Are Japanese rude?

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OMG it sounds like a certain Western Country. Who has a dunderhead President.

Can you say "Americans."

Let me guess do they have little Japanese flags outside of their homes and apartments?
Do they have silly God-Bless Japan all over their walls? No of course not.

Sorry no Offence to the American's I think some of you are great. But it is true.

Back to your question I think Japan is wonderful. :)

cali_musiq

I'm half black and okinawan and I work on base and I don't think the other Japnese hate me but they just don't accept me because I'm mixed. They always talk to me with disrespect. Not all are like that but, they're few who don't like foreigners. Also my assistant manager told me he wanted to rent an apartment when he first came to japan so they told him it will cost him 85,000 yen a month for a room, so later on that day he sent his japanese wife to rent the same room and they told her it was 65,000 yen. So yea. Not all are like that just some.

ets2521

When you travel foreign country, don't you think no matter where you go, I believe you can see ppl like you mentioned. I think nothing's wrong with that. If your wife goes to your country, I'm sure she feels the same. I think we all have a pride of our nationality and where we come from. I think we all need that "pride". Don't think that you're a "not wanted" outsider. Think that they are proud to be Japanese. I'm sure you do have a pride your country as you should be, too. Why don't you show your pride next time? I'm sure they will think your country is "best", too.

frenzalpixie

I have a feeling that it's the same in almost every capital city in non-third world countries around the world, Paris, London, New York, Sydney, Berlin, Rome. It may also be exaggerated in Japan because the Japanese do tend to be a little bit more forthcoming in their demeanour. I like this about the Japanese, it means you don't get as much b.s. as other cultures!

seamonkeywater

You probably are experiencing the minority feel. The "odd" pea in the pod.

I am being completely honest, this is something black persons in America have experienced when going to non-multicultural areas (or probably any minority), but we hit a certain age and get used to it and forget about it after a good while in majority of cases.

For that reason above I have heard many cases with people who have gone to Japan tell their minority friends not to go to Japan. Because they think they will hate the way they will be "treated".

On a lighter note, Japanese are just curious. There aren't many foreigners in Japan, in some places none. Also in bigger cities anywhere people like to give others the "eye", probably just the way it is.

backpacknepal

Sometimes. To the western eye, the Japanese are very polite but I find the Japanese very passive-aggressive.

marmalade

Happy to help a fellow Brit. This how I see it:-

1) Most Japanese are very polite. This is what one would expect in an essentially Buddhist country where being kind, part of 'right-living' is considered very important.

2) European/Western history can be divided into two sections, the period before the (European) civil wars and the period afterwards (in our case we had two, both in the seventeenth century, although the second one (1688) wasn't bloody - although it was in Ireland and Scotland but I digress). In the period before a civil war, a country and its people are basically nationalistic in their outlook. In the period afterwards it embraces freedom and equality and becomes democratic. There is a genuine philosophical change. In England we hold up people like Locke as having set out the new approach as to how the country was going to work, democracy, equality (non-discrimination based on sex, race or religion, etc.. In France, they look to Rousseau (the Social Contract) as working out the basic aproach to how the country is going to be governed, democratic.

3) In Japan this never happened. The Meiji Restoration and the post WW2 constitution were reactions to foreign pressures rather than from being generated from within the consciousness of the Japanese people themselves. The changes were real but they didn't cut really deep into the national culture like an all out democratic revolution would have.

4) Therefore, because this never happened in Japan, many Japanese still have a very nationalistic view of the world which is quite similar to the European way of thinking in the Middle Ages.

5) Are they wrong? I am reluctant to judge people. In my view, one way of thought isn't better or worse than the other. I sympathise with people who want things to be the way they were in the old days in a simple agricultural society and the simple social relationships that went with it. However, change (driven by technology) happens. It is historically inevitable. One day the Japanese people that cling to the old past nationalistic way of thinking are going to have to change but that hasn't happened yet. Unfortunately, judging on the experience of other countries, its going to require a major social upheaval to get there. In the meantime, for myself, I guess that the best I can do is try to understand why some Japanese think in the way that they do.

[Added: I guess this answer isn't going to be so popular with those of a more, shall we say, insular persuation. Never mind, they should thumbs down me to their heart's content. I wouldn't have it any other way. It helps me to make the point I'm making about how Japan is.]

munchkins

i've been in japan and so far the best country ive ever been to.like other people experienced,some japanese are nice and some are rude.Same we have here in Philippines and even in other nations.ofcourse there are times that we feel bad the way they treat foreigners,i also experienced that but never stick in your mind that in general they are the same rude people.one thing for sure,for me they are the most deciplined people and very law abiding citizens.
i really would love to go back there and if i have to choose a country to pick as my favorite,i guess i will get japan.from food to technologies,clothing and style well am pretty sure they are in the first lines.They just intend to choose whom they want to talk with at times but believe me,they are very warm and friendly people who were very easy to please.not to forget,they are very appreciative too!

Princess Kushinada

No! Face to face- they are absolutely polite!

On-line, though, is another thing.
Try entering some Japanese forum.
Ghhh...
And please don't blame Japanese on their feeling for superiority. It is Westerners excessive attention which brought this upon us all.

buddha

I have heard the same. I know some people that have lived in Japan for work purposes and have said the people are rude and tend to ignore you if you are not Japaneese even if you speak the language they would rather speak to some one Japaneese.

ogg08

yep, been there, experienced that when i was living in osaka w/ my japanese wife... but aren't the sushi and fugu dishes oishii?

TabbyCat

I am a Japanese and was born in there.
Me, too, I feel people in Tokyo, or at the big cities (Osaka, Nagoya, etc..) are hard to be said nice people.

Sometimes, people in big cities look down on people from country side.

And of course, there are a lot of nice people.

It is kind of dangerous to label each race to what, though.

If you ask that Japanese are rude or not, It isn't generalize-able.
By the way the locations of manufacturing are not always written on the products sold in Japan. For example, I don't know where in the world or where in Japan the Japanese brands' toothpaste and snacks which I bought today were made because the information is not written on the both products.

karatekaio

I think, we can't say all japanese are like this, but fortunately, just a few ...

serenity's big sis

It all depends on the kind of person and though you can't meet every single Japanese person you can't really base it on just a few people's personal experience, but some ways some are and other ways they aren't just like in America, and Britain.

Selena

Well...there are two sides to this story...food really is good, technology is more advanced and better...for the rest, people who have little or no experience in a foreign country, tend to think that way.

thumba

I feel the same way about my country as the Japanese feel about their country I think it is natural.May be the people around you have a complex so they are trying to just impress you.You worry too much about the little things they will kill you. Just enjoy and take what ever they say as an opinion . Opinions should not upset you.

Tanaka

If you think the Japanese are rude, maybe they're really rude. If you think they're arrogant, maybe they're really arrogant. We don't care much about what people from other countries think about us, at least as long as we're in this country.

ps. Not that I think it's okay to be rude.
Being rude on purpose is one thing, being considered rude despite our intention not to be so is a wholly different thing. Sometimes it can't be helped. It may boil down to cultural differences.

Kei5

It might be late to answer the question but I want to.
I am not agree with your comment,you certainly sounds to have a point from foreigners view but it's a bit beside how really Japanese feel.

Many Japanese really think Japan is the best because of the food,electronic products,culture and other many stuff.It may sounds kind of arrogant but it's nothing more than the feeling of "nothing is like home".They know Japan is the best for them because they were brought up there,in Japanese culture.They NEVER think Japan is above all of other countries, just feel comfortable to live in their mother country.They know there are many cultures in the world and each one is the best for the people living in them.

Japanese do know their social,cultural problems and sometimes become masochistic.Please don't mix these subtle differences.

Joriental

But why you needed to creat new Yahoo! ID? Just yesterday?

I think it is your wife and your problem. You have the responsibility for her attitude, too. Think positive or go home.

Horozcopo

Japanese are not rude, just xenophobic.

alwaysmoose

They just aren't a warm people. You can't really hold that against them.

Animeluver Sim

I hope not because i like japan.

Monkey

No the Japanese are not rude - they just act like most people on this planet does.
The best thing that could happen in Japan is if all the foreigners and all the western influence could be thrown out of the country. The western culture destroys everything that is beautiful on Earth. - unfortunately.
( please notice that I too are married with Japanese)
And for your feelings - try an AVATAR course and learn not to be governed by your emotions. Learn to see things as they are - not as you believe they are.

ozzy

Japanese nicest people ever

timidgirl

put yourself in their shoes, they would feel that way 2 if they went to another country.

Yasaiman_Reborn

Many Japanese people are using ipods, with a Big Mac and Coca Cola in their hands.

To-Many-Questions

No. That sounds like ameriaca. With a basterd prs that i CANNOT wait until he's out of offic!!!
Oh, by the way... JAPAN IS THE BESTEST COUNTRY IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
YaYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

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