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Originally Posted by Kyle

It's a slight tangent but I'd be interested to know from people who have been to Japan what their opinion is on society there. By all accounts online I've heard there can be a slight xenophobic attitude to elements of their society but like I said I don't know anyone who's been there personally and always wanted to go.

My best friends little brother lived there for 3 years, seems like basically it's a mixed bag like anywhere I guess. Lots of Japanese people love / are slightly obsessed with US / UK culture I guess in the same way that a lot of people are big on Japanese culture here. Like I said though, there is a bit of institutional racism against non-japanese people, especially when it comes to getting a job or career progression. Again like here (and this of course may be stereotyping a bit?) younger generations tend to be more multicultural with a lot of the older ones being more... Umm... Traditional (ie a bit racist).

That's second hand info obviously but does otherwise come from someone who has been obsessed with Japan for most of his life and lived there for years. He actually ended up moving back because he started to feel very out of place.