As popular as Japan is in Western countries... it's sometimes prudent to remember that the rest of the Pacific Rim remembers them and things they've done in the past, the same way we remember Germany from the 1940s.
No, you don't have to hate them just because other countries in Asia hate them... but maybe consider that the Chinese woman you're speaking to, who is secretly 1/4 Japanese, because an invading Japanese soldier did something horribly impolite to her grandmother... might not be able to get as excited as you do about Naruto cartoons.
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As popular as Japan is in Western countries... it's sometimes prudent to remember that the rest of the Pacific Rim remembers them and things they've done in the past, the same way we remember Germany from the 1940s.
No, you don't have to hate them just because other countries in Asia hate them... but maybe consider that the Chinese woman you're speaking to, who is secretly 1/4 Japanese, because an invading Japanese soldier did something horribly impolite to her grandmother... might not be able to get as excited as you do about Naruto cartoons.