias". Or else use a catchy-title but in the interview provide context to the type of question you ask the people. For example: Q: "You must have had good experiences, have you had difficult or bad experiences or what do you find hard to deal with in Japan or what do you think are Japan's biggest problems ?" Or else, Q: "What is hardest for you to assimilate into Japanese culture society, can you share your experiences?" So, if you say, "The Harsh Reality of Japan" it presupposes to the listener: "There is some dirty secret that is THE! ONE that is on everyone's lips don't you know?" This leads the interviewee, to start thinking of the worst things in Japan and try to come up with The Answer or else find an answer that is comparable to this "unknown The Answer" that makes them come across as "in the know" when they answer and make a socially acceptable answer ie come across as self-informed. Once this thought process is in motion, you will more likely end up with negative topics whether or not the person has ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED them or not. Fortunately in this interview, most people responded to assimilation challenges living in Japan as a foreigner and/or as someone who does not have full Japanese language communication also thus the answers were GOOD ! For example both the Indian and Cuban ladies found a big culture clash in "warmth" or emotional expressiveness between Indian and Cuban culture. This seems to be a predictable result. The one thing I would say it's neither good nor bad but depends on your own baseline of what you are used to and prefer. I enjoyed Indian friends company a lot but I found they could be too intrusive emotionally (from my pov) or else emotionally "Up and Down". No doubt I'd come across as emotionally distant or cold. That is how it is. Likewise I had very warm friends from Latin America who were fun to be with. Individually and personally I like these people but as for the culture I don't think I could live in those cultures where civil life is too heated emotionally. People express themselves with emotion and I am someone can't deal with that, my brain can't process it, whereas a clear instruction of explanation said in a normal voice is much easier to understand. Possibly this is what attracts me to the Japanese language though the Tatamae does seem quite daunting to face doubly-so when one cannot speak very well a difficult to learn language! With that said, the benefits of Japan seem obvious: It is well run society and people are very civil in public and take a lot of effort in treating people decently and consistently. Possibly the hardest thing or "harsh reality" is the difficulty to be accepted in Japanese society beyond the status of foreigner? Whereas other cultures this might come sooner?
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