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Comments by "PeterC" (@peterc4082) on "Japan's Anti-Tourist Sentiment | What's Really Behind It?" video.

@HeyJuuu He's not saying that at all. You are.
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@TheShahkulu The Tokyos are overcrowded but the country side is empty
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There are 3 million tourists to Japan every month. What percentage of the 3 mil were 'disrespectful'? And anyone with education knows that tourists don't know the nuance of local etiquette.
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This is ignored because Japanese are not white to criticise their racism is seen as racist. This will change though. I think PLA will not be so politically correct when they come visit. Let's hope not but Japan should become a little more humble.
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What makes you so special? You're probably no different.
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@oki148 Cheap for Americans, dude. The USD is strong to other currencies too.
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Japanese tourists did this too. My cousin in Paris would get hounded by Japanese tourists to buy Chanel etc products for them because Paris stores had a limit for Japanese tourists.
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Yes there is a way. You can charge a $1000 entry VISA fee payable per person. Or make it $10,000 per person. That way only rich Americans will visit. Then Japan will have the creme de la creme of the society visit them.
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If Japan makes money from tourists - they need to put more bins in tourist places. It's easy. The rest of the world has been doing that for ages. Japan is highly educated. They can ask their friends in top EU universities how it's done.
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@Saroku1000 Tourists pay money for that. The host is getting paid for this. If you invite a friend over, sure, they can wash dishes. But to ask a tired, weary traveler who comes from a poorer country, which buys your products (soon won't because will buy Chinese only) and who saved to go on a once in a lifetime trip, and had to sit for 18 hours on a plane and now he gets poor treatment from locals - that is shameful. I think any person with basic humanity will see that as repulsive. Tourists deserve some leeway. Japan tourists are also given leeway in EU and elsewhere.
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I feel for you bud. I also feel like they don't want us to visit there.
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@raffaelez9665 Not really sure why people should bend over backwards. At heart this assumes Japanese are easily offended and need to be treated with kid gloves. Do you tell people to be the same when they travel to any other country, even less 'cool' ones?
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Dude, the Japanese government has been promoting Japan for decades. Why do you think people come to Japan? Because it is promoted via marketing. Even the exports of anime and manga help it. All of this generates SOFT POWER for Japan and money. What is Japan going to export? And Japan needs all the help she can get because China is on the rise and China is going to be the biggest super power in the world. And they don't like the Japanese for WW2. Japan needs to ask who her friends are. If she wants to spit on our tourists, it's not good for her future. We will remember.
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@xjp1998 Good for you. But you can't ever be fully Japanese.
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@Frivals Then there will be protests from Japan.
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@kathleencove There is truth to that. It's fine if everyone is charged a higher price because the place is a TOURIST TRAP. It's not fine if the same item costs more for a tourist than for a local in the same shop or restaurant. It's not good to cheat travelers from afar. It happens in many countries but it's bad. It's a grey area. It's also sometimes illegal, eg in the EU it's illegal to do that. Some countries do have a haggling culture and some are developing still. Japan is 1st world, G7, OESCE country. It needs to be more like rich countries than poorer countries.
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@TheShahkulu They are even more overcrowded. Or maybe the're just used to Japanese faces, seeing a few others raises their blood pressure. I don't know. :)
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@TriddyYT Japan is famous. Japan MADE herself famous. Japanese always wanted to be in the leading jet set. If you ever see any representation of the world, it's US, UK, France, Germany, Japan, China, Italy, maybe Russia. Rest of us don't matter. We are backwaters. Japan wants to be in the big leagues they have to be international. If you go to Paris or London or NYC you will see that people are mixed and can be loud and sometimes rude. Japan wants to be like that. Old Samurai days are over. So either Japan is insular like say some backwater country or it allows tourists. Japanese can't have it both ways. A few drunk people are not such a big issue.
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@ragsdale710 My Parisian cousin would also be annoyed. Japan tourists hounded him outside boutique shops to buy limited good for him because there were limits on how many items per tourist were sold. That was in the late 90s when Japanese had more Yen to travel. Japanese people should blame their own government. This is what I hate. People hating on innocent tourists who come because they buy the hype, hype which Japanese themselves create. Japan can stop entry for tourists tomorrow. They can allow only business or family only visits and charge $1000 per visa for tourism. Or make it $10,000 per visa. Then the riff raff won't visit Japan. And then many places will close but at least no smelly foreigners, right? :)
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@valentindimitrov8275 They can charge for the visas. Visa free entry but a payment is required. Actually no such thing as visa free, it's all visa on arrival. Charge $10,000 per person as visa fees to go to conservation of Japan traditions which are in danger from the presence of unwashed foreigners. Easy.
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There are 3 million tourists to Japan PER MONTH. This guy was one guy who entered a work site, shouted a bit, pulled some nasty pranks. It wasn't that serious. I know they don't teach maths and logic at school, but try to imagine the scenario where out of 3 million people per month maybe 2-3 actually cause a serious nuisance. Now ask how much goodwill and money tourism to Japan generates? Because Japan is on her way out. US and Japan are on their way out. China is rising and China will be the only player in the Pacific and Japan will have to ask whether she wants to make more enemies of foreigners or wants to show herself to be a modern country, like those of the EU.
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@ivanteo1973 No I won't behave better than I already behave. I won't behave better than Japanese abroad. I'm sorry. I don't need to go there, the world is huge.
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@hannesRSA A Saffer? Dude, Japan has a problem and needs money. This is not about undocumented migrants but about paying tourists who offend Japanese sensibilities.
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@rpoutine3271 You're kidding. In Paris they would hound people to get them to buy stuff from LV for them.
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@Yamato-tp2kf I'm a professional (MD) and a scientist with publications. I don't do any such stunts. But I also can read stats, and when 3 million people visit a country every month, it's iRRATIONAL to draw a conclusion based on single outlier cases. Whats 1 out of 3 000 000 people? Tourists sometimes do bad things. I know of cases of backpackers murdering each other, these were either Americans or Australians but not in Japan. NOW THAT'S A CRIME. If you speak to educated Japanese people they will not be hating on tourists. It's usually uneducated people who have never traveled who complain and hate monger tabloid media organisations.
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What is fair is to give pensioner discounts for local pensioners. But one should not charge more for the same service rendered. Tourists need to stop visiting Japan. Japanese people don't want tourists there so let's respect them and visit countries which want you to come.
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@muralk3153 It's the Japanese who are wealthy. Japan is No 3 most rich country in the world with very high standards of living. Most tourists save for a long time to come. But to come you have to be reasonably wealthy too. Paupers don't go to Japan for a holiday. So reasonably rich people come, people with enough disposable income to buy tickets, book hotels, spend money on food, transport, car hire, etc.
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@Kaarver You're speaking of idealised situations but it's difficult to change behaviour. I work as an MD. I can assure you that it's very difficult to change how people behave, even in terms of very important issues. A tourist is unlikely to change behaviour beyond the most obvious things. Tourists are short time visitors. They save money, they go on their dream vacation to Japan and they leave to never return. If Japan wants to promote Japan to only wealthy people who may be more cultured or maybe not, maybe Japan needs to charge for tourist visas. A visa is required for all visitors, even if visa free, you are issued a visa at the airport. Maybe Japan needs to charge for such a visa, you pay when purchasing your ticket or as a mere formality, using your credit card, and passport number and voila you're now allowed entry. $1000 visa per person per visit. If that still does not work, charge $10,000. Easy peasy. But changing behaviour is very hard. Japan needs to put more bins where tourists frequent and maybe get used to some diversity. After all European classical music is played in Japan but it's not Japanese. That was widely accepted. That's my take as someone who deals with a diverse group of patients on a daily basis.
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@Saroku1000 Just to add, while you will never be fully Japanese, a Japanese person can be fully European in any EU country. Maybe in the countryside people will give them looks but in bigger towns/cities, an Asian looking person will be accepted as one of our own. That's even among right wingers. As long as people see the immigrant is trying to assimilate to a reasonable degree, nobody will mind. And that reasonable degree may just be, be tolerant of local practices. I think we just have to realise that Japanese are not us, Europeans. We can't hold them to our standard. I would be in favour of $100K visas for tourists to Japan as well. Let's keep her pure and Japanese only. Have a good day.
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@lacucaracha111111 Entrance exams for tourists? Are you serious? Just charge $10,000 per visa. To get the visa you pay with MC or Visa (pun intended) and you're OK to go to Japan. The money can be shared with residents of geisha districts to help them get over the deluge of foreigners. Those foreigners are no doubt scary to some Japanese folks.
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@NoctLightCloud Thanks for sharing that. Why did it bother you that some guy shouted that. He was excited to be there. Such a thing would NEVER bother me. Unless he was spitting in my face when shouting or shouting in my ear, I wouldn't care. Note that I also would not shout this way, I keep a low profile but I also realise other people are a little different and emotionally driven by different things. Destinations aren't always as pictured in promotional materials. That's just the reality of life. Travel is relatively cheap these days and people travel. Why do we need to tolerate each other? Well there is always something you may be doing which someone else finds annoying. You never know if you're behaving well or if others are just too polite to say anything. As for that guy who shouted it would be wrong to generalise that all tourists shout because from your story it seems that only one person was shouting and you and his daughter weren''t. And if he shouted a few times but was a quite fellow for the rest of his stay, would he be a bad or a good tourist? I think people need to give each other some leeway and tolerance. Have a good day.
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@kennedysan1045 I think this is not really the case. These videos and comments draw on weebs. They defend Japan vehemently. This isn't a general sample of the world's population. Japan has a bad rep among many people too, I know people who think Japan has a fetish for children and adults exploit schoolgirls. Not everyone worships Japan. But here many weebs come and they all worship Japan. Some may even be racist.
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@3ndeavor Guess what, many countries have seen fluctuations in their currencies. SO I know very well what it feels like. The only country which has a stable currency is America because America runs the world (at this stage) and USD is the 'reserve currency' and people have agreed to that. Everyone else's currency fluctuates. It's pathetic of Japanese people to be so jealous that some foreigners can now afford to come and spend their money there. And I'm sorry why do you say HOME? People are not coming into their homes, they're visiting public sites which are NOT OWNED by Japanese people but by the Japanese state and the state has given visas to these tourists and in fact spends millions on promoting Japan.
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@NoctLightCloud Because people don't change behaviour suddenly. That's the realistic and pragmatic view. If you want to WELCOME people in and say FEEL AT HOME, that's what people understand, because that's how WE welcome tourists, we say feel at home, those are not empty words. So it's rational to accept that most visitors will behave as they do at home, or a little more subdued. It's irrational to be angry at other people who come from other cultures. It's rational to vote for a different government if you think your government is inviting too many visitors. Some people here expect tourists to walk on eggshells in Japan. Well that's unrealistic and unwelcoming.
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Americans are by the large tolerant people.
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@muralk3153 You made a statement to say that Japanese toilets in general are the cleanest in the world. So you should have some evidence of that. I'm very concerned about hygiene myself and my personal standards are high but for public restrooms I'm willing to compromise and yet I've seen ones which were spotless. In my travels I haven't really seen terrible toilets at worst there were some urine stains on the floor. I don't know why someone would want cleaner toilets than that. Most tourists don't come to Japan for this. I know Japanese have washlets. Remember that Japan used to have squat toilets and Toto was founded to introduce Western toilets to Japan. The Washlet was actually invented by Americans and Japanese Toto bought the patent. The used own staff to work out where the anal region is and they went to a strip club to work out where the female parts were. I have a Korean Hynduai WacorTech and a Japanese Toto at my house. To be honest the toilets are very good but sometimes you still need toilet tissue. When it comes to public washlets I know Japanese women who avoid using them for hygiene reasons, IN JAPAN. They have them at home but public ones they don't like using.
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@SirBitingBen It's not bad in other Anglo countries. And in the EU, in the cities, it's also fine, you'll be accepted, even in Eastern Europe.
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@samuelademeso9041 100%. They advertise and promote Japan, get the money from that and then don't want the actual foreigners. To be honest everyone doesn't like overcrowding, everywhere in the world. But at least in other countries people control their feelings. Japanese are supposed to be good at controlling their feelings. Supposed to. Thanks
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@AIIIAKS-vn4co Other countries don't do that. What countries do is charge EVERYONE a higher price. Sometimes there are senior citizen discounts for locals. And of course there are also tourist traps. But a tourist trap will charge everyone a higher price. That's fine. Japan can do what it wants. But we can criticise them for it and show how others don't do that.
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@rodolphegilles French are OK. Just too much Russophilia.
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@kathleencove Whose fault is it? The people who want to make a profit obviously. Blame capitalism. Strange that in Europe supermarkets have more or less same price by country, and same for other countries. Maybe this is a Japan problem.
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@Sarah-t4k2d Yes Japanese were known to be nuisance. My Parisian cousin complained about them standing outside LV and other such stores asking him to buy stuff for them because such stores had limits on items sold, of course they'd pay but it was still a PITA. Sarah, 3 million is a lot of people. How many loud and rude youtuber tourists will make a significant number? 10? 100? 1000?
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@specialk9999 Acting Japanese is not normal in the EU either but we accommodate tourists and even immigrants. That's the western way. Remember the modern world was created by the West. Japan joined it, it was feudal before. We brought tech to Japan. We brought Mozart, Chopin, etc to Japan. So maybe Japan should also follow our etiquette. Tourists are short time visitors. You can demand of immigrants to behave but tourists no. Japan tourists have been also causing problems for locals eg delays but people seem to be more pragmatic in Europe and rest of the world than some are in Japan. Have a nice day hating on tourists. If you come to my country, you will not be hated on. We only want reciprocity. End of story. And I wonder if Japanese culture taught you to curse this way.
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@ragsdale710 They forgot that. But also remember those times were less PC correct.
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Dude, the problem can be solved by not promoting Japan abroad. Stop making stupid shows like Shogun. They can add a $1000 visa. Japanese tourists were a nuisance in the 1990s in Europe. My cousin from Paris would be hounded by Japanese outside LV stores because they had a limit on how many items tourist could buy to save stock for more people, so they would beg him to buy stuff for them as he was a local. Japanese would so the same to us, they need to get used to the global village the way we got used to it. It's the 21st century and not feudal times.
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3 million tourists to Japan per month. How many of those do you have evidence for to be nuisances?
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@kathleencove Kathleen, changing behaviour is very difficult. You're asking me, Peter, why don't we all have love and ponies in the world? Why are some people poor and others rich? Why wars? Etc. Well the world works as it does. Japanese people elected a government. That government markets Japan in the world. It brings in money and it creates SOFT POWER. SOFT POWER is very important and helps Japanese companies sell products and services abroad as Japan has a good reputation but that rep came because of PR. Japanese products to be honest are not that good, but if one reads PR one would think they are perfect. They are average for a developed nation. I've used products from across the globe and I've run across a lot of Made in Japan junk. Anyway I digressed. You see tourists will behave in a certain way. Japan has earthquake proof buildings. They can design earthquake proof garbage cans. And if not, then make the Japan visa $10,000 USD and then only a few people will come and if they litter, well $10,000 will pay for picking up a few items. I actually want Japan to make their country inaccessible. I'm quite sick of this foreigner hate from these kind of youtube channels. If Japan is so perfect, well let it stay like that. I certainly would never force myself on Japan. As for classical music, you take the good with the bad. If you want to be world leader you have to tolerate a bit. Have a nice day.
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@missplainjane3905 YES. WE do. But remember this is TOURISM and NOT IMMIGRATION. This is a family who come to Japan to see geisha, anime, samurai and Mt Fuji. Then they go home. They leave a lot of money behind and then tell everyone how cool Japan is. They maybe even buy some more Japan products.
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@d.c.3534 I have no idea. I think Japan should charge $100K for a tourist visa. What do you think?
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@missplainjane3905 Do you understand different between tourist and immigrant? Please check dictionary.
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@jplang192 It will ensure quality visitors coming to Japan. That's why.
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I have a cousin in Paris. He'd complain how Japanese tourists would beg him to buy goods at LV or other boutiques because there were limits per tourist. This was in the early 2000s or late 90s.
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@TT09B5 Or the whole 'junior idol' thing.
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My Parisian cousin would get hounded by Japan tourists to buy things for them (they'd pay) in boutique stores which had limits on how many items they sold to Japanese tourists to save stock for locals. That was in the 1990s.
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@user-px4so1zd6x I don't know what the person means. But I think he means: tourists come with money and spend it on things. Local people don't have as much money to spend because average local Japanese person is not same as average tourist. Tourists can be statistically wealthy, because rich people travel, average people stay at home. Maybe some Japanese don't like higher prices because tourists spend and tourist attractions are becoming expensive because of too many tourists. Maybe some people are jealous? Don't worry about it.
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@3ndeavor I'm not angry. I just think that Japan needs to be judged by developed nation standards and not given endless excuses. Why does it bother you that I post here?
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@gotakazawa408 If people have to walk on eggshells in Japan then Japan is not worth going to. Of course people should not be disorderly but it seems that many Japanese people are not very reasonable when it comes to short term tourists. It is a country which seems unfriendly, whether on purpose or by accident.
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@cottoncandykawaii2673 Corporations - which ones? Don't decide whether games are held or not. That's up to the IOC and each country's committee and the government of that country. The view is to promote Japan to the world. That's why Olympic games are held.
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@GustafUNL That's not true. If you admit someone into a country LEGALLY they enjoy the same public rights as ordinary citizens. There are international treaties covering that. Of course visitors can't vote in elections and do such things but if a place is public access, it's legal to access it and a right for anyone who is in the country legally. Japan grants entry visas when people enter her, the way you would enter the EU or any other non pariah country. Countries which don't follow the rules eg North Korea are pariah states. Last I checked Japan was not such a country. Japan is free to deport people if she wishes but not deporting a person means she allows the person to access any publicly accessible location a local may access. If you don't like it, take it up with the Japanese government.
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@muralk3153 What dislike of Japan? You're the one who dismissed my own anecdote about actual Japanese women who dislike public washlets. Does that mean I dislike Japan? You need to stop reading things into people's comments. What evidence do you have that I dislike Japan? I dislike NO FOREIGNER signs. Does that mean I dislike Japan? What's the logic here? Why are you attacking me? If you can't argue the points, don't attack the interlocutor. Come on.
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DanteS-119 Anywhere there are tourists or even out of town people there are nuisances. When people with plates from out of town drive often they change lanes erratically or drive slowly - it's all a nuisance. Yes having lots of people who wander around slowly, don't know the nuances etc is an inconvenience but Japanese also travel abroad. The whole world travels and everyone is a nuisance. Japanese people are not special. They are not gods. They also cause problems abroad and we endure it. If Japan wants to be in the modern developed and international club it has to behave like that. Maybe education campaigns for Japanese people should be created. Because it seems some Japanese people can't do what we do in our home countries. Why can't they? Your view may be biased if you are a foreigner in Japan. You probably put the Japanese on a pedestal, I want to treat them equally and fairly. That means they don't get a free pass when they are highly developed. Have a good day.
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@antonsiberian Who am I to judge them? Well then how come the Japanese government encourages and promotes tourism abroad? What was the whole Cool Japan campaign? Of course I can judge. If a matter pertains to me, as I am a target of Japanese ad campaigns, it matters. Tourist hotspots should be accommodating to different cultures and should have an international feel to them in terms of amenities. If you want more tourists and tourists do 2 important things: 1 BRING IN MONEY. 2. GENERATE SOFT POWER. Both are needed by Japan. The Yen is low, well tourists actually increase the Yen's value. They buy stuff and in so buy Yen and drive up its price. They leave their money behind in Japan and don't use Japanese amenities, eg don't use hospitals or police. That benefits Japan. Tourism creates work and helps people meet other people and maybe expand their horizons. I understand some people don't like tourists but I don't like TV stations throwing fuel on the fire and I don't like NO FOREIGNER signs or signs 'teaching' foreign tourists not to eat and walk the streets at the same time. That's just crazy to me. Not the walk and eat but the gall and the attitude and arrogance to teach people who your government advertised to to now behave because some locals will be offended by walking and eating. Well then maybe Japan must become like North Korea. Eh?
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@gotakazawa408 I think that's fine. Why do I feel this way, because for an average person, I'm a well adjusted person, I'm an MD, I respect people, I think I would have to walk on eggshells in your country. I think I would have to be weary that every small thing I did I may offend someone and quite frankly I didn't feel this way in any country I've visited. I don't feel this way around visiting colleagues from the US, but I may offend some sensibilities in your country and well why offend people? I'm sure local travel is also good. Japanese people seem pretty easy going abroad, I've made some Japanese friends here and showed them around and even hosted them but I suppose when they're at home they just don't like people like me. That's fine. Have a good day.
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@shawnbell6392 Local people vote in elections. So it means they are happy. This is just some cranks being crank. So much for the Japanese idea of supporting the society. It's a farce.
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@muralk3153 When you say best public toilets, can you provide a scientific peer reviewed study to prove this. Because as a scientist I have no idea how you would judge a best toilet. I find toilets all over the world to be very good, well it depends but many if not most are more than acceptable. As for the washlets I know Japanese people who refrain from using the public ones. Because Italians and Spanish haven't had NO FOREIGNER signs for decades even when tourism is low and did not have TV stations which blame foreigners. They also don't employ mayors who blame foreigners even when the foreigners are less than 1% of the population as Tokyo had. Because these countries where applicable also apologised properly for WW2 and did not raise protests and force action when monuments to Japanese atrocities are erected in non Japanese cities. Bali is a beach setting. I have no problems with the authorities fining individuals for bad behaviour. I have problems scapegoating all tourists and creating prejudice against all visitors. If someone behaves badly there is the police to manage them. What do you mean the West has done far more damage? How long did Japan occupy China/Korea? About 10 years or so. What did they do in Nanking and other places? The Japanese even executed German (their allies) civilians. Mark Felton has a film about that. A sign saying NO FOREIGNERS allowed and your explanation illustrates. One is Japanese people pretending to be incompetent, and the other reason is racism. Again prejudice against all people is WRONG. Why do you support this. It's not modern and developed. If you can't speak other languages, put a sign saying, ONLY JAPANESE LANGUAGE SPOKEN HERE, COME WITH YOUR OWN INTERPRETER. What if a foreigner speaks Japanese? Or has an interpreter? Or uses AI on their phone which is pretty good these days? Come on. This is 2024 and not 1850 when Japanese people saw these strange men for the first time. (I know they met other Europeans earlier). I am criticiall of many Japanese because they are developed. Please don't say rational people because that implies that other people are not rational. That's implicit racism already. Please try to see the nuance here. Japan on the one hand you claim is made up of rational people, but people who put NO FOREIGNER signs in their establishments. Really? Is that rational? No, that's just bigoted. And in fact wicked if the person who put such a sign was rational. What do you mean those who condemn Japan for the past of WW2 are indulging in the same today? What does this mean? I'm against wars of aggression. I support Ukraine and NATO in helping Ukraine resist Russian aggression. I haven't gone into a town with a sword to have a head cutting competition. Anyway if you love your Japan you will want them to get their act in order. If they don't want tourism they have to be equal to all visitors, local and foreign. If they want fewer foreigners impose restrictions on tourist visas. I don't mind that. Japan however is reluctant to do this because it creates a negative view of their country and hospitality. Look how Japanese are welcomed in Europe, Brazil and US. No issues. But Japan does not reciprocate. Does not even try. It's quite sad. Have a good day.
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@muralk3153 Head cutting competition was what occurred in Nanking during WW2. Japanese officers had a competition who could cut off the most heads of Chinese POWs. Their scores would be sent back home to Japan and published in at least one newspaper. My point was that the West had colonised countries, and I am aware of that. But Japanese colonisation was far more brutal. Look up what Japanese did in Nanking and you'll see that it was Weterners even a German guy who helped save Chinese women and children from Japanese soldier rampages. Remember that Japan went into China with her army. China never invaded Japan. Yet China gets a bad rep because of anti-Chinese propaganda. Japanese were worse colonisers than Europeans were. At least by the 1920s.
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@muralk3153 1. You gave your anecdotal speech, I provided my anecdotal speech. What is your point? You made a blanket statement, I never made one. You're creating a strawman. You said Japanese toilets are the cleanest in the world based on your own views. I said you did not give proof of the claim. I then told you what two of my friends say and that is as WOMEN they don't use the feminine wash on public washlets. I don't know if it's just irrational or maybe they've encountered UTIs from this or maybe they and their circle or other Japanese don't. I never bothered to ask them. By the way are you a man or a woman? It may explain your lack of understanding of female hygiene issues. The washlet was patented in the US. You can read the wikipedia article about it. Toto bought the patent. You can read Wikipedia about it. Why do you say I have negative bias? Why must I, a well educated, multilingual, WHITE guy have to experience racism for there to be racism? Why is it about me? There are NO FOREIGNER signs in Japan. That's racist on its own. You said that maybe the proprietors had a negative experience with foreigners. So that means ALL foreigners are bad by default? Dude that's the conclusion of your reasoning. I'm not sure what giving aid, means. Most countries give aid. So are you saying that Japan can buy the right to allow some of their people to have xenophobic attitudes? That makes no sense. Come on. Where did I say Japan as a country was arrogant. Some Japanese obviously are arrogant if they prejudiced against foreigners. I know people who married Japanese and had those Japanese families totally estrange the person who married the foreigner. Is that acceptable behaviour? Have a good day.
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@muralk3153 Yes but only Japan attacks cities which create WW2 memorials to Japanese war crimes. I would like Japan to be more open to criticism and be like the West and other nations.
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@dottieland7061 Europe is hardly a mess. Secondly this is about tourism.
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@kathleencove I'm from the EU Kathleen, I'm an MD by profession. Racially I'm white and hold dual citizenships. Pronouns are he/him, if you want that. That's all I will say. I think people who are invited into a country by the government should be treated fairly and accorded respect. This goes for all countries.
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@Soviet-federation-m7n You're quite rude.
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@いちにっ-q2n The problem is that it's the government YOU VOTED FOR and the companies you buy products from and keep your country running well. At the end of the day you Japanese people must decide, if we foreigners are such terrible people, then just ban us. Make the Japan visa cost $1000 or maybe $10,000. Please do that. If you can't do that, don't blame foreign people. We don't vote in your elections. Japan tourists were also a nuisance abroad. We liked them. Have a good day.
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@FiZc Japanese workers are more expensive and not better to European workers in Eastern Europe. Sorry Japan, we will take it all away from you.
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@kennedysan1045 It means they are more or less satisfied. This anti tourist stuff is not most Japanese people. It's just cranks.
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@emippe226 America built Japan. The modern world was basically invented in the West, it started with the British. But the foundations of the modern world are largely Western and Japan got all of that for free. India did not get it. China did not get it. Japan got it for free. Japan was feudal, agreed to ally with the Western powers and got the tech transfer. What did they do to deserve any of that? Did Japan have gold? Diamonds? Nope. Then came WW2. Japan decided it needed to enslave Asia to become what they are now. They lost. They were treated very amicably. Of course America bombed them terribly, Americans also bombed the Germans and later Iraqis. But America then assured security for Japan and allowed Japan to have access to resources and Western markets. Slowly Western brands like GE and Philips and Blaupunkt died out and Japanese took over. Then when it became too much Americans made some changes to this agreement which put some natural limits on Japan. After all the modern world is run mostly by the US, they assure the security of the global trade. Russians and Chinese are challenging that now. Russia is a war monger but China is doing things peacefully. But people need to know that much of Japanese tech is Western in origin. Even Toto Washlets are originally American. The original patent was in the US and Toto purchased it to get Japanese people to ditch squat toilets. Just think 30 years ago squat toilets were still a thing in Japan. Maybe even later than that. I don't have hate for Japan but some people there have hubris. That's not good. Tourists should be tolerated. If not, then just have an entry visa regime but the that will destroy Japan's image and Japan relies on her image for sales. Japanese people hate tourists but tourists are there because their government wants them there. Tourists mean soft power. With a rising China and an endless supply of resources China can get from Russia and weakening USA, can Japan really afford to lose their softpower? I only want Japanese to be more like Americans and Europeans and other people who are more tolerant of tourists. I'm not even saying they need immigrants, just tourists.
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@Frivals Exactly. They can simply not let people in the way the US does it. Also they can charge for visa, eg $1000 per visa per person.
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@antonsiberian How many tourist spots around the world have you visited? Is say Paris a faceless tourist hole? Or Singapore? Or Cape Town? Or Prague?
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We need to ban Japanese products in response because you took our jobs in the 1980s. Damage to us was also huge. Do you want to play that game?
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Dude, Johni and Logan were two cases. Japan has 3 million tourists every month. Vast majority are normal people. Also don't expect people to walk on eggshells. People behave the way they do at home and most of the vsitors are middle class and reasonably wealthy. They behave well.
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@renegadesigma I've traveled to many places and for the most part I've seen well behaved tourists 99% of the time. In fact I'd say 99.9% of the time. Out of 1000 people, maybe one was badly behaved - as loud, or littering or drunk. I think much of this is Japanese people joining the international society. They have to adapt. We've put up with multi-culti tourists and I think they need too as well. It's a good experience for them to be less insular. If you go to London you will see people from every culture and country there, same for Paris, I don't know why Tokyo must not be like this. Japan is rich and famous and not a backwater. It must be cosmopolitan and Japanese people must agree. Japanese people are welcome and respected in EU and other countries, Japan must reciprocate, if Japan wants to be in our clubs. And Japanese people want to be in our clubs. By clubs I mean G7, OSCE, etc. Japan even has liaison office with NATO now.
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It's true. But maybe one day PLA will come as tourists and decide to stay.
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@fattiger6957 This is not rational. If you look at history of say Europe you will find that 90% of people did not leave their village. Maybe 10% traveled to the big town and maybe 1% saw other cultures. Europe was also culturally homogenous. Same for rest of the world. Only real mixed country is the US and that's only from the 1850s when immigrants started to come. Japan has been No 3 economy since the 1980s and has been FILTHY RICH. They are well educated. They have access to foreign products. They buy expensive LV and other foreign products. They listen to European music. They dress like Westerners. They got their system of writing from China. Japan absorbed much from the rest of the world and it's the 21st century. There have been 4 generations since WW2 ended. Don't give excuses. At the same time I think this is probably a storm in a teacup. Some Japanese and some weebs are blowing this up and this Youtuber is making these videos for ad revenue as they draw in engagement.
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@PokeNachos I don't understand what showing respect means. If a country has NO FOREIGNER signs in restaurants (I know it's only some but still) what sort of respect is required here? The thing about this thread is that it's 1. filled with kids. 2. filled with weebs. Mostly Japan can do no wrong. I know, I was a weeb in my younger years too.
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@ii4826 But you put NO FOREIGNER signs. Tell me why Japan government advertises to foreigners eg Cool Japan and then if foreigners come to spend money some people hate on them? Maybe stop. We don't have to come to your country. Besides the earthquakes would be too dangerous anyway. You are welcome in the EU, as long as no war here.
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You've said this so well. Thank you.
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@NetBattler Peoples Liberation Army (Army of PRC, China).
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@muralk3153 I'm not American. Unfortunately my people did not steal any land, well not for > 2000 years at least. And if you want to play the game of early human settlement then what happened to the prehistoric people of Japan and how well do Ainu fare in Japan? Point was that Japan was rich because we (West) opened our markets to Japan while the Americans actually built Japan. Americans did not have their civilians mass R=ed and killed by Japanese in WW2. They nuked Japan over Pearl Harbor, a military target. That was a war crime and a terrible sin. But anyway, that's beside the point. I brought up the loss of jobs because Japan owes a lot to the West. Now that Japan is a little bit, a tiny bit poorer that it was, built on the backs of our local job losses in the West and transfer of tech in the 19th and early 20th centuries,, there seems to be an ANTI-TOURIST sentiment perpetuated by some media, some establishments and so on. And you bring in clean streets as though people should be worshiping Japanese people and people like me don't know what clean streets are. You even arrogantly said that people can take something home -- to do with clean streets? What exactly? Japan can teach 'dirty' foreigners cleanliness? I think you overstepped your boundaries there. Japanese do cause a nuisance abroad. Busses full of tourists taking pictures even of people and private places. Asking people to buy stuff for them at Luis Vuitton in Paris and going into private people's homes in the UK to take pics. That's what some Japanese tourists did in the 80s and 90s. But guess what, these people maybe came once in their lives and wanted to get what they could never to return. There was a stereotype of the typical Japanese tourist. But we didn't hate them. Japanese people should not be cleaning any litter abroad. That's not their job. Also when there are travelers from afar one should be accommodating and tolerant. Maybe install more trash cans in tourist spots. That's what we do in Europe and elsewhere. That's a virtue. We respect people who saved money, sat for 20 hours on a plane and then in a strange land have 1-2 weeks to see as much as they can before leaving and leaving their money behind and generating soft power for Japan. Japanese people always like Europe and the West - they love Chopin, Mozart, our dress, our art, our cuisine, our tech, our history, but not us when we visit. That's what gets me. I've already said that I don't know what sort of tourists the PLA will be but if people want to not be friendly to tourists including Western ones then maybe they need to be with North Korea. (As for littering, my family and I, never liter. I always throw rubbish away or carry it with me in any country I'm in. That's not a uniquely Japanese thing. What will Japan teach me?) Have a good day.
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@NetBattler If you look at the current geopolitical situation you'll see we live in intersting times. There is a meteoric rise of China. China and her allies want to change the world order. They want to be No 1 super power in the world, and they want to dominate in the Pacific. Russia too, wants to reset the world. The so called Global South is also rising and also wants more say. Countries like EU, Japan even the US are on the decline. 30 years ago China made cheap knock off hand tools, they now put rockets in space. Japan will have to decide if they can withstand a combined China/Russia or be more friendly with the West. Japan can't sail its islands to Europe. They'd like to do that, to be next to the UK. Many people say a WW3 is coming soon. The times currently are dangerous. I think bigger problems will come and maybe the more goodwill between Japan and the West and maybe Global South tourists, the better.
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@muralk3153 Believe it or not but I've lived many years on this earth and I've met many Japanese people and they are average people. I've also lived in a communist system, a capitalist European system, an apartheid system, a modern EU based capitalist system and a post apartheid system. Anyway, what you say is the standard response. I can understand homogeneity. But some points. Japanese people are not different to other people. They are not a different species. Everyone gets uncomfortable around strangers. This is a common human trait. There is nothing special about it. Nobody expects ALL Japanese people to have to interact with foreign tourists. There are some people in the hospitality industry, retail and tourist industries who will have to interact with foreigners in a limited way. I did not claim all Japanese people are rich. But the country of Japan is filthy rich. This is on the back of European and US and other people becoming poorer because we closed our factories to buy Japanese products. Japanese tourists used to and still visit foreign locations. People there don't produce TV documentaries and put up NO JAPANESE signs. As for spotlessness of Japan. It's not true that other countries are messy. People don't come to Japan to see clean streets but to see Mt Fuji, temples, eat food, buy gadgets or mementos, see geishas, see samurai, etc. They don't come for the clean streets. I think some people and you are giving Japanese people too much charity. On the one hand Japanese people have clean streets and are taught to carry their own rubbish, but they are also unable to ignore foreign tourists who bring in money. I don't understand this. This is a sophist tactic, where Japanese make themselves incompetent in some areas and super capable in others. They then excuse their hypocrisy. That yes it's OK for Japan to steal jobs from the West and it's ok for Japanese tourists to come to Europe - because for as dirty as we Europeans are it's Japan which copies us and not we copying Japan. So all in all I think Japanese people just have to be modern. 1. Not everyone expects them to speak with foreigners. Anyone with basic education will know this. Japan is highly educated. 2. Tourists bring in revenue. Japanese also travel abroad. They are just as much a nuisance for us but we tolerate Japanese tourists. I've shown my town to Japanese people. They enjoyed it. I don't expect random Japanese to show me theirs but I do expect that there are no "NO FOREIGNER" signs and that TV stations don't produce bigoted TV shows. Japanese people are educated and as humans should be able to adapt to some tourists in tourist spots. All places had to do that. Do you think residents of Rome, Paris, NY, etc are happy with Japanese tourists? Or should they kiss them because European and US cities are a little bit less clean? Japanese people DO NOT GET A SPECIAL PASS from me. They would if they were a poor underdeveloped country, but they are well educated, rich and highly developed. This isn't the 1850s anymore. Let's mot make fools out of Japanese people. They are competent and need to live up to the standard. Besides the Japanese government encourages tourism. Blame them. Don't blame tourists. Thank you. Have a good Sunday or Monday.
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@kathleencove Japan is having an economic crisis because these traditional export industries are no longer enough. When last did you see Panasonic, Toshiba, Hitachi, Aiwa, Pioneer, Sharp etc home appliance? It's all Korean and Chinese now. Japan music? Weebs only listen to that. Japan has no movie industry to speak of. Cars? Well now Chinese, Malaysia, Vietnam etc make cars and EVs. They make better EVs than Japan. Japan is becoming complacent and rich like how EU went. You see the Japanese government promotes tourism heavily. Why do you think that is? Do you know more than the actual Japanese government? Thanks.
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@kathleencove Oh I see you're an expert now. I didn't know. Point was that Japanese engineers are capable of solving far more complex. Actually cans which close on their own or are weighed down are very easy to implement. You're making up excuses.
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@AlwaysPim Maybe they should replace them. Maybe instead of irrational responses they should learn from other countries where there is more terrorism. Or maybe they just don't care.
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@orangelightening You do realise that many foreigners don't speak English? The changes you see are out of necessity. The world changes. The whole world changes. This is the normal flow of civilisation.
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@5kplamse Obey Japanese samurai in Japan.
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@specialk9999 Except there is a divide now. Have you not paid attention to geopolitics in the past 10 years. China and Russia with India want to rebuild the world. They want less West/Japanese dominance. And they now have resources to do it. China is becoming rich and highly developed while Japan is declining. EU is declining. US is also slowly declining. Third world countries which side with Russia/China/India are slowly on the rise. People remember WW2 and the way they were treated and maybe Japan will be forced to pay reparations to China, they never did that or they will be in Chinese sphere of influence once US pulls back.
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@specialk9999 Most tourists don't act like jack aaaaa... they act like normal people. Most people are normal. This is just a tiny portion of people who do that. I travel the world and I am a dual citizen and I often see places with many tourists and I very rarely see a tourist behave poorly. Maybe near bars young men can get drunk, but that's all and that's rare. People come with little kids, they don't behave badly. If this is too much for Japan then ask for $10,000 tourist visa fee. That way only the super rich will visit. End of story. Blame Japanese government and blame Cool Japan 2020 campaign.
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@NetBattler Why be interested in culture of people who don't like you?
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@samsam658 Welcomed "most of the time" so even well mannered tourists are not welcome some of the time. What is well mannered? I've never had to tell me to be well mannered in any country but here for Japan I am supposed to be well mannered. I don't understand this.
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@twist777hz Don't worry, we won't come to Japan. You can keep it Japanese. You're still welcome in EU as long as you behave yourself. OK?
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@kathleencove I haven't seen differential pricing for tourists. Only thing I've seen were discounts for pensioners, eg local pensioners. That's also a questionable practice. That's not to say that does not happen, maybe it does. I just haven't seen it. I wish you'd stop the personal attacks. You need to interact with other people charitably and politely.
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@orangelightening Who is in agreement that there is too much tourism? Who decides that and based on what? Actual government agencies backed by real research decide that. So far, they didn't decide that.
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@Saroku1000 Thank you for the insight.
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@denmaakujin9161 This is silly. How about just asking people not to come to Japan. Charge $1000 per visa. I'm all for it. I say let's stop ALL FOREIGN TOURISM to Japan. Japan is too precious to corrupt with us foreigners.
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@antonsiberian It's a discussion. People come to Japan because JP government makes the place seem welcoming but it's really not the case. It seems many Japanese are too insular, even in 2024. Maybe the JP gov should stop lying. I don't know.
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@geobot9k China gets a bad rep. Meanwhile Japan got original culture from China.
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@muralk3153 Are you saying people work 24/7? I engage with people here about topics which take my fancy. And I'm sorry what do you mean deep insecurity about being belittled? Are you ok? Why the personal attacks?
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@ii4826 Yes. And one guy out of 3million. Most media does not know. And most media treats Japan well abroad. Generally people have a favourable view of Japan. So people sometime expect high standards.
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@kathleencove Enjoy your trip.
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@MrL702 It won't appreciate much.
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Then ban tourists and isolate like North Korea. I propose a $10,000 visa for all tourists.
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@kathleencove Not sure what your point is. I'm not the one producing endless videos about Japan and tourism. Cheers. I can understand you love Japan and Japan can do no wrong. There are people who feel some sort of weeb attraction.
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@missplainjane3905 You don't even need Fr citizenship. You get Permanent Residency in any EU nation and you are like a Frenchman. EU is one big coutry. How? Well find a job. Be born there. Sometimes political asylum.
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Thank you for this insightful story.
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@jay_sooning This is racist.
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If they don't demand higher wages than those cost to company savings get passed on somewhere, maybe better return on investment and Japanese people still benefit, eg Japanese investors.
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@dottieland7061 Why can't Japan be like Europe? Japan wants to be European and copied almost everything from us but didn't copy the best = tolerance and individual value.
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@kathleencove That really isn't my problem.
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@doderiolarkisso4038 They can isolate but PLA maybe will still visit.
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@AsMoDlol $1000 per entry visa
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@backloggamereviews Maybe if we stopped buying their products and stopped sharing our tech with them they'd become more courteous. Japan like Germany pretends to be a courteous country but the people are like everywhere else, good and bad, and worshiping people isn't good.
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Tipping culture is bad. Still as a hotel employee you get paid very well to be able to just get up and go traveling so many times.
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@renegadesigma No ideal worlds' exist. Did you come from space or something? Most tourists are fine. You must be a kid to be this naive. You are in your 20s, right?
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@cantinadudes Because people should not have to bend over backwards. Do you understand that is not the same thing as being a jack-a$$? Why do you insult me? Are you not capable of basic argumentation? I guess not.
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@3ndeavor Good times are over for Japan. The rest of the world is catching up. The days of being the only electronics manufacturer outside of Europe and US are long gone.
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@darkangel8068 Japanese gov does not have the manners of Europeans. In Europe we can insult foreigners but we at least do it fairly. Japanese will say, all foreigners bad, all locals good. End of story. Europe and the US should sanction Japan. Behave or your Japanese companies are out of our markets. You can see your products to China at 1/10 the price.
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@ImRezaF In 2023, tourists spent $38.6 BILLION USD in Japan. That's a lot of money for a little trash.
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@ImRezaF Their debt is 9 trillion USD. Now I don't know how that $4.2 Trillion is calculated and how Japan itself can influence it or it's left to sway in the wind with the others, but 1% of GDP does not come cheap and for little in cost. Never mind that it all adds up to SOFT POWER. And tidying up rubbish would not cost that much. But then ask yourself, do ImRezaF know more than the Japanese government because they are pushing the tourism. By the way Japan sank to No 4 world economy position behind Germany and Germany's economy was already declining.
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@ImRezaF Because money doesn't come cheap. Did you read what I wrote? Why does the Japanese government promote tourism? Why are you not the Japanese government? I know you're smart and you can work out fractions and yet those Japanese officials won't hire you? Why do you think that's the case? Because maybe that 1.1% adds up? Because maybe to achieve a percent in agriculture you must put in way more? Maybe this is easy money? And why does the fact that others have debt make it fine for Japan to have debt? Do you think Japan likes having this debt?
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@ImRezaF By the way the US government prints dollars. It can sell its debt. That's why the BRICS are getting peed off.
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@GustafUNL Last I checked, I did not attend Davos. No I'm not a globalist.
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@muralk3153 Did I say they were unhygenic? I told you that Japanese women I know, ok it's one particular mother and daughter, mom in her 60s, daughter in her 30s, avoid public washlets as they consider them unhygienic. They're Japanese people, living in Japan. Anyway where did I say there were unhygenic per se. Secondly, I did say that they're not always effective. There seems to be misunderstanding here.
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@sanepillow59 Dude, you're a kid. Countries don't pick and choose. You don't become Samsung by being Sharp. Look at Japan. All their consumer electronics are outpeformed by Koreans and Chinese.
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Some people want tourists to walk on eggshells in Japan.
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@Alpha-Omega-TFOA Japanese were also a nuisance in 90s and 2000s and we allowed you guys to come. Be tolerant and reciprocate. Ask your parents when they traveled to Europe or US how that was.
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@gotakazawa408 Things will only get worse for Japan as other countries catch up in technology. Already few Japanese products are sold abroad. And once US leaves the Pacific, as is likely, because US is going into isolation phase Japan will be alone to deal with China.
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@cottoncandykawaii2673 Why did they want to host the olympics?
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@28-r8b Nobody is entitled but once they let you in, you are entitled to be afforded protection. There are international treaties governing that. Also read what your passport says. This is about Japan letting people in LEGALLY and then some Japanese complaining about tourists. Maybe they should rather complain about their government instead.
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@cottoncandykawaii2673 LOL? Are you serious? Those corporations employ people. You also invest your savings and retirement savings in these corps. How do you think economies run? LOL. Dude, try to think rationally.
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@captainobvious9188 You Americans have it best. You guys print US dollars because you are the world reserve currency for now. Chinese will one day take that over, but for now your Fed can just print dollars.
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