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I live in Australia and I sometimes watch the TV program "Iron Chef". The new Iron Chef Japanese who was just appointed used to work in New York, USA. On the back of his uniform is an American flag, and all his Japanese dishes have some US influence (like little Statues of Liberty etc.).

Now, why oh why are the Japanese so obsessed with Americans and want to imitate everything the Americans do? The US:
(1) killed about 250,000 Japanese citizens in Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a nuclear weapons TEST that was totally unneccessary.
(2) is a crime-ridden country that has never been OUT of wars.
(3) believe that the entire world is US property.
(4) was attacked by terrorists because of their foolish one-sided support for Israel, but they tell other nations this is a global problem and ask other countries to supply soldiers to fight their wars.
(5) destroyed the world economy with their own greed, then ask all other governments to pour truckloads of money into the economy to fix it.

The Japanese are such nice people! You don't need to imitate Americans, or think that they are somehow better than you are. Please don't give up your own culture and traditions, because you are so much nicer than them. If Iron Chef Japanese insists on wearing a flag on the back of his uniform, he should be proud to wear the Japanese flag.