Comments by "Gordon Graham" (@gordonbgraham) on "Do Japanese Girls Want to Date Western Guys?" video.

  1. I've lived in Japan since 1988 and have be fortunate to have several good friends. I've been happily married to a Japanese woman for 20 years. We have 5 healthy, happy, successful children. Moving to Japan from Canada was the best decision I've ever made.
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  2.  @pepoCD  Most people in Japan don't feel the need to learn English for several reasons. One being primarily because they don't need English for economic reasons. You don't need English for more than 90% of jobs in Japan. Japan is a nation that is 97.8% Japanese. Most Japanese speak some English and can get by with the basic functional language such as "where is the washroom ?" "What time is it?" or "How much is this?". "Need" catalyses motivation which in turn facilitates acquisition. Most Japanese don't feel the need to become fluent in English. Those who do, speak English quite well and have better grammar than most native speakers. Because we live in the IT age, we have translation software so there are plenty of ways to learn about other cultures that don't include speaking a foreign language. Another reason being kids in Japan are overloaded with not only homework, but prep-school, piano lessons (I would hazard a guess that 1/3 of Japanese kids play a musical instrument...and most of them quite well), sports etc. Club activities are 7 days a week, 12 months a year in Japanese high schools. Acquiring a 2nd language takes a tonne of time. I'm fluent and literate in Japanese. It took me 10 years of diligent study to become fluent, 15 to become literate and I don't have half the schedule constraints as a Japanese teenager. Whether fluency in a 2nd language should or shouldn't be the norm is based on the accumulative desires of a given population. That is entirely up to each individual whose desires "shouldn't" be dictated by the opinions of others about what should or shouldn't be. Oh, and I've lived in Japan for 30 years...I've yet to meet a European who can read and write in Japanese above an elementary school grade 2 level even after having lived here for a decade!
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  3.  @afisemenaborevlaka48  I lived on Crete in a town called Agia Pelagia for a year. It was paradise!
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  4. One look at a map of Europe will tell you why that’s so. Consider the fact that Japan is an island country that was closed off from foreign contact for 300 years.
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  5. The influx of foreign men over the past 15 to 20 years has changed their opinion. Once upon a time Hollywood was their metric by which to judge foreign men, now it’s nerds and fat old bald white guys
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  6.  @frenchtupac6181  He didn't answer my question so I'm guessing he's not as open to "women have the right to choose whomever they want, as long as they're an adult" piffle. Maybe while he's having his "contract" with one wife, the other two are sneaking around behind his back chugging chode. Maybe not all of those 9 kids are his.
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  7. Korean men are popular
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  8. Post your photo so we can have a “what’s with~” moment
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  9. I’m from Canada and have lived in Japan for 30 years. I experienced more racism in Canada than I have in Japan. Moving to Japan was the best decision I’ve ever made
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  10. The gold standard
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  11. @Homie Most Hollywood movies are subtitled not dubbed
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  12. @Homie I've yet to see a dubbed movie in Japan. I've lived here since 1988.
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  13. @Homie I'm not trying to tell you he doesn't exist. I'm only telling you that subtitled movies are more common than dubbed ones in movie theatres. Most Japanese prefer to hear the actor's voice in English. It give the film a more authentic feeling.
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  14. West of Japan
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  15. 1st date if you play your cards right
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  16. Anyone who isn’t Asian
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  17. What do you think about women having more than one husband
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