Japan still has great influence on global financial markets

Re:Japan still has great influence on global financial markets by AnimalMuppet on Friday August 03, 2018 @03:14PM (#17682751)

Two years ago, I talked to an American who is ethnically Korean and lives in Japan. I asked him if Japanese were still prejudiced against Koreans. He said that he would have said "no" in the past, but now he thinks that they're prejudiced against Korean culture, and he escaped because he was culturally American.

Just one data point...

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Re:Japan still has great influence on global financial markets by moufestaphio on Friday August 03, 2018 @03:27PM (#17682851)

So I lived there for 5+ years, and my wife is Korea who lived in Japan.

There is a very large and real anti-korean sentiment/prejudice in Japan.

I mean a few years ago now, but there was a bunch of anti-korean protests in shin okubo. https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/nasty-nat...

And there's the whole 'Zainichi' thing, who are still systematically oppressed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans_in_Japan

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Re:Japan still has great influence on global financial markets by sotojuan on Friday August 03, 2018 @05:03PM (#17683591)

Hm interesting because Korean pop culture is popular among Japanese teens just as it has become popular in the US, but again, another one data point.

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Re:Japan still has great influence on global financial markets by krapp on Friday August 03, 2018 @06:13PM (#17684051)

Black culture is popular in the US, but racism against black people is still systemic and prevalent.

Culture and sociology are often more complex than anecdotes would suggest.

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