I have been living in Japan 🇯🇵 for over a year, and my Japanese level has reached a point where I can communicate simply in daily life. Recently, many people have been discussing matters between China and Japan. Today, I'll share some of my observations and experiences in Japan: 1. Most Japanese people still have poor English. If you only speak English, it's fine in tourist areas and shopping malls, but in other areas, it's challenging. 2. The older generation of Japanese people might know about Japan's past actions towards China, and perhaps due to a sense of guilt, they are relatively polite to Chinese people. However, the younger generation (20-40) is not very friendly to Chinese people. This is the opposite of the situation in Hong Kong. 3. I personally witnessed a local Japanese man in his 30s at a ramen shop who cursed when a Chinese person didn't give way, even though the road was wide enough for 10 people to walk side by side. 4. The rules on Japanese subways are to not make noise, eat, or be loud. Once, I was so engrossed in an important phone call that I forgot to hang up when I got on the elevator, and someone punched me on the arm. However, sometimes when Japanese people are drunk and rowdy in groups of 5-6 on the train, no one stops them, and people just coldly observe. So, don't overly romanticize Japan; it's just bullying within the group. This is the same in any society. 5. The older generation of Japanese people will actively mention that Japanese kanji was introduced from China thousands of years ago, and tea culture was also influenced by ancient Chinese culture. I was quite surprised by this. Koreans would never do this. Younger Japanese people are less willing to acknowledge China's influence on ancient Japanese culture. 6. Don't assume Japanese people speak Japanese perfectly. Similarly, in many parts of China, there are numerous grammatical errors in spoken language. You've never tried to correct the Chinese grammar of people around you, so you've ignored their mistakes. I often hear many errors in Japanese people's Japanese. Don't apply a filter to foreigners. 7. Large Japanese companies have seniority-based promotions. There are too many people just coasting along, and companies can't easily fire employees. A friend of mine has been there for 10 years and has made many contributions, but it's useless. If his seniority hasn't reached the required level, he can't be promoted to a managerial position. 8. Japanese women do not like, and even look down on, Chinese men. Just like how Chinese men look down on Vietnamese women. It's the same. 9. You can't casually vlog on the street. If you accidentally capture a Japanese pedestrian's face without permission, you might get beaten up. Japanese people take privacy protection very seriously, which is worth learning from current Chinese society. There's no "doxxing" in Japanese society. Many Japanese people survive in society using pseudonyms, and no one cares about the name on your ID card or government archives. Japanese people, locals, didn't have "identity cards" before the government strongly promoted the My Number Card. 10. Japanese people are well aware that drugstores are for exploiting Chinese people/tourists. 11. Try buying a knife in a Japanese supermarket that is not made in China! Almost all air-conditioned clothing worn by Japanese people is made in China! All eels in Japanese stores and supermarkets are exported from China! 12. Some say Japan is a low-desire society where people are zen-like, don't envy the rich, and think wealthy and poor people are almost the same. I can responsibly tell you that this is nonsense. I wore a very ordinary LV jacket, which cost over 30,000 yuan, and my Japanese friends' eyes lit up with unmistakable envy. Sometimes, "showing off wealth" to Japanese people is still effective. 13. Chinese and Japanese people are not the same race. There's no need to forcefully seek social recognition. With thousands of years of Huaxia culture, you don't need to particularly seek understanding from Japanese people. We're just living on the same piece of land in Japan.

A book written by the Japanese themselves Where are the Japanese less materialistic? Where do they say they don't want to make money?

Japanese taught by a Japanese person is hilarious! This person is a regular teacher, having taught Japanese for over ten years.