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I had this question that I couldn’t find an answer to today. I’m curious about what a native Japanese person (living in Japan) would think of a full blooded Japanese person who was born in America. Let’s say that this person didn’t speak any Japanese at all. What do you think (or know) most native Japanese people would think about this.
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this doesn’t have to do with me, I’m filipino – american xD. It was just a thought.theyd just see them as being american
im not sure what the older generations would think. but yea i dont think theyd think much of itWell, they’d think of you as a nikkei.
The Japanese have been critizised for being more tolerant about immigrants who have “Japanese ancestry”, rather immigrants from other bakgrounds. That idea may stem from back in the 80s, when Japan started encouraging nikkei to come to Japan when they had a shortage of labourers.
But it wasn’t about tolerance really, because once the recession kicked in, the government acually offered money to immigrant nikkei to leave again. They just wanted cheap workers for a while and thought “might as well get the ones who may have an inkling of Japananese culture in them.”
Thanks for the info guys! Was really helpful. ^^b
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